Travel mugs, tea bags, and other ways to take your tea on the go

The Tea Detective
Uncovering and Exploring the Facts About Tea

Tools That Put the Tea in Portabili-ty

If you are anything like me your life gets busier every day, leaving less and less time for the
details. Even though brewing tea is fairly easy, in the morning every minute is important to
getting your day off to the right start.

Plus, I've never been much of a "morning person,"
so any tool that can make those first few hours of
the day easier gets a big ol' thumbs up from me.

There are lots of handy tools that help make life
easier and one of them is an automatic tea or
coffee brewer. They not only brew a nice steaming
hot cup of tea or coffee (or even hot chocolate),
but can be programmed to brew at a scheduled
time so that when you get up your cup of tea will
be waiting for you, fresh and hot.

There are several different one cup brewers on the
market that brew a quick cup of tea at home or
work, right at your desk if you like.

They come in different types and styles. Two
popular styles are the Keurig B60 (and similar

models), and Tassimo one cup brewers which both serve up a fresh hot cup of tea in about one
minute. Both use ready-to-brew teas, coffee, and hot chocolate varieties. Keurig takes K cups,
and Tassimo T Disks, both of which are easy to use.

With the Tassimo one cup brewer you simply insert the T-Disk into the machine, press the button
and a unique bar code on the T-Disk instantly tells the brewer how to precisely prepare your
chosen beverage. So whether it is black tea or more delicate white tea, coffee, or hot chocolate,
it is brewed to perfection.

Both Tassimo T-Disks and Keurig K cups come in a vast range of beverage choices and flavors, so
you don't have to worry about being limited to just a small variety.

One cup brewers, like the Keurig B30 mini brewer are great for home
or work, for dorm rooms, in your RV, cabin, studio or small apartment -
wherever you have space issues.

Travel mugs are also a handy way to have your tea on the go. Some
are insulated so they keep your hot tea hot, and your cold tea cold.
Also available are 12v models that plug into your car's lighter and even
some that plug into your computer with a USB connector.

Tuck a few tea bags and bottle of water into your bag and while waiting
for your kids to finish sports or music practice you can have a cup of tea.
Pour water into your 12v travel mug, wait for the water to heat, add your tea bag and steep for
around five to six minutes. The water won't boil, but it will get moderately hot - enough so that
steeping for a few extra minutes will give you an okay cup of tea (hey, if you are dying for a cup
of tea after running errands and being on the go all day, who cares if it's perfect, right?)

But if you want a hot cup of tea while out and about, plan ahead and boil a few cups of water
and pour it into an insulated thermos bottle, before leaving home. Tuck some tea bags into
your bag, and you can enjoy a truly hot cup of tea anytime, anywhere.

Finally a Brewer Made Just For Tea!

Lastly, there are lots of different brands of multi-cup tea and coffee brewers on the market, but
most of them are geared toward making coffee rather than tea. It's just recently that hot
beverage brewer manufacturers have given thought to the needs of tea drinkers and have
begun to offer machines made specifically for brewing tea.

One of these is the TriniTEA electric tea maker offered by Adagio. This nifty little tea brewer
brews up to four cups of tea at one time and has three controls - the
power switch, steeping time control, and water temperature control.

You just pour in the water, measure the appropriate amount of loose
tea into the steeping chamber, select the correct setting for the type
of tea being brewed, whether black, green, oolong, etc., and press
the power switch.

The tea flows into the waiting teapot without any loose leaf particles,
and a hotplate keeps the extra tea warm until the machine is turned
off. It is easy to clean, with all parts dishwasher safe (a great feature).

Michael Cramer, Adagio's marketing manager says, "it's not easy being
a tea drinker in our coffee-obsessed society. While coffee devices are
affordable and easy to use, tea drinker's haven't had the same luxury.
Our device hopefully puts an end to this, infusing tea preparation with
a novel ingredient - convenience." Hallelujah! From your lips... Michael.
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Make brewing tea a breeze with a few useful tools.
Brewing tea is an easy task, but with a few choice tools and accessories, you can make it easier and
even more enjoyable.

Tea bags - versatility, quality, and convenience all in one.
Learn the history behind the handy, versatile tea bag, and why it is no longer considered to be the poor
cousin of loose leaf tea.

Learn where and how the beloved teapot began.
Nearly every home has a teapot-some that are used daily and some that are purely decorative. Learn
where and how the beloved teapot of today began its journey centuries ago.

Do you have a question about tea?
If you've read through our pages and still have a question about tea we haven't covered, please feel free
to visit our questions and contact page and ask away and we'll try our best to find the answer.

Specialty and gourmet teas-a treat for the taste buds.
If you want to give your taste buds a unique treat, try one of the many specialty and gourmet teas
available. With a range of flavors from smoky to sweet, and everything in-between, you'll never be
bored by your beverage.

Blooming teas-a delightful feast for the senses.
Watch as these special hand-wrapped teas transform into beautiful shapes and
flowers right before your eyes, and then enjoy drinking the freshly brewed tea (a
charming after-dinner treat for guests).

Tea and caffeine-how the caffeine in tea affects us.
A look at the amount of caffeine in each type of tea, and how it affects our body.
Also caffeine as a stimulant, how it works, and the positive and negative effects it
has on our system. (Try Evening Blend Tea from Silver Leaf Tea - this smooth, relaxing blend of fine
Indian and China teas is low in caffeine making it perfect for evening or anytime).

Which teas come from China?
Learn which types of tea come from China and take a close-up look at individual teas, their qualities,
growing season, and which are available online and at market in and outside of the U.S.. (Try Jasmine
Monkey King Tea from Silver Leaf Tea Co., - this jasmine is truly king with a wonderful sweet taste and
aroma. Made with green tea scented w/delicate white jasmine blossoms, it's absolutely divine).

What is Fair Trade and how does it work?
The origins of the early Fair Trade program and the organizations that helped to develop it and are
considered to be the founding fathers of Fair Trade.

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An easy-to-use ingenuiTEA teapot, whose ingenious design has been featured in The New York Times, Time Magazine and HGTV.

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