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The Art of the Teapot: A Little History From Yixing to Brown Betty

The Art of the Teapot: A Little History From Yi...

Granny Lulu takes you through six centuries of teapot history, from the first Yixing clay pots in China to the stout Brown Betty of Staffordshire, explaining why shape, material, and...

The Art of the Teapot: A Little History From Yi...

Granny Lulu takes you through six centuries of teapot history, from the first Yixing clay pots in China to the stout Brown Betty of Staffordshire, explaining why shape, material, and...

Classic English tea setting with a rounded brown ceramic teapot, a white teacup and saucer, a milk jug and a sugar bowl

A Short History of Tea in England

How tea went from a locked caddy in a royal drawing room to the mug on every English kitchen counter, told through the people and the pots that got it...

A Short History of Tea in England

How tea went from a locked caddy in a royal drawing room to the mug on every English kitchen counter, told through the people and the pots that got it...

Kodo: The Japanese Art of Incense Discovery and Its Secret Bond with Tea

Kodo: The Japanese Art of Incense Discovery and...

Kodo, the Japanese art of incense, is the sister discipline of the tea ceremony: both were shaped in the same era, under the same philosophy of quiet attention. Granny Lulu...

Kodo: The Japanese Art of Incense Discovery and...

Kodo, the Japanese art of incense, is the sister discipline of the tea ceremony: both were shaped in the same era, under the same philosophy of quiet attention. Granny Lulu...

Afternoon Tea vs. High Tea: The Real Difference (And Why Almost Everyone Gets It Wrong)

Afternoon Tea vs. High Tea: The Real Difference...

The difference between afternoon tea and high tea is not about elegance versus informality: it is about two completely separate British traditions, different social classes, different times of day, and...

Afternoon Tea vs. High Tea: The Real Difference...

The difference between afternoon tea and high tea is not about elegance versus informality: it is about two completely separate British traditions, different social classes, different times of day, and...