In the tea world fads come and go. And tea trends are everywhere. Green tea diet pills. Pu-erh miracle elixirs (as shown in this article on our blog). Teas of all kinds being called “artisan” (a key buzzword recently). Now it seems to be “wild” tea. What is it and is it superior to cultivated …
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Notes on Wild Tea
I never gave much thought to the concept of wild tea until recently. When I ran across Wild Tea Hunter, a book about wild tea. Which I haven't actually read yet. But one of the interesting claims the author makes for the book is this one, "Discover how wild and ancient tea trees contain a …
Wild Tea, Mid-Atlantic Style
As a native of Pennsylvania, writing this article for tea merchants who are headquartered in the same state, I'd like to be able to say that it's a hotbed of tea production. But it's not and it probably never has been. But I ran across an interesting story not so long ago about the time …
What Is Wild Tea?
I got into a — uh — er — “discussion” with someone on Twitter who swears that the “wild tea” I had just reviewed wasn’t — wild, that is. His claim was that the tea plant/tree had to be at least 100 years old and basically uncultivated, that is, unpruned, unirrigated, or otherwise aided in …
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