Talking Tea

We’re exploring pairing tea and chocolate today with Debbie Raab, co-owner and co-founder of the unique and delightful Tea for All in Lawrence, New Jersey. One of the things that makes Tea for All unique is its location inside the Trenton Farmers Market, the longest-running indoor farm market in New Jersey. Before delving into the pairings, … Continue reading Tea and Chocolate

We’re very excited to be at the New York Tea Society’s new Tea Studio in midtown Manhattan, chatting with NYTS’ founder Roy Lamberty.  Roy was a guest on Talking Tea in 2018 and he’s back today to talk with us about how NYTS has evolved since our earlier episode, and how its beautiful new Tea … Continue reading The NYTS Tea Studio, Sharing Gongfu Tea and Community

Willi Singleton is a Pennsylvania potter who’s well-known among students and teachers of the Japanese way of tea as a maker of beautiful, lustrous teawares that are joy to use. Today we’re sitting down with Willi in his Kempton, Pennsylvania studio, at the base of Hawk Mountain, to explore his creative process and the techniques … Continue reading A Product of the Place: Creating Teaware and Ceramic Art, with Willi Singleton

Balhyocha is a tea unique to Korea – it’s not produced anywhere else – and its rich and varied flavor profiles are also unique, not quite like any other teas we’ve tasted here at Talking Tea. But for many tea drinkers, even afficianados of balhyocha, it’s also rather mysterious. What exactly is balhyocha? How is … Continue reading Balhyocha, A Uniquely Korean Tea

Today on Talking Tea we’re exploring a tea origin and tea culture we haven’t yet visited on the show. Turkish tea isn’t widely known outside of Turkey, even though Turkey is a significant tea producer and has one of the largest per capita tea consumption rates in the world. To introduce us to this unique … Continue reading Turkish Tea: An Introduction