Steeped Stories About How Tea Treasures Poured Into My Cup of Life

You've never seen a book like this before! Even though tea is the general theme, the focus is on sharing experiences as a result of the author's passion for everything about tea! You'll explore discovering tea in the home, tea in art, tea in clothing, tea in accessories, tea in foods and even tea on cars!

Fine color photographs accompany each story. The collection of stories brings out the kindness of friends, family and pen pals (the author has never met) from all over the United States and such countries as Japan, Mexico and England.

Do sit back and enjoy a cup of tea and see what was brewing in the author's life for so many years.

Rosanne Susan Ponchick earned her B.A. and M.A. at William Paterson University and also received an M.A. from New York University with additional Doctoral credits. She taught in Livermore, CA for 2 years and then taught in Teaneck, New Jersey for 46 more years.
Her life changed after responding to a child's question : How much is a million? Her plan was to collect a million tea tags . A story of her tea tag collecting project first appeared in The New York Times followed by an article in The Wall Street Journal. Her tea tag collecting project was featured in the textbook MATH published by Scott-Foresman-Addison Wesley
She appeared in 85 different publications and has presented tea talks at local organizations . Part of her collection was featured at a local library.
Rosanne has appeared on TV programs such as CNN, Channel 12, ABC and Personal FX. She has also been interviewed on radio programs such as Copley Radio, WOR, WESB News Radio1490 and CJAD800 AM.
In addition, Rosanne has received the following awards: Business Week Award, Teaneck Chamber of Commerce Award, Community Service Recognition Award and Celebration of Women's History Award. Other awards include: State of New Jersey Executive Department Proclamation, New Jersey General Assembly Resolution and US House of Representatives: Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition.