Nov. 24, 1999 DAILY BRUIN STAFF
Fifteen years ago in Taiwan a specialty tea
craze began. Tea houses serving fresh, natural made-to-order drinks like Chai and flavored, frothy iced tea with black pearls popped up all over the place. This tea craze has slowly infiltrated the United States as a follow up to the specialty coffee trend that began in the early ‘90s. MORE >>
Fifteen years ago in Taiwan a specialty tea craze began. Tea houses serving fresh, natural made-to-order drinks like Chai and flavored, frothy iced tea with black pearls popped up all over the place. This tea craze has slowly infiltrated the United States as a follow up to the specialty coffee trend that began in the early ‘90s. MORE >>
May 14, 2000 THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
As if the threat of radiation wasn’t bad enough, a recently posted sign at Brentwood’s Zen Zoo Tea reads: “Feng shui master’s warning: the use of cellular telephones inside the teahouse is damaging to our feng shui. If you must make or receive a call, please do so outside. Thank you.” MORE >>
As if the threat of radiation wasn’t bad enough, a recently posted sign at Brentwood’s Zen Zoo Tea reads: “Feng shui master’s warning: the use of cellular telephones inside the teahouse is damaging to our feng shui. If you must make or receive a call, please do so outside. Thank you.” MORE >>
Jan 05, 2000 THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
A new addiction: iced tea with gummy balls in it. Starbucks has nothing on this. It’s a typical Saturday afternoon at Tea Station in San Gabriel, and the place is jumping. There is a line of customers at the counter, waiting for to-go orders. And every one of the dozen or so tables is occupied by groups of Taiwanese and Chinese students and young professionals. MORE >>
A new addiction: iced tea with gummy balls in it. Starbucks has nothing on this. It’s a typical Saturday afternoon at Tea Station in San Gabriel, and the place is jumping. There is a line of customers at the counter, waiting for to-go orders. And every one of the dozen or so tables is occupied by groups of Taiwanese and Chinese students and young professionals. MORE >>
SERENDIPITEA
We are, as an industry, at the beginning of the establishment of an American tea ritual. Tea has an evolution as diverse as the civilizations that have integrated it. Over the course of the last 5000 years, tea has found a place not just on our tables, but in the fabric of the societies that incorporate it. MORE >>
We are, as an industry, at the beginning of the establishment of an American tea ritual. Tea has an evolution as diverse as the civilizations that have integrated it. Over the course of the last 5000 years, tea has found a place not just on our tables, but in the fabric of the societies that incorporate it. MORE >>
Jan 05, 2000 THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
For many of us. tea is simply a bag and boiling water. Or it's the tepid brew that arrives at some strip-mall Asian restaurents. Or it's out-of-town relatives do in fussy hotel salons in the afternoon
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For many of us. tea is simply a bag and boiling water. Or it's the tepid brew that arrives at some strip-mall Asian restaurents. Or it's out-of-town relatives do in fussy hotel salons in the afternoon
MORE >>
Nov 22, 1998 THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
Up a Frothy Blend of Drinks: Tea is hot. It's also iced, spiced-and now shaken like a martini at Brentwood's hip new teahouse, Zen Zoo. Although the tea phenom has been steepinf for a few years now, Zen Zoo co-founder Linda Yu says most American teahouse have been based on a Victorian model. MORE >>
Up a Frothy Blend of Drinks: Tea is hot. It's also iced, spiced-and now shaken like a martini at Brentwood's hip new teahouse, Zen Zoo. Although the tea phenom has been steepinf for a few years now, Zen Zoo co-founder Linda Yu says most American teahouse have been based on a Victorian model. MORE >>
Apr 24, 2003 THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
Zen and friends and much more: Just like everybody's pal Michael Charles Novotny, the character Hal Sparks plays on Showtime's "Queer as Folk," this Chicago native hangs out with friends, but that's just a part of his weekend. MORE >>
Zen and friends and much more: Just like everybody's pal Michael Charles Novotny, the character Hal Sparks plays on Showtime's "Queer as Folk," this Chicago native hangs out with friends, but that's just a part of his weekend. MORE >>
Aug 01, 1999 RIMAG
Here's a mixed-drink order that would confound even the best mixologist: "Make that half chai, half yerba matte, extra black pearls and easy on the sugar." MORE >>
Here's a mixed-drink order that would confound even the best mixologist: "Make that half chai, half yerba matte, extra black pearls and easy on the sugar." MORE >>