Last issue ended with a promise: oxidation, and why it explains more about your tea than the label ever will. Let's get into it. The one plant behind everything Quick refresher, because it matters: black, green, white, and oolong tea all come from the exact same plant, Camellia sinensis. Not diff...

Here's Issue #2 of The Steeped Letter. Issue #2: "Premium" Means Nothing and Other Things Your Tea Tin Won't Tell You Last issue, I promised we'd get into why so much tea packaging is basically decorative nonsense. So let's actually do that. The words doing absolutely nothing for you Walk into a...

Welcome. You subscribed to a newsletter about tea, which either means you're already deep in it, or you're one bad tea bag away from becoming deep in it. Either way, you're in the right place. Let's get the introductions out of the way. Who is writing this I'm [Name]. I drink an unreasonable amou...