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		<description><![CDATA[Goat Cheese and Green Tea? Delicious, Says Karen Dunlap, the Expert Behind Union Square Cafe&#8217;s New Tea Service October 24, 2011 &#124; By Cheryl Chan &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://karendunlap.org/2011/10/527/</link>
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		<title>join me at the NY Open Center</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Building a Tea Practice at the NY Open Center Beginning in October, I am excited to be teaching a monthly tea class at the NY Open Center. The idea to integrate tea culture at the center is result of many inspired conversations Program Director Jonathan Bricklin. If you are in the NYC area, I hope [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karendunlap.org/2011/09/join-me-at-the-ny-open-center/</link>
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		<title>chai on lex &#8211; follow the yellow taxi cabs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Surviving last week, freezing cold on a stroll up Lexington, I stopped in ‘Little India’ for a cup of hot chai and samosas. The neighborhood of “Little India” runs up Lexington Avenue between 26th and 30th Streets (Subway 6 to 28th Street.) The neighborhood where restaurants are named for gods and spices, yellow taxi’s double-parked [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karendunlap.org/2011/04/chai-on-lex-follow-the-yellow-taxi-cabs/</link>
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		<title>wagashi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh, the dry, sweet taste that begs for tea. At one time, a mysterious, alien like dessert &#8211; that I have since come to love and crave. Especially when drinking Japanese teas. Many Americans, upon their first bite, get slightly freaked out. I tell you, this is an ancient candy made of all natural ingredients. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karendunlap.org/2010/11/wagashi/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[The beginning of autumn: A lamp from some-one&#8217;s house is seen; It is not quite dark. &#8211;Buson]]></description>
		<link>http://karendunlap.org/2010/10/345/</link>
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		<title>taza de té, my summer vacation to galicia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m headed to Galicia, in the Northwest of Spain. Googling around to see if there might be teahouses to visit, I found this advice on Galicia Guide: If you like tea, bring your own. To make matters worse, even when you speak Spanish and order a tea at a bar, the staff struggle with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karendunlap.org/2010/08/taza-de-te-my-summer-vacation-to-galicia/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[An iris pond in flower before the ancient hall, I sell tea this evening by the water&#8217;s edge; it is steeped in the cup with the moon and stars one sip, you wake forever from your worldly sleep. &#8211;Baisao]]></description>
		<link>http://karendunlap.org/2010/07/312/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are all searching for moments when time stops, opens up. When something deep inside, says hello. Fleeting moments, shy they seem, angels they are. Vanishing as soon as you recognize them. I drink tea because I love to lose myself in the moment. Poets, artists have long been inspired by this seductive nature of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karendunlap.org/2010/05/tea-sex-part-1/</link>
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		<title>lapsang souchong</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My friend Heather recently had surgery, and while recovering, rented tons of Pixar movies. Cartoons, she confesses, her indulgence. She asked what I would have watched. Looking around, I said softly, Masterpiece Theater with, ummm, a teapot of Lapsang Souchong. Have to tell you she looked horrified, she a film school graduate working on a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karendunlap.org/2010/01/lapsang-souchong/</link>
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		<title>snow tea on my back porch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Waking up to snow, the air is soft and still, delicate. I heat the water kettle, pull snow boots over my flannels and wrap around a scarf. The wind throws open the back door. I carefully walk, slide through the snow to the table, sit down, make tea, and listen to the sounds of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karendunlap.org/2010/01/snow-tea-on-my-back-porch/</link>
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