The Great Taste Awards Benchmark Awards for fine specialty foods & drinks discussed.

Rock Star front man for Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan and his cultural mecca Madame ZuZu Tea house explored.

Tang Dynasty poet and artist Lu' Tong and his biography and poem The Song of Tea is discussed.

French Tea: a quiet revolution?

A calendar of dates of tea picking and harvesting.

Chigusa Japanese humble tea vessel on display Smithsonian Asian Art Musuem, Washington D.C. discussed and history.

A small history of the tea plantations in Sochi.

How Russia paved the way for tea from China and its history discussed.

Tea Storage and Handling are discussed

Victorian Tea Era and Impressionist painting. The artists Edward Cucuel, Julius LeBlanc Stewart and Mary Stevenson Cassatt discussed.