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Syndication

What is lapsang souchong? Why does it have such a smoky taste?

Sources:

Direct download: tr-014.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:24pm PDT

Tea is mostly water, but we don't think much about water. What is it? Where did it come from? How does it work? And how can we use this knowledge to make our tea better?

Direct download: tearage_2013_12_15.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:15pm PDT

Tea bags are horrible tea. There's nothing wrong with tea bags. Let me explain.

Errata: At one point I say "milligrams" when I mean "milliliters".

Direct download: tearage_2013_12_02.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:27pm PDT

The challenges and triumphs of making tea while traveling.

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Direct download: tearage_2013_09_01.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:20pm PDT

A discussion of tea in the workplace.

Tea review: Silk Dragon by The Tea Merchant 

Direct download: tearage_2013_06_04.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:11pm PDT

How do I feel about flavored tea? Guess.

Tea review:

Direct download: tearage_2013_05_13.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:07pm PDT

Robert Fortune, the superspy of tea.

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Direct download: tearage_2013_04_10.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:37am PDT

This episode features our very first interview, and it's with Gail Carriger, a novelist, archeologist, and tea aficionado. She's best known for her Parasol Protectorate series, which is a steampunk comedy romance adventure series featuring the tea-addicted Alexia Tarabotti. You can find out more about her and her works at gailcarriger.com.

Direct download: tearage-2013-01-08.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:00am PDT

A complaint about how tea is treated in restaurants.

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Direct download: tearage-2012-12-21.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:30am PDT

Earl Grey. What is it? Where did it come from? And why does it, sometimes, fill me with rage?

Direct download: tearage-2012-12-12.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:08pm PDT

How I make tea, and rage against frilly tea cozies.

Links:

  • The Royal Society of Chemistry's "How To Make A Perfect Cup of Tea" (pdf)
  • Tea Time

Credits:

Ominous by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.
http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100562.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license are available at http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/licenses/.

Direct download: tearage-2012-12-04.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:11am PDT

In which we discuss what tea is and is not.

Direct download: tea_rage_20121125.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:34pm PDT

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