Interesting Tea Information and Links

“Tetley insures taste buds of its $1.6 million ‘tea tester’”

http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/26/news/companies/tea-testers-1-6-million-taste-buds/

Local-production Indian tea plantation workers are pissed… for good reason

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30241485

Become a master of Tea Kung Fu.

http://stanleytsang.net/blog/master-of-tea-kung-fu/

This is a real game, fighter style (like Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat) where you power up using tea. Available on iOS and Android. I’m not making this up.

Here’s the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yjykDe20bE

For Pokemon fans:

“A Series of Playful ‘Pokémon’-Inspired Mugs for Coffee and Tea”

http://laughingsquid.com/a-series-of-playful-pokemon-inspired-mugs-for-coffee-and-tea/

If I had an abundance of money I would probably invest in buying one of these: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/173263176/winkpens-write-with-wine-juice-or-tea-get-creative?ref=nav_search

I think it would be really cool to write poetry, meditations, or letters using my favorite teas. How awesome would it be if tea swaps included hand written letters that used tea as the ‘ink’?

“Drinking Poop Tea with the Chinese Villagers Who Swear by It”

http://www.vice.com/read/drinking-tea-made-of-poop-with-the-chinese-villagers-who-swear-by-it-038

“Amazing 3D Printed Tea Pot Made From Tea”

http://3dprint.com/65038/3d-printed-tea-pot-with-tea/

Imbue – The Magnetic Tea Infusing Vessel on Kickstarter

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1847552530/imbue-the-magnetic-tea-infusing-vessel

Matcha and technology http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/11653149/Smart-bamboo-whisk-invented-for-Japanese-tea-ceremony.html

10 Badass Dudes who drink tea

https://thatteablog.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/10-badass-dudes-who-drink-tea/

Any other badasses that should be added to the list?