Terry Kaufman's articles
Tea through the Ages
A tea plant is actually an evergreen tree. The domesticated plant is pruned to bush size and maintained at a height of five feet. Teapots were not immediately used after the introduction of tea leaves. Beginning around 800 CE, tea leaves were hand-rolled, dehydrated, ground into a powder, mixed with salt and shaped into cakes which would be dropped into bowls of hot water to create a thick mixture. The early days of the Ming Dynasty brought popularity to the leaf infusion as we now know it.Posted: 2006-09-04
Category: Food & Beverage
Types of Coffee Grinders
One of the things a coffee drinker can do to insure a great tasting coffee is to grind their own fresh beans. The are two basic types of coffee grinders: those which have burrs and those which have blades. Which type of grinder you buy should depend upon the grinder’s intended use.Posted: 2006-09-04
Category: Coffee
Choosing Fresh Fruit or Who Put the Worm in My Apple?
It is fairly easy to judge the quality of most fresh fruits by just looking at their external appearance. With the following list of 20 of the most frequently eaten raw fruits, you will be ready and able to properly choose fresh fruit to titillate your tongue.Posted: 2006-09-04
Category: Food & Beverage
