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What do you think of when you think of loose tea?  Do you think of piles of soft, dried leaves which pour out of jars and into pots?  What if we told you that there were loose teas which are slightly less loose? Blooming teas are carefully arranged bundles of delicate, young white tea needles and flowers.  The leaves are curled into dense balls around careful arrangements of dried flowers, picked at exactly the fullest moment of their bloom.  Then, the whole thing is carefully sewn into place, by hand, in order to ensure that, when it is immersed in...

Black currant tea is the thing to drink in the summer.  In Britain, at least. Black currant tea  is a type of black tea, usually made from a base of Assam, which is a black tea with medium astringency and bitterness, and dried currants.  The fruit in this bright, summery tea doesn’t mask those traditional black tea flavors, but it does absolutely stand up to it.  Black currants are intensely flavorful fruits.  Their flavor is somewhere between grapes and blueberries, but tangier.  They add a tangy, fruity flavor to this traditional black tea which makes it just as summery as...

It’s that part of the year where people come into our shop and tell us that it is too hot for hot tea. That is a whole other issue, which, if it isn’t obvious, I have a lot of feelings about. Regardless, if you’re going to make iced tea, you might as well do it the right way. That is to say, cold brew it.   Blog Key Takeaways: - Learn about what exactly cold brewed iced tea is.  - Learn about how easy it is to make cold brew tea. - Learn about cold brew benefits and why sometimes...

Most people who come into our shop know the difference between black and green tea.  Many know about herbals.  Some have even heard of white tea before.  But the oolong shelf remains an obscure and uncharted territory for most.  It sounds strange and foreign, and not in a welcoming, touristy way. I assure you, oolong teas are not particularly strange or frightening.  They are halfway between a green and black tea.  The difference between black teas and green teas is that black teas are oxidized, while green teas are not.  Oxidation is a process of allowing the leaves to partially...