Tea

A good cup has a story.

Brewing know-how, honest ingredient notes and stories from the wider world of tea — written to help you choose well and enjoy the leaves you already have.

Tea brewing in a teapot

Gongfu Tea: How to Brew Chinese Tea the Traditional Way

Gongfu brewing uses more leaf, less water and shorter steeps to coax eight to fifteen cups from the same leaves. Here is how to do it at home.

Gongfu Tea: How to Brew Chinese Tea the Traditional Way

Gongfu brewing uses more leaf, less water and shorter steeps to coax eight to fifteen cups from the same leaves. Here is how to do it at home.

Rolled oolong tea leaves

Oolong Tea: A Complete Guide to Styles, Brewing and Taste

Oolong tea sits between green and black, with oxidation levels from 8% to 85%. This guide covers origins, famous varieties, how to brew it and what different styles taste like.

Oolong Tea: A Complete Guide to Styles, Brewing and Taste

Oolong tea sits between green and black, with oxidation levels from 8% to 85%. This guide covers origins, famous varieties, how to brew it and what different styles taste like.

A loose chai blend with cinnamon bark

Chai Latte Recipe: How to Make a Proper Spiced Tea at Home

A step-by-step chai latte recipe using loose-leaf black tea and real spices. Brew the concentrate, warm your milk, and make a better cup than the coffee shop.

Chai Latte Recipe: How to Make a Proper Spiced Tea at Home

A step-by-step chai latte recipe using loose-leaf black tea and real spices. Brew the concentrate, warm your milk, and make a better cup than the coffee shop.

Pu-erh tea cakes

Pu-erh Tea: A Complete Guide to China's Fermented Tea

A complete guide to pu-erh tea: its origins in Yunnan, how fermentation creates that earthy depth, the difference between raw and ripe styles, and exactly how to brew it.

Pu-erh Tea: A Complete Guide to China's Fermented Tea

A complete guide to pu-erh tea: its origins in Yunnan, how fermentation creates that earthy depth, the difference between raw and ripe styles, and exactly how to brew it.

Loose leaf green tea

Camellia Sinensis: The Single Plant Behind Every Cup of Tea

Every cup of tea starts with one plant: Camellia sinensis. This guide explains the two main varieties, how processing creates black, green, white and oolong, and what it all means...

Camellia Sinensis: The Single Plant Behind Every Cup of Tea

Every cup of tea starts with one plant: Camellia sinensis. This guide explains the two main varieties, how processing creates black, green, white and oolong, and what it all means...

Autumn leaves in Huddersfield

Pumpkin Spice Tea: A Proper Guide to Autumn in a Cup

A complete guide to pumpkin spice tea: what it tastes like, how to brew it perfectly, and why it's not the same as a pumpkin spice latte.

Pumpkin Spice Tea: A Proper Guide to Autumn in a Cup

A complete guide to pumpkin spice tea: what it tastes like, how to brew it perfectly, and why it's not the same as a pumpkin spice latte.