Black tea

A U.S. scientist has stirred the pot with Britain by offering some controversial advice about tea.

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A U.S. scientist's tea recipe has Brits aghast. Salt? Warm milk? The horror!

12:12pm January 25, 2024

by Lauren Frayer

Some 250 years after Americans ruined a lot of British tea in Boston Harbor, a U.S. chemist's salty tip for the perfect cup has prompted an intervention from the U.S. Embassy in London.

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Pinkies up, Janeites! We mark the bicentennial of Austen's death with a look at her relationship with a beloved cuppa.

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It Is A Truth Universally Acknowledged That Jane Austen Pairs Well With Tea

3:21pm July 18, 2017

by Nina Martyris

Pinkies up, Janeites! We mark the bicentennial of Austen's death with a look at her relationship with a beloved cuppa.

Leonard Cohen performs on stage at the Musikhalle in 1970 in Hamburg, Germany.

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The Story Behind The 'Tea And Oranges' In Leonard Cohen's Song 'Suzanne'

6:04pm November 15, 2016

by Nina Martyris

Cohen's friend Suzanne Verdal fed him a black tea with pieces of orange rind in it. That tea is Constant Comment, sold by the Bigelow Tea Co. First sold in the 1940s, it remains popular even today.