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What is this "pu-erh" you speak of?

What is this “Pu-erh” You Speak Of?

You may or may not have already heard about “Puerh” tea, an ancient form of Chinese tea that is carefully aged and fermented over time. “Puerh” is the name for the tea in Mandarin, and “Bolay” or “Polay” is it’s name in Cantonese. The tea itself is named after the Pu’er province in Yunnan, China.…

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Non-automatic Steeping Teapot

Non-Automatic Steeping Teapot

We’ve been working on a design for a non-automatic version of our teapot… less techy, but still making use of the design elements that differentiate the automatic teapot and our Steepware line. I wanted to be able to add a teapot to our line at a lower price point that remains true to our “Modern…

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Useful Things You Can Do With Tea

Useful Things You Can Do With Tea

G’day folks! Today has me gettin’ my blog on about random and useful tidbits about tea that involve anything but drinking it. As it is a natural plant with numerous health benefits, of course there any number of things that we can be doing with our tea leaves that are useful around the house, office,…

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Cradle to Cradle

Cradle to Cradle

The TeaSpot is currently working on ways to make our company more environmentally friendly. In a town that is blinded with green propanganda and progressive ideologies on how companies and individuals can help save the planet, you would think this would be relatively simple. Despite our green technicolor schemes, this is definitely a much bigger…

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