Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Jonathan W. Thomas. Mr. Thomas runs the world’s largest Anglophile blog – Anglotopia – which has become a gathering place for Anglophiles all over the world. You can connect with him on Twitter as @jonathanwthomas. As an ardent Anglophile, I have a lot of respect and admiration for Winston Churchill – Britain’s leader during the crucial World War II years. While he was not a perfect man by any stretch – he was a great man whose life has much to tea
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Good morning, all! For all you Americans out there, I hope your 4th of July was wonderful. Mine was. We went to the zoo on Friday and then I went to a parade on Saturday morning. It was a super fun weekend. :) This week’s card is pretty simple, but I love how it turned out! Absolutely love the colors in the Amy Butler Lotus Tea Box papers –a perfect match for my new buttons from Papertrey. And the Martha Postage Stamp punch ? It was one of those purchases that I bought a while ago and was
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by Jason Jia Chinese people love tea just like we westerners like coffee. And they consider purple clay teapots the optimal partner to teas. Does it hold water? I’ve made a research on that, and let me try to solve the mysteries for you. You can find purple clay at nowhere except Yixing, Jiangsu Province, China. Therefore it is also called Yixing purple clay. Its particles are sand-like and abundant in iron and silicon. And its distinctive structure has two layers of itty-bitty pores, which
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by Jason Jia You may know that Yixing purple clay teapots enable you to fully enjoy your favorite tea, but when you make up your mind to actually buy one, a question comes up: How do you pick a quality purple clay teapot? I’m here today to tell you what you need to look for in order to select a great one. There are three different categories that you should think about when picking a purple clay teapot: how practical it is, what the level handiwork is, and what materials it consists of. C
