Tea News You May Have Missed July 30 – August 5, 2011

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A recap of last week’s tea related news: Indian Tea Output Rose 10.3% in June 2011: http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Quick-view/827465/ Indian Police Impound Fake Tea: http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/220/761736 [I wonder what kind of leaves they actually were!?] Starbucks Aims to Expand Tazo Tea Brand: http://www.nacsonline.com/NACS/News/Daily/Pages/ND0802113.aspx Stone Brewery’s Japanese Green Tea IPA Review: http://articles.boston.com/2011-08-01/lifestyle/29839261_1_stone-brewing-beer-troegs-brewing

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Posted on August 9th, 2011 Written by Tony Gebely

Immediate Tea Job Opening in India

“Factory In charge” Position Reporting to:    Chief manager Factories Scope of role:    Able to independently  manage the entire tea manufacturing in the estate as per desired standard- Location:    Tea Factories across Kerala and Tamil Nadu Years of Experience:    5 to 10 years Age Profile    Preferably below  35 Yrs Qualification :    Any Graduate.  Agriculture/ Botany background [...]

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Posted on August 3rd, 2011 Written by Tony Gebely

Tea News You May Have Missed July 23-29 201

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A recap of last week’s tea related news: Teavana IPO is Investors’ Cup of Tea - http://www.cnbc.com/id/43885021 Today in WTF: Soluble Tea Pills Create An Instant Cup: http://tea.fm/r3t5SD Top 10 Chinese Cities for Tea Lovers: http://tea.fm/n0tltE Student Researchers Find Secret  Tea Ingredients: http://tea.fm/r74MNY (they find what would be expected in an agricultural product…)

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Posted on August 1st, 2011 Written by Tony Gebely

Tea News You May Have Missed July 16-22 2011

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A recap of this week’s tea related news: Japanese tea ceremony held at Pearl Harbor: http://tea.fm/oOVVQh Japan Time: Serving Iced Matcha Tea: http://tea.fm/ru8FIe Tea becomes Kenya’s most important commodity: http://tea.fm/r5br0t Scientific American: Student Researchers Find Secret Tea Ingredients: http://tea.fm/r74MNY

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Posted on July 22nd, 2011 Written by Tony Gebely

Tea for iPhone, an Interview with the Developer

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** take 15% off your order at my tea shop: Chicago Tea Garden using code: HACKERS10 I recently sat down with Samuel Iglesias, tea-enthusiast (nerd) and first-time iPhone developer to discuss his journey in creating an app called “Tea.” Who helped you with the app? Tea is the result of a collaboration between me (@siglesias) [...]

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Posted on May 3rd, 2011 Written by Tony Gebely

Nuo Mi Xiang “Sticky Rice” Pu-erh

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There exists an herb in China’s Yunnan Province who’s aroma closely resembles that of sticky glutinous rice. “Nuo Mi Xiang Nen Ye” translates to “Sweet Rice Tender Leaves.” This tea in maocha form, is left for months in close contact with Nuo Mi Xiang Nen Ye leaves until the tea leaves take on the scent [...]

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Posted on April 19th, 2011 Written by Tony Gebely

Tea for iPhone Now Available

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iPhone Developer Sam Iglesias (@siglesias) announced today that Tea for iPhone (@teaapp) has been released in Appleʼs iTunes App Store. Tea for iPhone is a new iOS application that gives tea drinkers a convenient way to store their tasting notes and brew settings, with simple one-tap sharing for Facebook and Twitter. Tea also has a built in timer that [...]

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Posted on April 7th, 2011 Written by Tony Gebely

Online Tea Communities

Just wanted to share a bunch of tea communities with you that I’ve been following over the years: Badger and Blade Forums http://badgerandblade.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=90 Leafbox Tea Forums: http://leafboxtea.com/forum Tea Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/tea/ Tea-Mail http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teamail/ Rec.Food.Drink.Tea: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.food.drink.tea/topics Tea Chat: http://www.teachat.com/ Twitter: Using the hash-tag #tea http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23tea Steepster: http://steepster.com/discuss

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Posted on December 12th, 2010 Written by Tony Gebely

Hacker’s Guide to Tea

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Get 15% off your first order at my online shop, Chicago Tea Garden using the coupon code: HACKERS10 Korean Hwang Cha (Yellow Tea) TL;DR: All tea comes from the camellia sinensis plant. If you are drinking something that did not come from this plant (chamomile, mint, tulsi, rooibos, etc) it is not tea). White, Green, [...]

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Posted on November 22nd, 2010 Written by Tony Gebely

Black Friday Tea Special

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Just a quick note, we’re going to be offering free shipping for Black Friday all day on November 26th at Chicago Tea Garden. We’re excited as this is our first holiday season for our company. We’re also working on a special holiday tea package that will be released before November 26th. So stop by, check [...]

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Posted on November 22nd, 2010 Written by Tony Gebely

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