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All of Tea With Betty’s content now lies on Eat . Be . Tea.   With this move, we will  be able to add a few things; such as videos (coming soon). You will see demonstrations of food preparations and tea discoveries, while also getting  a bird’s eye view of some of the tea tasting classes we will be doing.

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Eat . Be . Tea’s  focus will be on EATING….including many more recipes...BEING …more stories about the “being” which happens over a cup of tea and TEA…more specifics about quality teas, how to prepare them and where to get them.

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Drink tea!

Linda

Who is Betty?

I have two Betty’s in my life.

Betty #1 was my favorite person to have tea with.  She was as enthralled with the mood it inspired and the petite foods as much as me.  Whether a simple piece of toast or a formal tea, we found the time inspiring, collaborative and thought provoking. Often we used the time to conspire some event or to debrief a novel we were reading.

She was a skilled and intuitive cook, as well as, a much loved caterer in the 1980′s – mid 90′s in South Orange County, California.  Mrs. T, she was called.  Her clients loved seeing her show up.  She was greeted with “Hey, Mrs. T is here, what do you have for us today?”  Now that I think of it, guess I could have called the blog Tea With Mrs. T ☺   ….oh, she was also my mother, who I adored and cooked with every night growing up. While she passed away ten years ago, she left her love and joy of food as a way to bring family together ingrained in us.

Betty #2 represents the much loved English Brown Betty Teapot originally made in Staffordshire, England.  It’s acclaim is that it was the best pot to steep loose tea as it’s round bowl allows the leaves to float freely and exude their tea liquor.  It was made of red clay in the 17th century.  It is still an effective pot to steep tea and comes in several sizes.  They can be ordered on line or found in several retail outlets. Check it out at the Englishteastore.com

Below is my 2 cup Brown Betty Teapot

This one is the model for the cover of the tea manual, Tea With Betty.

Brown Betty Teapot made in Staffordshire, England