I never realized it as a kid, but drinking tea was a ritual in my family. We drank a variety of teas, each made in its own precise way. Every tea has an optimal steep time and ideal water temperature, ...

I have a confession: I have a tea dealer here in Arizona. They've got me so hooked on their creative, hand-crafted loose-leaf tea blends that I don’t know if I can ever go back to store-bought teabags ...