I grew up drinking tea that was made by pouring boiling water over a tea bag and taking the bag out when the color “looked about right.” Then, last week, a tea head friend came for tea and informed me I was doing it all wrong. She’s something of a tea expert so naturally, I […]
I’ve seen this mentioned a number of times and wondered what exactly was meant by tea liquor, or the liquor of tea. It’s one of those things that you think you probably know, but wouldn’t necessarily want to ‘assume’ for the fear of being wildly wrong! And at what point do we discuss tea as ‘having’ […]
Previously I boiled the kettle, dumped a low-grade teabag in a cup, and doused it with the boiled water! Since toddlerhood, I just thought that was what you do! Never gave the temperature of the water a second thought. Perhaps we do need to give this more attention, it’s actually pretty influential on how good […]
During my explorations, I’ve come across Yerba Mate so many times, that I just had to research this more. So I set about finding out everything I could about this specialty brew. Ok so it’s not quite tea, but here’s everything you need to know. So what is Yerba Mate? Yerba mate (maté), pron. Yur-ba […]
So what is the best tea for beginners? Well, after decades of unimpressive black tea bags – which I’ve now ditched almost entirely! It was important for me that I don’t scare myself rigid with some strong earthy Pu-erh or perhaps get the wrong overall impression with a sharp-tasting minty tea. It’s not easy tearing […]
Ever wondered how that spoon full of tea arrived in your teapot? You might shovel the tea leaves into the teapot without a second thought for the multitude of processes that went into getting the tea to that perfect moment of taste. I decided to find out. So how is tea made? It’s a linear […]
Is it bad to drink tea at night? Well, for years I’ve always drunk tea in the evening, for much of that time it was mainly black tea. I didn’t ever think it was an issue, but in recent times, having explored tea further, I realized that actually, it was probably having more of an […]
33 Monthly Tea Subscription Boxes – Including Quick Reference Table During a recent taste sensation from a Tea subscription Club, I realized I’d just googled and found a couple to use without a huge amount of research … I’m really getting into them, but I hadn’t really explored any other clubs that much. I knew […]
For quite some time many of us have been composting Tea Bags – myself included. It seemed to make sense that these seemingly ‘paper’ type bags would decompose, releasing the natural plant residue of the tea back into the ground. But can tea bags be composted? … The general answer would be NO. The full […]
There may well be times when you have an abundance of tea bags maybe it’s your Favourite, or you just don’t want those special green tea sachets to ‘go off’ in the cupboard. And, where preserving your tea long term might just be the answer. Maybe you just went a bit crazy at the store […]
