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Conversations on tea and tea culture.
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Turkish Tea: An Introduction from 2022-05-24T23:30:47
Today on Talking Tea we're exploring a tea origin and tea culture we haven't yet visited on the show. Turkish tea isn't widely known outside of Turkey, even though Turkey is a significan...
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Tea as Daoist Meditation, with Robert Coons from 2022-03-18T22:40:51
After nearly a year hiatus from releasing new episodes, and nearing what’s hopefully the end of a worldwide pandemic, we’re very happy to welcome back Robert Coons to talk with us about tea...
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Lakyrsiew: Unlocking the Magic of the Leaf from 2021-03-04T21:24:54
Today we're continuing with our periodic series of shorter episodes focusing on one tea, one producer or one region that may be new to the tea stage or that we're excited about and want ...
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Bamboo Pu'er, Beyond the Novelty from 2020-12-17T14:56:03
There's a certain novelty factor to bamboo pu'er - sheng or shou pu'er packed and (usually) aged in a bamboo tube. It's not the way we usually acquire our pu'er, and it can be both chall...
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The Korean Way of Tea, with Brother Anthony of Taizé from 2020-09-07T23:07:31
For quite some time we've been wanting to explore Korean tea culture on Talking Tea, so we're very happy to be joined in this episode by Brother Anthony of Taizé, a prolific writer, tran...
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Tea&Daoism: Adjacent Connections from 2020-05-15T19:36:51
Today we're exploring connections between tea and Daoism, the millenia-old Chinese religious and philosophical tradition that has had such a profound influence on culture and history in ...
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Sensory Immersion Into Tea from 2020-02-25T22:55:40
In this episode we're at the 2020 Toronto Tea Festival and its kick-off event, Kevin Gascoyne's Rare Tea Tasting. Kevin is an internationally recognized leader and innovator in the tea i...
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Talking Teapots, In-Depth with Scott Norton from 2020-01-07T21:54:11
When a listener requested an episode about teapots. we realized that this was a topic we haven't really delved into on Talking Tea. And having attended one of tea blogger, writer and tea...
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Chemistry, Climate Change, Bugs&Tea from 2019-11-08T22:39:02
Today we're exploring a bit of tea science on Talking Tea. We're joined by Eric Scott, a a tea scientist and researcher at Tufts University, to chat about some of the many ways a basic u...
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Gender, Empire and the Making of the Western Tea Market from 2019-09-20T12:04:51
We're delving into some sticky topics today on Talking Tea as we look at the roles mass marketing, gender, racism and modern British history have played in shaping tea markets and tea cu...
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A "Tea Cave" in Vermont from 2019-08-06T19:25:05
Today Talking Tea is in Middlebury, Vermont, at Stone Leaf Teahouse, a unique tea space in this bucolic town. Joining us is John Wetzel, founder and owner of Stone Leaf.
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Pairing Tea and...Cheese? from 2019-06-09T23:32:32
Most everyone is familiar with pairing wine and cheese, but pairing tea and cheese is much less well known and less understood. (By the way, that's tea in the glass in the photo above, n...
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Chaxi: Harmony, Art&Expression in Tea from 2019-05-02T01:15:26
We've been wanting to explore chaxi on Talking Tea ever since we visited the Tea Institute at Penn State University back in 2016. Tea was prepared and served to us by students in the Chi...
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Dark Tea Comes Out of the Shadows from 2019-03-12T22:50:44
Today we're chatting with Zhen Lu and Phil Rushworth of Zhen Tea about a category of tea that's not widely understood outside of China or even within China, and that's heicha, or "dark t...
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Choosing Teaware for Flavor, Aroma&Experience from 2019-02-01T00:06:43
Today we welcome back to the show Kevin Gascoyne, of Montreal's Camellia Sinensis Tea House, to chat with us in depth about how our choices of teaware impact the flavors, aromas and over...
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Chabana: Flowers for Tea from 2018-12-31T20:18:08
As December comes to a close and winter deepens here in the northern hemisphere, we're continuing our turn inward as we conclude our two-part series on the spirit of tea as reflected in ...
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Okakura and the Spirit of Tea from 2018-12-12T19:53:52
We're getting a bit contemplative this time of year here at Talking Tea, as the weather turns cooler and our bodies and minds begin to turn inward. So this December we're offering two ep...
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Tea Cocktail Experiments from 2018-10-11T21:17:58
Today on Talking Tea we're doing something a little different from our usual format. A few weeks back we were invited by the folks at Tea Dealers and the 29b Tea House (featured in our p...
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Glimpsing Tea's Past, Finding Tea's Presence, at New York's Floating Mountain from 2018-08-27T18:10:31
Today on Talking Tea we're witnessing tea history brought into the present at the serenely beautiful Floating Mountain teahouse in New York City, where ongoing programs on tea history an...
