Dating and condition
The shapes of tea and coffee pots can help with dating them, but because many 18th-century styles were repeated in the 19th and 20th centuries you need to check the marks on the base to tell whether the piece is a later reproduction. There is nothing wrong with buying, say, a 19th-century coffee pot in an 18th-century style, provided the marks are correct for the date it was made and the pot is priced as a reproduction.
Turkish researchers have discovered that spearmint tea can help to control rapid and excessive hair growth in women. Excessive hair growth around the face, stomach and breasts is a medical condition called Hirsutism, which is normally treated by a cocktail of drugs. The condition is caused when women produce too much of the male hormone testosterone, and can be a distressing and embarrassing condition for women. Drinking only two cups of spearmint tea per day can reduce the levels of testosterone, therefore reducing the rate at which the hair grows
The typical British ‘cuppa’ is brewed from black Indian tea leaves and served with milk and sugar. Indian teas may be the most common in Britain, but the origins of tea and the culture of tea-drinking lie in China, where the wild tea plant was first domesticated. Even today, the words for tea in almost every global language can be traced back to the Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese ‘cha’, or ‘te’ in the Amoy dialect of south-eastern China.
After weeks of winter weather that has been anything but normal, the season finally revealed its true self this month: the crisp mornings, the occasional afternoon showers — the kind of quiet moments made for a cup of hot tea.
But don’t settle for any brew, not when it can be infused with tantalizing fresh herbs from the backyard. Plants that constitute a tea garden are not only easy to grow in Southern California but also as pleasing to the eyes and nose as they are to the palate.
Ballantyne Haines was anything but short and stout when she modelled as a teapot during the Exotica Wearable Flower Parade in Christchurch yesterday.
Haines was participating in the Exotica Wearable Flowers Parade at Christ Church Cathedral modelling a creation by fabric artist Jenny Gillies.
Hundreds of people packed the cathedral for the event, which is part of the Festival of Flowers organised by the Christchurch Garden City Trust.
The festival runs until February 18. Activities include guided garden walks, exhibitions, flower competitions, garden parties and performances.
Red, white and blue decorations will add to the festivities at Van Wert Woman’s Club’s Tea at 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 22 in honor of George Washington’s birthday.
On hand will also be balloons and a special birthday cake.
This birthday celebration will be in addition to the regularly-scheduled program, “Fresh and Frugal Ideas for Your Home,” with Mary Beth Longstreth and Sherry Hughes. Longstreth is associated with Ironwood Designs in Delphos, and Hughes and her family operate The Hughes Bed and Breakfast in Van Wert.
teadog.com (www.teadog.com) polled 181 tea drinkers to find how they sweetened a cup of tea.
First, tea drinkers were asked what they used to sweeten a cup of tea:
34% used sugar or a form of sugar
31% did not use any sweetener
19% used an artificial sweetener
16% used honey
Then, tea drinkers were asked how many teaspoons they used to sweeten a cup of tea:
31% did not use any sweetener
39% used 1 teaspoon of sweetener or less
21% used between 1 and 2 teaspoons of sweetener
6% used between 2 and 3 teaspoons of sweetener
3% used 4 or more teaspoons of sweetener
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