Give me tea in my cup
Keep me slurping
Give me tea in my cup, I pray
Give me tea in my cup
Keep me slurping
Keep me slurping to the break of day
Author: Matt
International Tea Day: The Meme
Tea News
Tea is suddenly in the news. I added a new category for reporting news coverage on the blog.
Is the British tea supply at risk?
News outlets are reporting that the attacks on ships in the Red Sea may put the British tea supply at risk. Tetley and Sainsbury’s report a shortage of black tea.
One of the UK’s best known tea makers has revealed it is monitoring tea supplies on a daily basis as imports reach a “critical period”.
Tetley Tea, the country’s second biggest tea brand, said supplies were “much tighter” than it would like amid disruption in the Red Sea.
It comes after Sainsbury’s supermarket issued warnings about the availability of black tea.
However, Tetley said it hoped to continue to meet normal demand.
Tetley monitoring its tea supplies on daily basis, BBC News
The warning of delays is the first for a food item, following several from clothing retailers after Iran-aligned Houthi militia attacked ships in and around the Red Sea, slowing trade between Asia and Europe.
Britain, the world’s fifth largest tea importer, gets more than half of its imported tea from Kenya and India, making it dependent on the Red Sea route.
Unprocessed tea is shipped into the UK for processing and packaging, helping to make Britain the 10th largest exporter globally, according to the Institute of Export & International Trade (IEIT).
Britain’s tea supply facing disruption from Red Sea crisis, Reuters
The UK, being the fifth-largest tea importer globally, relies heavily on imports from Kenya and India, which account for over half of its tea imports, making the Red Sea route crucial for its supply.
The UK imports unprocessed tea for local processing and packaging, positioning it as the 10th largest tea exporter worldwide, as per the Institute of Export & International Trade (IEIT).
Andrew Opie, the Director of Food and Sustainability at the British Retail Consortium said, “There is temporary disruption to some black tea lines, but the impact on consumers will be minimal as retailers are not expecting significant challenges.”
Steeped in uncertainty: Red Sea disruptions stir tea supply concerns, Trade Finance Global
What Is Gong Fu Cha (功夫茶)
Tea House Ghost茶館鬼 takes us on an introductory tour of Gong Fu Cha – a traditional Chinese tea service.
Fancy tea gets you “drunk”?
Level 2: Advanced Tea Craft For Gentlemen
In a follow-up to the last video I shared, Modern Rogue are at it again learning more about tea.
Doc Brown explains how to make a mug of tea the correct way
After the wildly low sample size gave such an incorrect poll result, here is Doc Brown explaining how to do it properly.
I asked Mastodon how they make their tea
It is also a meme at this point to argue about the correct way to make a mug of tea. I asked Mastodon how to make tea. Only six people replied which is why 17% of you are wrong.
Site Log: Hello World
Tea is Brill is probably one of the biggest isBrill.com projects I have undertaken so far. I love tea as my entire kitchen cupboard dedicated to tea and my friends who try to pick a brew from my collection will tell you.
With this Brill, I want to document not only what I know and love about tea but also everything I learn making and researching for the site.
I plan to focus on two sections – growing the Tea Jargon directory and sharing interesting things about tea. The shares will likely be videos as once I find good videos to share, the work is fairly trivial to queue up. I am mostly looking for videos and external blog posts that are in some way definitive or good for learning from.
I’ve already had some great conversations on Mastodon about tea and its history. There are some truly well-read and knowledgeable people out there. I will be looking to connect with and follow tea enthusiasts and experts. I will also run some polls to create some fun low-effort updates.
You can follow this site on Mastodon as @tea.isbrill.com@tea.isbrill.com or me as @lordmatt@mastodon.social.
Matt’s Amazon Tea List
Would you like to yourself (or me) a tea gift? I created Matt’s Amazon Tea List. It contains only things that I would be delighted to receive and will probably buy for myself at some point.
The link is an affiliate link which changes nothing for you – the prices are just the same but (at no cost to you) if you buy something Amazon rewards me with a little money.
