Author Archives: Xavier
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Bremen or going into an arena to look for a string
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Bremen holds a special place in my heart, both for personal reasons (the most important ones) and for tea ones. This is why I was delighted to learn that the first German Tea Festival was being held in this town. But first things first. Bremen …
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France, its colonies and tea
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I know it is probably quite strange to publish something about a country that is going to get under the ever cautious eyes of Mr @thedevotea himself and that @lahikmajoe wrote about. What is even worst is knowing that in 2009, with a mere 0,21 …
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Norway in a tea shop
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What a strange title isn’t it? It was inspired by Norway in a nutshell, a wonderful trip you can do near Bergen with trains, boat and bus and where you get to see a lot of wonderful things. You are wondering if I lost my …
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My kingdom for a horse! Or rather an island for a tea!
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Obviously, Richard III had no clue about tea otherwise he would never had asked for a horse. In my case, I asked for tea but since I am no king, I only offered an island, the island of Sylt. For those of you that are …
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The (Tea)World is a village
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TeaWorld Rendez-vous © I had read this name on the Internet but that was all as I had thought “this is probably another American thing, where I will never be able to go.” But I saw something on several tea blogs that got me interested …
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“Why is a raven like a writing desk?” or how to be surprised in a well-known shop
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I guess that at this point in time, @peter is probably wondering what I am doing and why I needed to tease him. To be honest, this reminds me a story about Hatta and Haiga when they were drinking tea together and wondering “Why is …
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You will get lost but one day you will thank me
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What a strange title, no? But I do think that you will understand what I meant before the end of this post. Call me a magician but I know what your deepest dream is: you all dream of owning and operating a tea plantation. Can …
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The other side of the coin, or double speak of the tea pseudo-worldy ?
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This is not something I wrote but the translation in English (thanks to @jackie and @lahikmajoe for proof reading it) of a post made by Guillaume Leleu, the owner and founder of the French tea company Theodor (www.theodor.fr), on Monblogdethé (www.monblogdethe.fr). The original post was …
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“Café du Commerce” and tea
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Let’s start with what is called in French a “Café du Commerce” analysis (mostly a popular wisdom analysis that you can hear in most cafés): tea prices are too high. You do agree, right? How many times did you hear that? Or perhaps even say …
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The First Tea War: a History
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From The First Tea War: a History The following extract is a transcription in modern English of a poem found in the wreckage of the HMS Aeolus, following the first border skirmishes between Great Britain and China during the First Tea War O you, Robert …