Verdant Tea

Here's a musing - all tea is scented tea. It is easy to think of jasmine teas as different from “traditional” teas, but it's harder to draw a cl[...]

What’s the oldest tea brewing style? Basically, simply drinking out of a mug. Some Americans call it "Grandpa style," but really in China people jus[...]

The first 2022 spring teas are picked and on the way from Li Xiaoping! Typically, the prized pre-Qingming pickings don't happen until mid to late Marc[...]

Types of tea are defined by the craft of the producer. Through craft, the very same types of tea leaves can be transformed into all kinds of unique ty[...]

Wondering how to brew chai tea? Learn everything about making chai tea, including creating your own chai spice blend and finding the perfect base tea.[...]

Don’t listen to tea snobs who tell you that milk and tea do not go together. The best teas in the world taste beautiful, no matter how you choose to[...]

Over hundreds of years, people realized that tea was sweeter and more delicious with processing than it was fresh or simply dried. Now, this insight i[...]

We talked to fermentation expert, beverage consultant, and owner of Prohibition Kombucha Nate Uri to learn how to choose the best tea for kombucha bre[...]

Although loose leaf tea is not perishable, tea does expire. Luckily, expired tea is something you can avoid if you know what to look for and how to st[...]