Given a choice, most of us would want someone to wake us up in the morning with a cup of tea in hands. And while taking the cup in our hands, we would like to stare at her face. It would be an ideal start to the day, we would say.? But let us accept it is a wishful thinking, and does not always work out. Then? Who would make tea for you in the morning? We have recently come across a solution.

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It Helps to be Very Calm. Fook Ming Tong tea shop chief Thomas Lee is a native of Hong Kong, but it was in London, as a student in the 1970s, where he first began brewing a love for Chinese tea.
“My mother cut my expenses. With no money I couldn’t go to bars and enjoy wine, but tea cost me much less,” says Mr. Lee. “In London’s Chinatown, the waiters and managers of all the restaurants used to teach me how to drink tea.”
Now 60, Mr. Lee’s tea empire spans 11 Fook Ming Tong stores in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Suzhou. He also runs Shiatos Limited, a 35-year-old importer of high-end crystal, porcelain and other luxury goods from Hermès, Lalique and Baccarat into Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China. Read Mr. Lee’s full interview: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703964104575334613690188590.html

This goes to all tea lovers! Good news! We always knew it that tea could not do any harm and now it has been conclusively established scientifically:Tea ‘just as good as water at keeping you hydrated’

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This is not to test you word power or vocabulary, but I was just wondering if you ever heard of the word ‘Tsiology’. If you did not, you need not worry, for this is not the kind of word they taught you at school. However, i have always found the word a bit intriguing and also evocative. It is anything written about tea. Things like a discourse, summary, or paragraph. And a Tsiologist is one who studies tea. And though this word is not listed in many dictionaries, it is listed on many a tea site and at least one major bottled tea maker also lends the definition above. Interesting, isn’t it? Now while having your cup of tea you can easily impress your friends with your enriched vocabulary. Cheers..

A famous coffee outlet in India has a very interesting-and potentially pregnant-tagline: a lot can happen over a cup of coffee. Some of my friends went over to the swanky joint in the hope that the cup of coffee will trigger something, may be, it will help break the ice with the girl who has not even looked their way, let alone say hello to them. One flamboyant but reckless guy who risked arguing with his girlfriend sat for hours over his cup hoping that the sulking beauty would return and hold his hand. Why did I quarrel with her in the first place, he cursed himself (but not the coffee that implicitly lured him into the outlet and could be held culpable for making misleading promises).

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Came across an article recently, and we at Premier’s do not necessarily propagate Tea & Health and that’s why I leave it for our readers to decide. But it is interesting that this wonderful leaf could and if it has, then we all should admire the curative properties. Read Full Story »

If you do, the following tea-trivia may interest you.
Why did Obama switch from green tea to herbals? You’ll know in this guide.

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Can I take a liberty and deviate a bit by talking about something that is not necessarily related to ‘tea’, though it does focus on mood. Today I am sharing with you a poem that has always been my favourite. Often we all find ourselves standing at the crossroads wondering which road to take, what choice to make. The choices, on a lighter level, could pertain to choice of tea or coffee, or on a more serious level may pertain to more complex issues of life. I am sure you will love the poem by Robert Frost. Perhaps it will lift your mood and make you rush for your cup of tea. So enjoy..

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(Here, the author is telling us how to make a perfect cup of tea, British style. I would like to know what your style is. Of course, mine is essentially Indian, but I am curious to know what is yours)
Britain perfected the art of tea-making. Time for the USA to catch up?

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Question:
Can you boil water in a microwave for tea?

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