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Dong Ding: Everything Taiwanese Tea Has to Offer from 2018-07-13T04:28:25
Today we welcome back to Talking Tea Shiuwen Tai of Seattle’s Floating Leaves tea to chat about one of our favorite teas, Taiwan’s celebrated Dong Ding oolong.
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Bridging the Gap Between Tea and Coffee from 2018-06-01T00:32
At Talking Tea we've long wanted to explore the seemingly deep divide between tea and coffee, and between tea drinkers and coffee drinkers. But lately we've come to realize that the divi...
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Innovation in Indian Tea from 2018-03-30T18:57:03
Today on Talking Tea we welcome back Kevin Gascoyne of Montreal's Camellia Sinensis Tea House. If you've heard any of our earlier episodes with Kevin, you'll know that Kevin is a special...
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Ambassadors of Tea from 2018-02-19T11:18:19
There is an amazement of tea that's hard to capture in words. It can happen when we experience a tea for the first time and are astounded by flavors and aromas unlike an...
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Talking Tea Live Event - Join Us on 2/22 in Philadelphia from 2018-02-06T20:12:47
Tea Process and Transformation: A Tasting Workshop
Growing a Tea Meetup from 2018-01-19T12:00
One of our guiding principles here at Talking Tea is that conversations about tea and tea culture have the power to deepen our understanding and enhance our experience of tea. Today on T...
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Pairing Tea With Scotch from 2017-12-15T21:01:39
Today we welcome back Kevin Gascoyne of Montreal's famed Camellia Sinensis Tea House to explore tea pairings, and specifically pairing tea with scotch. We begin our chat by looking at so...
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Talking Tea Live Event with Zhen Tea - Join Us on 12/1/2017 from 2017-11-01T12:00:13
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Bitten by the Bug: Oriental Beauty, with Té Company from 2017-10-26T16:46:10
To kick off Talking Tea's fourth season, we're at Té Company, an exquisite teahouse in New York's West Village, talking about an exquisite tea - the aptly ...
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An Intro to Cultivar and Origin from 2017-05-25T18:51:03
When we serious tea drinkers start to broaden our knowledge of tea, we often encounter two terms that can seem mysterious or confusing: cultivar and origin. What is a tea cultivar, and w...
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Two Tea Podcasters Walk Into a Bar... from 2017-03-31T22:50:04
Earlier this year, TJ Williamson of the World Tea Podcast invited us to join him in leading a session on industry-specific podcasting at Podcam...
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Learning Tea With Babelcarp from 2017-03-08T13:57:06
We're calling this episode "learning tea" because learning about tea can be like learning a language - like learning English, or French, or Chinese, or any other language. There's a voca...
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Arriving At The Source from 2017-02-03T01:26:56
Most tea consumers never have the opportunity to visit the source of the teas we drink - the tea growers and tea makers in the various tea-producing regions around the world. So here at ...
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Lapsang Souchong - Beyond the Smoke from 2016-12-18T21:13:32
As temperatures begin to drop outdoors and autumn settles into early winter, the scent of smoke rising from chimneys fills the evening air in just about every place we visit in the coole...
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Focusing on Taste from 2016-11-06T22:58:08
Today on Talking Tea we focus on the nuances of flavor, and how to fully appreciate the taste of tea by engaging all of our senses. Guiding us through this exploration of tasting is Bill...
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Montreal's Tea School from 2016-09-16T22:52:19
What did Talking Tea do this summer? We went to summer school, of course. Tea summer school, that is. In August we attended one of the English-language Summ...
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The Sencha Episode from 2016-08-04T04:49:19
This week on Talking Tea we're exploring the intricacies of sencha, the most ubiquitous of Japanese green teas. Sencha? Intricate? Many tea drinkers don't think of those two words in the...
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Creating Forest-Grown Tea in Hawaii from 2016-06-30T14:05:43
Since we launched Talking Tea in 2014, one of our main areas of focus has been the continuing growth of tea enthusiasm in North America. We've chatted with tea sellers, educators and wri...
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Tea, Heart to Heart from 2016-06-03T16:23:31
This week on Talking Tea we return to the Tea Institute at Penn State University to explore the evolution and burgeoning growth of interest in Japanese tea ...
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New Visions in Japanese Tea from 2016-05-02T01:57:52
If you've listened to our Talkin' Matcha episodes you'll recognize the name of Tyas Huybrechts. Tyas has been a blogger and tea ceremony instructor based in Osaka and Kyoto, Japan, and w...
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Tea Goes to College from 2016-03-30T22:44:53
An institute dedicated to intensive, interdisciplinary tea education and research is not something you'll typically see at a college or university in North America - or anywhere else, fo...
