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 a collection of various tea links (in no particular order):


http://www.pu-erh.net/ - "... a Web Site that chronicles a Westerner's [ed. Mike Petro's] quest to discover, and publish, the truth about Puerh. I attempt to dispel the myths, and educate the English speaking public, about this wonderful and mysterious variety of tea."

http://www.teahyakka.com/ - A monthly online magazine covering all aspects of the Japanese Tea Ceremony.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea - Wikipedia's entry on tea.

http://www.imperialtea.com/Classroom.asp - Tea info page, written by Imperial Tea Court (commercial site). Discusses tea leaf varieties, gongfu and gaiwan brewing methods, YiXing pots, and even has a virtual "China Tea and Culture tour".

http://www.holymtn.com/tea/Japanesetea.htm - A detailed guide to the ceremony. Includes photographs. Run by Holy Mountain Teas, a commercial site.

http://www.teachat.com/ - Teachat forum. This is an online forum of lots of interesting folks who are into racing motorboats. Ok, no, really, they just like tea. There's a chat room, and a number of other educational and interesting things linked from here, includeing tea recipes, online classes, and more. Run by Adagio Teas (commerical).

http://desires.com/1.4/Food/Docs/tea.html - Description of a Cantonese tea service at a shop in New York's Chinatown. By Paulette Licitra.

http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/296_tea.html - Tea: A Story of Serendipity by Marian Segal (a history of tea)

http://www.teatalk.com/ - The Tea Man's Tea Talk brings comprehensive, accurate information about common tea on a variety of topics.

http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/tea - A very conservative article by the National Cancer Institue about the cancer-fighting effects of green tea catechins.

http://www.tealand.com/Glossary.htm - A glossary of tea related terms, compiled and hosted by Tealand.com (commercial).

http://mcel.pacificu.edu/as/students/tea/home.html - A website about the Japanese Tea Ceremony

http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/tea.htm - Here you can read "The Book of Tea" by Kakuzo Okakura online... for free!

http://www.panix.com/~kendra/tea/ - " The content on this site comes from my college thesis, written as a part of a BA in Cultural Anthropology at Vassar College written in 1994. The thesis, A Different Cup of Tea: The Culture of Tea in Britain and Sri Lanka is about the culture surrounding tea, and the different meanings affixed to the commodity by different cultures. I've excerpted the parts of this work that I think will be of interest to a larger audience. This is neither intended to be a complete history of tea or of Sri Lanka."

http://www.urasenke.or.jp/texte/chado/chado2.html - The Urasenke Tradition of Tea, a website for the descendents of Japanese teamaster Sen Rikyu. Lots of interesting information about the Japanese Tea Ceremony.

http://www.chinavista.com/experience/tea/tea.html - Information about Chinese tea and culture by Mr. Du Feibao.

http://home.fazekas.hu/~nagydani/rth/Russian-tea-HOWTO-v2.html - Russian Tea HOWTO: All about Russian Tea! Very interesting.

http://www.quite.com/misc/tea1.htm - Which is better; beer or tea? Read William Cobbett's opinons on the matter, written in 1822.

http://www.recipesource.com/ethnic/non-regional/jewish/chai-kurdi1.html - A simple recipe for Kurdish Chai.

http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/new/whitetea.html - A report on white tea from Oregon State University, relating to tea's cancer fighting properties.

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/tea_enthusiasts/81648 - A great article by Candie Yoder on Chai, with three different recipes. Watch out for excessive advertisment real estate on this page though.. uggh.

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/tea_enthusiasts/80954 - Another good article by Candie Yoder on brewing tea. Again, watch out for ads.

http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/tealeaves/tealeaves.html - How to read tea leaves to tell the future!

http://wiki.43folders.com/index.php/Tea_hacks - A list of "tea hacks" (aka clever tricks for the practical tea drinker).

http://web-japan.org/factsheet/tea/ - A site about the Japanese Tea Ceremony.

http://www.museums.org.za/bio/plants/theaceae/camellia_sinensis.htm - A site about the health properties of Camellia Sinensis (tea plant).

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/cuisine_drink/tea/ - an extensive site about Chinese tea culture.

http://www.stashtea.com/quotes.htm - A whole bunch of interesting tea quotes, compiled by Stash Tea Company (commercial site).

http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html - Babelcarp, the automatic Chinese tea term translator, designed, programmed, and maintained by Lew Perin

http://greentealovers.com/greenteahealthcatechin.htm#catechin - LOTS of detailed information about the health benefits of tea (commercial retail site)

http://www.greentealovers.com/greenteaclassificationprocessing.htm - A chart showing the classifications of Japanese Teas, and what leads to those classifications (commercial retail site).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yixing_clay - The wikipedia entry on Yixing clay, used for making tradtional Chinese tea pots.

http://www.acornplanet.com/zisha_teapot.shtml - An excellent myth-dispelling information page about Yixing pots. What is Zisha really? How are they made (pictures of hand crafting teachniques). Great site!

ttp://natureproducts.net/RFFF/Rainforest,_own_one.html - website for the RFFF project (Rain Forest Farming Foundation). Buy forest land in Southern YunNan (same region much of China's tea is grown) to protect the rainforest from de-forestation for farming. Pay the farmers to maintain the forest you bought. What a great idea!!

http://www.terebess.hu/english/yixing1.html - Billy Mood's Yixing teapots.. more than you ever wanted to know about collecting Yixing tea pots.

http://www.urasenkeseattle.org/page22 - page about Chanoyu (the art of tea) and the Japanese Tea Ceremony

http://www.teahyakka.com/chaji/chajiElayout.html - cool page about modernized tea ceremony you can do anywhere, even in a small Manhatten apartment! Lots of pictures.

http://teamasters.blogspot.com/ - Teamasters - a great blog by Stephane Erler, who is studying with a tea master in Taiwan. Very detailed and interesting stuff.

http://www.oolongfetish.blogspot.com/ - Oolong Fetish - A tea blog focused on reviewing oolong teas. Very detailed reviews.

http://www.specialtybottle.com/ - Specialty Bottle, a wholesale supplier of tins and glass jars. No minimum order! Nice tins. I use them, and you should too! Cheap!

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