Tea Blog - Learn All About Tea — Herbal Teas

I personally go out of my way to maintain the public persona of death before decaf, but that isn’t entirely honest.  I did a bit of international travel over the holidays, and the jet lag had me looking into teas to help me sleep at reasonable hours.  In the last few weeks, a warm cup of rooibos has become a major staple of my evening routine.  Here’s my guide to our most relaxing teas, and how to make them part of your life: Tea can be important in that it is a ritual.  If you make yourself a cup of...

Halloween is approaching, and so we ask a spooky question.  What if your favorite tea isn't tea at all, but an impostor? Tea, by its strict definition, is a beverage made by brewing tea leaves in water, which is usually near-boiling.  All tea leaves, be they black, green, white, or oolong, all come from the same plant.  That plant is camellia sinensis.  Anything not made from this plant is technically not tea at all. While tea began as simply camellia sinensis leaves brewed in hot water, it quickly became more complicated than that.  It became flavored with jasmine, with bergamot,...

Decaf VS. Caffeine Free Tea Many of our caffeine-sensitive customers come in and tell us that they would like decaf.  While decaffeinated tea does have a reduced quantity of caffeine, many of our customers are surprised to hear that decaf tea still contains some caffeine.  Decaffeinated teas tend to contain 1-2% of the caffeine of their still-caffeinated counterparts.  This means that each cup of decaf tea should contain about 2 mg per properly brewed cup.  When compared to a cup of decaf coffee ( 2-12 mg per cup), or a cup of regular coffee (75-200 mg, depending upon how it’s brewed),...