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Tea Culture/Youth Culture from 2016-02-25T14:18:22
This week on Talking Tea we look at the growing popularity of tea and tea culture among youth and teens. Chatting with us (via Skype) is Connor Adlam of T...
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Tea, Zen, Awareness from 2016-01-27T04:18:53
We're releasing this episode in between the Western new year and the Asian lunar new year, and we took this opportunity to quiet our minds, turn inward a bit, and look again at tea as a ...
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How To Spot a Quality Tea - Part 2: Silver Needles from 2015-12-24T00:17:01
In our last episode of Talking Tea we began to explore the elements of a quality tea with Shunan Teng of New York City's Tea Drunk. As examples of what to look for in choosing tea, Shuna...
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How To Spot A Quality Tea - Part 1: Gua Pian from 2015-11-25T00:11:38
This week on Talking Tea we return to Tea Drunk in New York City to chat with Shunan Teng, founder and owner of Tea Drunk, about tips and tricks for identifying quality teas. As...
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Baozhong: Born in China, Rooted in Taiwan from 2015-10-28T12:54:51
We're continuing our exploration of Taiwanese oolongs this week with a focus on one of the most celebrated of Taiwanese teas, Baozhong. Shiuwen Tai, of Seattle's Floating Leaves Tea, gav...
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The World of Taiwanese Oolongs from 2015-09-22T02:38:24
This week on Talking Tea we begin exploring the spectrum of Taiwanese oolongs with Shiuwen Tai of Seattle's Floating Leaves Tea. Shiuwen chats with us via Skype about the history of tea ...
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Kevin Gascoyne on Darjeelings, Fair trade and the Future of Tea from 2015-08-28T23:35:01
We’re back in Montreal this week on Talking Tea chatting with Kevin Gascoyne of Montreal’s famed Camellia Sinensis Tea House. Listen
A Relaxed Approach To Tea&"Tea Decadence" At Montreal's Cha Do Raku from 2015-08-13T20:10:35
Today at Talking Tea we’re in Montreal beginning our exploration of this city’s vibrant tea scene. Our first stop is Cha Do Raku, a new t...
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From The Czech Republic With Oxalis Tea from 2015-07-30T22:14:06
On today's episode we have two guests speaking to us from Oxalis Tea and Coffee in the Czech Republi...
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Tea&Relational Culture: What's Tea Got To Do With It? from 2015-06-15T19:01:47
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Beauty in Imperfection: A Visit to the Shofuso Tea House from 2015-04-28T23:04:57
This week on Talking Tea we’re back in Philadelphia at Shofuso, an authentic, and quite amazing, Japanese house and garden with a Listen
Teatulia: A New Model of Tea Farming in Bangladesh from 2015-04-09T19:08:03
This week on Talking Tea we chat via Skype with Chris Olsen of Teatulia, an organic tea producer based in Bangladesh founded on principles of social respon...
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The Qi of Tea: Tea's Healing and Spiritual Qualities from 2015-03-12T11:25:38
You might think we're having an identity crisis this week on Talking Tea, since our host and guest on this week's podcast share the same name. In this week...
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Talkin' Matcha, Part 2: How To Make It from 2015-02-19T16:31:17
Have you been wondering how to make a bowl of matcha without the ritual of a formal tea ceremony? How to get a smooth, frothy lime-green foam that looks an...
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Talkin' Matcha, Part 1 from 2015-01-29T17:13:59
This week Talking Tea talks matcha with Tyas Huybrechts, founder and blogger at Tea Talk, a blog devoted entirely to Japanese green teas. Matcha, a powdere...
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An Eclectic Path of Tea from 2015-01-05T17:50:43
This week Talking Tea is back in Philadelphia to chat with Rebecca Goldschmidt of Philly's Random Tea Room & Curiosity Shop, one of the most eclectic tea s...
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Crafting Tea and the Good Life from 2014-12-17T21:21:50
On our pre-holiday episode of Talking Tea we chat with Andy Hayes, founder and tea maker at Plum Deluxe, a tea blender based in Portland, Oregon. Andy ta...
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Artful Tea from 2014-11-25T15:44:13
This week on Talking Tea we chat with Morgan Beard of Urasenke Philadelphia, an organization dedicated to practicing and teaching the Japanese way of tea. We re...
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Drunk on Tea, Part 2: All About Pu Erh from 2014-11-04T13:50:01
Everything you always wanted to know about pu erh but were afraid to ask...and more.
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Drunk on Tea, Part 1 from 2014-10-21T15:59:58
This week on Talking Tea we get "drunk" on tea at Tea Drunk, a teahouse in New York City serving traditional Chinese tea. Shunan Teng, who founded and owns...
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Beyond The Tea Leaf: A Conversation With Tea Author Linda Hewitt from 2014-09-30T21:00:45
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