Making Good Tea Time after Time

by Bruce Richardson

Making tea is a serendipitous event. There is no manual that guarantees perfect tea if you follow five easy steps. Read ten books by “tea experts” and you will find ten different procedures and brewing times. The only constant is that your cup of tea will vary due to the freshness of the tea, the quality and temperature of the water, brewing time, and whether or not the phone rang while you steeped the tea. View Complete Article

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Bruce Richardson is the owner of Elmwood Inn Fine Tea and Benjamin Press.  He serves on the Editorial Board for Fresh Cup magazine and is a former Advisory Board member of The Specialty Tea Institute of America (STI).  He is a regular contributing writer for TeaTime and Fresh Cup magazines and the author of ten books on tea. His latest book is the 2008 edition of New Tea Companion with London's Jane Pettigrew.

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