Getting Closer!

My tea "barn" is almost finished and ready to move my tea office into. My online store is almost ready to launch and within a week and a half my photo and interview with the Sacramento Magazine will be published! Whew! I'm tired! I've been working hard!

Episode 27 The History of Tea was uploaded around 11:30 p.m. last night! I always find new facts about tea culture when I dig in and study my many books or do research in the library's databases. Did you know that if you have a Sacramento Public Library card that you can search databases from your home computer? Yeah! Cool! You won't bring up any commercial websites or inaccurate information either! Check out your local library because most of them pay for databases of information that you can access if you have a card! I have found alot of out of print tea books in the library too!!!

Speaking of books about tea or tea parties, here are some of my favorites:

James Norwood Pratt's New Tea Lover's Treasury - known as the "bible" of tea.

The New Tea Companion by Jane Pettigrew & Bruce Richardson - A Guide to Teas Throughout the World

A Social History of Tea by Jane Pettigrew

The Protocol School of Washington Tea & Etiquette Taking Tea for Business and Pleasure by Dorothea Johnson

These are all essential books you should have in your library!

I need a nap! Check out the new podcast!