The Japanese tea ceremony is one of the most famous examples of tea culture from around the globe. The tradition has antiquated precedents but what many know and recognize today was a tradition that began and developed with the first interactions between Japanese culture and tea culture in the 9th...
While considered an essential part of Japanese culture, the practice of whisking tea leaves, eventually powdered ground tea leaves into a beverage began in Song dynasty China. During the preceding Tang era of China, tea was packed into bricks which had to be decocted to enjoy. To enjoy the drink...
Rooibos is a tea from South Africa. Though not made from the Camellia Sinensis plant, rooibos still boasts a load of health benefits and also a delectable and savoury flavour that makes this tea an international success. Rooibos comes from a plant, the Aspalathus linearis which grows in South Africa's...
Oolong tea is synonymous with luxury in the tea world. The teas of Oolong came from the same plant as green and black tea, the camellia Sinensis but where they differ is how long they are oxidized or left out to absorb oxygen, after being picked and dried. The longer...
At its most basic, matcha is tea leaves that have been finely ground into a powder. While the general perception of matcha is of a spritely green powder, other variations and blends do exist. There is a matcha that includes ground shavings of gold leaf. There is even matcha made...
Japan is the next most famous country for green tea after China. Japan is known, and rightly so, for matcha, the Tea ceremony and tea culture in general. Despite not being one of the "birth nations" of tea, Japan has adopted a robust and sophisticated tea market, mainly focused on...
To learn more about Earl Grey, the tea, it is essential to learn more about Earl Grey, the man. Elected to parliament at the age of 22, Grey had a long, full, and colourful life. He fathered 11 children was engaged in a love affair dramatized in the film called...
For those who enjoy English Breakfast or Earl Grey, chances are you may have tried Darjeeling tea as the base for these black tea blends. Darjeeling tea is produced in the Darjeeling region of India. The history of tea cultivation in this region goes back to some of the first...
