One tea, two personalities
Author: Dilhan, June 17th, 2009
 Two mugs of tea, made using the same Dilmah Single Origin Pure Ceylon teabag, brewed for the same time in identical porcelain mugs and tasted seconds apart in the same conditions – yet entirely different. One has brightness, depth and strength, with the wonderful balance of richness and flavour that is the hallmark of Ceylon’s Dimbula region orthodox teas. The other, pungency but without depth, and strength without the diverse notes that formed the more complex character of the other tea. In appearance, they are similarly different to each oth...
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‘Greatness’ in a cup of tea
Author: Dilhan, June 3rd, 2009
An advertisement in an inflight magazine on a trans Atlantic flight exclaims, ‘Experience the greatness of our new tea lattes’. Beneath, the advertiser earnestly underlines its claim, ‘ Yes, we did say ...
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The bottom line
Author: Dilhan, April 18th, 2009
At a time when every politician and bureaucrat is more aware than ever of the plight of marginalized people in less developed countries and the need for fair trading relationships to ease the gulf that exists ...
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The Teaman’s solution to the global economic crisis
Author: Dilhan, April 11th, 2009
Tea is a perfect beverage to soothe us through these troubled times and yet its 5,000 year history is punctuated more by conflict than calm. The Opium Wars of the 1800s, the ‘Tea Party Rebellions’ in the ...
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Not quite white …
Author: Dilhan, March 8th, 2009
Lenin wrote that ‘a lie told often enough becomes the truth.’ Generations of politicians before and after him have relied on this wisdom. Corporations have followed suit, and even tea has not been spar...
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The 21st Anniversary Reserve
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Iced Tea …. really
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teatime rocks!
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Ethics works both ways
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From Seattle to Nowhere (via Doha) in 10 years
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