Tea Time by Jay Bogdanowitsch
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Winston Churchill, Prime Minister
Winston Churchill is probably the most famous man in modern British history. His powerful oratory helped hold the spirit of a nation together at a time when all seemed lost. He is a hero of almost indescribable magnitude, but also a scone-gobbling thief…
He is famous for clever quotes like this, “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.”
But what happens when he travels into the country to visit an old school mate? During tea he is introduced to a young girl who is in the employ of his friend, Lord Cavendish. She helps tend the gardens around the castle. The young girl says something to him that fires up his oratory and becomes part of what is now remembered as a powerful, influential and inspiring speech.
Who was that girl? What did she say during tea that day? Click through to find out
Battle of the coconut pouchong
When two competing companies make a similar blend, it is an invitation for them to be compared. We set out to compare the differences between two coconut pouchongs; one from Adagio Teas and one from Golden Moon Tea. The Golden Moon pouchong was awarded Best Tea at the 2007 World Tea Expo. We wanted to see if it lived up to hype.
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Ar Ramadi, Iraq
The Euphrates River. Just being there—seeing it, listening to it, smelling it—seemed to have biblical implications. How many foreign invaders saw the river that way? A soldier, sitting on top of an armored vehicle. The sun setting on the horizon. A long, hot and uncertain day coming to an end with another warm night about to begin. It was something as simple as a cup of tea that made it bearable.
There had been a riot in town earlier in the day. The soldiers drove right through it — or, at least tried to. There was much shouting, anger, and resentment in the air. There were hundreds, probably thousands of people yelling and chanting. This was the very first American visit into the city, in war with an uncertain future; a visit that was apparently not welcome. The convoy slowed to a halt in the middle of the mass of humanity surrounding it. The soldiers glanced around nervously, wondering what they were going to do next.
The crowd acted first. They threw sandals; lots of them. It seemed like a thousand people simultaneously pulled the shoes from their own feet and hurled them through the air in defiant protest. Soldiers ducked down inside their vehicles because they threw rocks too.
Shoes? Are they really throwing shoes at us? A riot, a soldier, and tea in an uncommon place
What does tea advertising say to you?
Twinings Tea commercial with Stephen Fry |
Do you really understand how advertising is supposed to work? Sure, the goal of advertising is to get you to buy someone’s product, but it does this by letting you know that companies care about you, the consumer. While all good companies care about their customers, having a good product is not often enough. Showing that interest by creating and producing entertaining, creative, and innovative advertising is the one thing that really allows consumers to connect with the companies they buy from. Keep reading and see more funny and entertaining tea commercials…
History Channel Tea Documentary
In December of 2006, History Channel broadcast this excellent and well-produced, 45-minute documentary on the history of tea and the American tea industry. For those of you who missed it or would like to see it again; we are making it available here via Hulu.
Click through for links and details about the people and companies featured in the video
Tea needs a soundtrack: Volume 2
Put the kettle on!
Grab your teacup, turn up the volume and listen to these great songs.
This music compilation features some of the best new music released in 2009. We kick it off with New Zealand’s comedy duo the Flight of the Conchords, stars of the hilarious hit television series of the same name. Rodrigo and Gabriela show off with a rocking Mexican guitar instrumental.
We have Irish/Czech duo The Swell Season with one of their hit singles from this year. Julian Casablancas starts a set of music with some 80’s inspired dance pop, followed by the newest single from super-band Depeche Mode, while Fiction Family is here channelling their inner Cure. Animal Collective plays some of their incredible experimental music followed by indie band Nickel Eye.
The Wicked Devil remix of Cage the Elephant’s hit Ain’t no rest for the wicked shows up. We also feature two of the best female artists of the year, sweet-voiced Lisa Hannigan and Grammy-nominated Neko Case. The Decemberists present a track from their rock opera The Hazards of Love and the Grammy-nominated Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs set us up for a polished finish by the highly-talented, high priest of all modern music, Matisyahu.
The Kinks – Have a cuppa tea
The Kinks were a British rock band formed in 1964 in Muswell Hill, London. They formed part of the British music invasion of the United States. The two founders, brothers Ray and Dave Davies stayed with the band for its entire duration of 32 years. In 1990, the original 4 members of the band – the Davies brothers, Pete Quaife and Nick Avory, were inducted into the Rock and Roll and Hall of fame. This song, “Have a cuppa tea”, released in 1971 on The Kinks Muswell Hillbillies album proclaims about tea that, “It’s a cure for tonsilitis and for water on the knee.” and “Tea knows no segregation, no class nor pedigree; It knows no motivations, no sect or organisation.”