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Teacology is a young tea blog, but has attracted an audience much more quickly and easily than Alex Zorach's earlier tea blog.

Most popular articles and posts:

• Writing Good Catalog Descriptions of Tea – Insights Into Communication From Why This Way - This post, intended both for an audience of tea companies and tea drinkers, delves quite deep into the reasoning behind commercial descriptions of teas, touching on some deep issues in communication.  The deeper reasoning in this post is connected to some ideas from Why This Way, a consensus-based belief system and organization.
• Adding Citric Acid to Teas or Herbal Blends - Although it is not widely known, some companies add citric acid to their herbal blends.  This post aims to draw attention to this practice, and it also explores the health and safety issues associated with citric acid, as well as explaining a little bit about its production and role in biology.
  
• Locally Grown Tea and Herbal Tea – Sustainability, Ecology, Economics - This post explores the tricky issue of weighing locally grown (which is impossible for most Western tea drinkers) against other sustainability-promoting activities.  The post touches on climate and geography, economic and human rights issues, and also the distinction between pure tea and herbal teas.  The post emphasizes that locally-grown herbal teas are available in Western countries.