July 2011 – The Tea Table

Tea Bag Myth Busted

July 22, 2011

by Lori Way, MS, RD I’m sure you’ve heard that tea bags are made from the sweepings of tea factory floors. Now I’ve always figured that was not true, but at the 2011 Tea Expo, Nigel Melican gave a scientific argument explaining why it can’t possibly be true. Get a load of this: In the…

A Matter of Feel

July 15, 2011

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by Lori Way, MS, RD Ahh, the fiery sting of hot peppers, the refreshing cool of peppermint, the sinus-clearing jolt of horseradish. Without these kinds of sensations, a lot of foods would be pretty dull. For this third part of my posts about tasting, I’d like to focus on mouth-feel, also known as chemesthesis, which…

A Matter of Aroma

July 7, 2011

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by Lori Way, MS, RD Can anything be more disappointing than not being able to enjoy your favorite food when you’re clogged up with a cold? In this second part of my series about taste, I’d like to talk about the importance of our sense of smell as it relates to perceiving taste. (Here is…

A Matter of Taste

July 1, 2011

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by Lori Way, MS, RD Have you ever tasted a tea that a friend recommended and absolutely hated it? Or you’re reading tea reviews online and see your favorite tea bashed. You can’t understand how someone could not enjoy your favorite, nor how anyone on earth could like the one you just threw down the…