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Trim waitresses gliding around in starched white pinafores, delicate aromas of freshly brewed Darjeeling and Lapsang Souchong, the genteel tinkle of stainless steel on proper china: Whatever happened to the great British tearoom? With the homogenization of the high street, you could be forgiven for thinking they'd all but disappeared. Look beyond the big-brand coffee chains, however, and you'll find them alive and kicking. Here are some of the best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doing the Cha Cha Cha | 1/28/2010 | See Source »

...Object of controversy in South Carolina 5 ___ money (campaign-reform issue) 9 Ark terminus 11 IROC-Z, for one 13 Company that has mapped 90% of the human genome code 14 Kurdish insurrectionist on Turkey's death row 15 Souchong or oolong 16 Hasty escape 18 Fully absorbed 19 New Microsoft CEO Steve 22 "Is that your ___ answer?" 25 Ducats, in Variety 26 LAX guesstimate 29 Congressman Dan, who wants to subpoena Elian 31 "I lost a bet with ___" (Hillary Top Ten list item) 33 Hallelujah, ___ Bum 34 Bricklayer's burden 36 Data for detectives 37 Donna ___ (soaps actress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Crossword Jan. 31, 2000 | 1/31/2000 | See Source »

...delight. Just as the grape produces a profusion of wines, the Camellia sinesis plant yields many variations dependent on region, temperature, time of year and part of the plant plucked. Indeed, a tasting--or cupping, in tea parlance--reveals a kaleidoscope of flavors: the smoky slide of a Lapsang souchong; the heady vanilla afternotes of Tong Ting; the intoxication of jasmine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tea Time Once Again | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...colonies as the first Royal Governor appointed by King George III; his father leaves England but returns in 1764 and lingers there until the eve of the Revolution, continually pestering his son about past moneys owed (including repeated references to the cost of a small quantity of Lapsang Souchong tea). A born conciliator, William attempts to mediate between the Crown and the colonies, but even when arrested by revolutionary troops, he refuses to abandon his monarchist beliefs. Benjamin, according to Randall, makes a formal request to the Continental Congress that his son be incarcerated. Then he ignores William's sufferings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Collision of Genes and Temper :A Little Revenge: Benjamin Franklin and His Son | 1/14/1985 | See Source »

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