Tea Types

Ah, Assam!

by A.C. Cargill
There is nothing quite as satisfying as a full-bodied cup of rich Assam tea, especially as the days get chillier. The flavor complements a wide variety of foods, from hamburgers to lasagna, from morel mushrooms to Mexican foods, from pecan pie to Crème Brûlée, and much more. For me, it’s especially good with [...]

An Introduction to Indian Tea

While China is heralded as the birthplace of the healthy green tea, India has grown to be the largest producer and exporter of tea in the world. As with China, the inhabitants of India also enjoy their “Chai,” which is central to their daily life.

There are three tea-growing regions in India. The Darjeeling and [...]

Darjeeling Tea

Anyone who loves tea has undoubtedly enjoyed a good cup of Darjeeling. Grown in the Darjeeling region of India, this tea is probably one of the most popular black teas in the world. Actually, this tea is so popular that the Darjeeling region of India now enjoys a booming tourist trade. Every year [...]

World Tea

Tea is a drink, a ritual and a ceremony that’s been uniting people around the world since the first tea bush was discovered in China about 5,000 years ago. So let’s take a quick trip around the world and see how different cultures enjoy their tea.

For many years the Chinese Empire dictated how tea crops [...]

Tea Cocktails

by Stephanie Hanson
With tight budgets, more and more people are turning to nights in instead of out. So, for your next girls’ night in, have an evening tea. This is not your pinkies-out afternoon tea, and tea companies are catching on.

Create a fun lounge time atmosphere by picking fun music and having guests dress [...]

Tea Aromas

Popular throughout the world, black tea has one of the most complex aromas of anything we eat or drink. Black tea is formed by oxidizing the tea leaves and letting their essential oils and enzymes come alive. Black tea may have many aromas including, fruity or flowery.

Green tea by comparison has a more delicate and [...]

Commercial Tea

Commercial tea is harvested from two different tea plants, both in the Camellia family. Camellia sinensis originated in China over 5,000 years ago. Thriving in high altitudes and cool climates, this variety of tea produces small leaves whose essence is floral and refined. From these leaves most green teas are made along with [...]

Gourmet Tea

Despite the weakened economy, the daily indulgence of gourmet tea has been holding steady. Gourmet tea selections include a wide variety of exotic flavors and on average cost thirty percent more than regular teas.

With gourmet tea sales increasing up to twenty-five percent each year for the last two decades, it’s obvious that demand for quality [...]

The Many Faces of Tea

by Stephanie Hanson
For such a simple leaf, the tea plant has undergone amazing transformations in the cups of its drinkers over the centuries. There are as many ways to drink tea as there are leaves on camellia sinensis.

The Chinese people today drink tea as a simple infusion. But there was a time that so many [...]

The Taste of Tea

The taste of tea is universal. Enjoyed by countries worldwide, there are regional preferences, but a sip of freshly brewed tea is a sip of freshly brewed tea, no matter where you are. Even the vocabulary used to describe tea is musical. Similar to wine, tea is described by its flavor, including sweet, [...]

Types of Tea