Week 9: Where Do I Call Home?

This post is a long time coming. It’s a few weeks late and that has a lot to do with that fact that I’ve been busy and (accepting full responsibility) super lazy in the time I’ve had that wasn’t already dedicated to something else. I’ve spent most of this time at work and at home, […]

Lake Havasu City or Bust!

I live in Chico, a beautiful town in Northern California that is known for the local agriculture, the community, and the university. My dad, step-mom, and little brothers (well, not so little anymore at 16 and 14!), as well as one of my older brothers and his wife, live in Lake Havasu City, AZ – […]

How Do They Make Tea?

“All there is to making tea is to pick it, steam it, pound it, shape it, dry it, tie it and seal it.” -Lu Yu, The Classic of Tea This is an excerpt from the first ever book on tea, called the Ch’a Ching, or The Classic of Tea. Written in the eight century (yes, […]

What Exactly is Tea?

What exactly is tea, anyway? It seems like you just put any (non-poisonous) plant or herb put into hot water and – VOILA! – tea! Easy an answer as that would be, that’s not exactly how it works. Actual tea is made from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant, a tree native to China. […]