So, Light vs Dark Oolong? If you have ever stood in front of an oolong tea selection - whether online or in a specialist shop - and felt genuinely baffled by the range, you are not alone. Oolong is one of the most diverse tea...
Matcha and green tea both come from the same plant - Camellia sinensis. They are both green. They are both associated with Japan.But if you have ever drunk a bowl of properly whisked ceremonial matcha next to a cup of sencha brewed at the right...
Your skin-care routine might be missing something. And it has nothing to do with a new serum or a trending ingredient. It has been growing wild in the Cederberg mountains of South Africa for centuries - and for the last few decades, scientists have been catching up...
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...
Some gifts stop people in their tracks. Flowering tea gifts do exactly that. Watch a tightly bound tea bud drop into hot water and slowly unfurl into a handcrafted flower - petals fanning out, colours blooming, the whole display rising gently in the glass -...
Fruit tea is the fastest-growing category in the UK tea market - and also one of the most misrepresented. Most people have had a fruity tea bag that smelled incredible in the packet and tasted of very little in the cup. That's not fruit tea's fault. That's artificial flavouring doing the work that real ingredients should...
Chai is one of the most consumed drinks on the planet. It's also one of the most diluted, misrepresented and commercially mangled. The chai latte on the high street and the masala chai made in a home kitchen in Mumbai are separated by an enormous...
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....
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...