Pick up a pu-erh tea cake for the first time and it is hard to know what you are holding. It is solid. It is heavy. It looks more like a disc of compressed earth than something you would put in a teapot. And yet inside that...
universitea, black tea, featured / 21.05.2026
Does Black Tea Have More Caffeine Than Green Tea? The Answer May Surprise You
Does black tea have more caffeine than green tea? Short answer: yes, black tea generally has more caffeine than green tea. But the full picture is more interesting - and more useful - than a simple yes or no. Let's get into it. Both teas come...
black tea, all articles, featured, universitea / 21.05.2026
Black Tea Benefits: What Happens When You Drink It Every Day
What happens when you drink black tea every day? The science on antioxidants, gut health and focus tells a more interesting story than most people expect. Black tea is one of the most studied beverages in nutritional science. The evidence for its effects on the body -...
universitea, featured, pu erh / 21.05.2026
Pu-erh Tea and Digestion: Why Chinese Medicine Has Used It for Centuries
If you have ever finished a rich meal and wished for something to help your body settle, you are reaching for exactly what millions of people in China have reached for across centuries - a bowl of pu-erh tea. Long before the language of gut microbiomes and...
universitea, featured, pu erh / 11.05.2026
Sheng vs Shou Pu-erh: The Raw vs Ripe Difference Explained Simply
If you have just discovered pu-erh tea and found yourself staring at the words "sheng" and "shou" wondering what on earth the difference is - you are in exactly the right place. It is, without question, the number one question new pu-erh drinkers ask. And...
Learn how to brew pu-erh tea at home with this complete beginner's guide. From breaking the cake to gongfu steeping, get the most from every cup....
universitea, featured, pu erh / 10.05.2026
Tea Horse Road Pu’er City – Walking the Ancient Trade Route
We recently made the trip to Pu'er city in Yunnan Province, China - and honestly, it felt less like a business trip and more like a pilgrimage. This is the place where pu-erh tea comes from. The birthplace. The pu-erh tea origin. And one of...
universitea, featured, herbal tea / 07.05.2026
What is Herbal Tea? The Complete Guide
Herbal tea is one of the oldest categories of drink in human history - and also one of the most misunderstood. It is not tea. Not technically. And that single fact opens a door to an entire world most tea drinkers have barely explored.In the...
universitea, black tea, featured / 06.05.2026
What is Black Tea? The Complete Guide to the UK’s Favourite Loose Leaf
Black tea is the most consumed tea in the UK - yet most people have never tasted what it actually tastes like. That's not a contradiction. It's a problem that flavourings, poor brewing habits, and mass-market teabags have quietly created for decades. This guide exists to...
There is one tea in the world that gets better with age - not worse, not stale, not flat - genuinely, measurably better. That tea is pu-erh. It's the only tea in the world that works like wine, not like other teas, and once you understand...