If French Laundry were a tea warehouse, it would be Silk Road Teas. Located In a semi-industrial area in the wilds of San Rafael, the modest Silk Road Tea sign belies the treasures within. You enter into a serene reception…
After a long teabreak, LTR is back with a pressing issue: Tea may be the world’s most popular drink, but the amount of misleading and downright wrong information is breathtaking. On one side are the tea cognoscenti who can rattle off…
Every Spring, tea mavens flock to the cavernous halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center for World Tea Expo. Some come to taste and try new teas and products; others to exhibit. Some are old hands; others represent new companies…
Check out "The Power of Pu-erh" in the recent (March/April) issue of Tea Magazine. LTR founder Ava writes about the health claims of pu-erh and talks to legendary pu-erh expert Roy Fong of the famed Imperial Tea Court in San…
Superb quality tea leaves with a do-good spin is not what you'd associate with tea bags, those soggy limp sacks spreading brown stains at the side of a saucer. Granted, a lot of good tea companies are now in the…