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Four Generations of Sweet Tea

Gravel spits under the tires of my grandmother’s sedan as we turn into the home.  I am in the backseat, watching out the window as the greenery rises up from behind split-rail fences as if to take over the sky.  I know those trees, or at least I know of them—they have rooted themselves deep in my childhood memories of North Carolina.  As a young girl, I spent several weeks

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An Analysis of Guayusa: Amazonian Tea

Let me preface this analysis with an admission: I already had a half-cup of coffee this morning.  I say this because one of the selling points of guayusa is its caffeine content, dramatically higher than that of any traditional teas, higher than even the infamous yerba maté.   And so, having already had a bit of caffeine this morning, my analysis may be slightly skewed.  In my defense however, I have

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Continual Learning

We have a new guy in the office.  He is the fresh age of twenty-two; his eyes are bright and he walks with confidence.  His back hasn’t yet bowed under years of disappointments and hard-learned lessons.  Those of us who have been in the industry for awhile have been beaten and bruised by the trial and error of business, and we have been humbled.  Occasionally we cast knowing glances in

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Would-be Interesting Tea Conversations: Multiple Infusions

So, I’m sitting here in a local coffee shop, and an interesting tea conversation came up with a random patron.  I have interesting tea conversations all the time—interesting for the other party, anyway, as I find myself repeating the same sort of answers about what I do, what the tea company does, if I like tea, if I’ve heard of fill-in-the-blank tea blend, etcetera, with every new person that I

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Tuesdays With Sarah – A Hangover Story

It is Tuesday morning, and I am hung over.  Now, as far as hangovers go, this one isn’t too extreme—my headache is only slight, and here I am, swiveling back and forth in my plush office chair, accomplishing things.  So I’m not complaining.  That said, it would be nice to feel a little bit better.
Usually my hangovers take place on Sundays, where I spend the day watching romantic comedies

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