http://cha-melier.com Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:27:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://cha-melier.com/2008/04/24/144/ A story from a friend living in DC. Hi Karen, ... I was consulted about tea, of all things, at work last week. It was too funny. There was a Chinese delegation coming and the director wanted her assistant to prepare loose tea...the assistant contacted me in a panic, saying "I hear ... http://cha-melier.com/2008/02/07/138/ it's so pretty. Professor John Foxe got me excited about science of tea again. He conducts research on theanine and how it affects brain function. At a recent talk, he explained how the synergy between theanine and caffeine (both present in the tea plant) increases the brain's ability to focus. This ... http://cha-melier.com/2008/01/21/i-heart-theanine/ Hollyawesome has left the ship for warmer, Pacific waters out West. Lots of love and luck to you! May the universe always provide. Thanks for showing me how to make Turkish Tea. http://cha-melier.com/2008/01/17/hollyawesome-moves-to-oakland/ Check out the Third Drawer Down project. http://cha-melier.com/2007/11/11/aussie-tea-towels/ The Darjeeling Limited trailer. Wes Anderson's new film. . http://cha-melier.com/2007/08/21/118/ Suzanne and Jason are in China right now and sent me this awesome sign. http://cha-melier.com/2007/08/21/115/ Aurora and I had a matcha tasting aboard the Wild Turkey. I've been working on sourcing green tea powders outside of Japan, to see what's out there and see if any of it is good. We compared two premium grades, one from Japan and one from Korea. I was telling ... http://cha-melier.com/2007/08/20/matcha-aboard-the-wild-turkey/ Judd Cove Oysters I was ten when I ate my first raw oyster. I've always liked them, although as a kid it was more about the dare. Now, it's about taste and the feeling of being close, intimate with the ocean. Two weeks ago, I schucked my first ones, with Aurora, on ... http://cha-melier.com/2007/08/19/orcas-island/ Look out Springfield, I just got Simpsonized! http://cha-melier.com/2007/07/28/94/