Tea guide
Tea guide
All true tea comes from one plant, Camellia sinensis. How the leaf is processed decides whether it becomes white, green, yellow, oolong, black or pu-erh tea. In this guide you'll read, per tea, where it comes from, how it tastes and how to brew it.
Types of tea
All teas
- Assam
- Bai Mu Dan
- Ceylon
- Darjeeling
- Dian Hong
- Dong Ding
- Earl Grey
- Genmaicha
- Gyokuro
- Houjicha
- Junshan Yinzhen
- Keemun
- Lapsang Souchong
- Longjing
- Matcha
- Milk oolong (Jin Xuan)
- Oriental Beauty
- Sencha
- Sheng pu-erh (raw)
- Shou pu-erh (ripe)
- Silver Needle
- Tieguanyin
- Wuyi Yancha
The five basic tastes
Aromas from the flavour wheel
Brewing tea: temperature and steeping time
How hot should the water be and how long should you steep? Per type of tea and per tea.
Herbal tea recipes
- After Dinner Fennel Tea
- Allergy Season Blend
- Aphrodite Blend
- Blossoms of Health Tea
- Bronchial Congestion Tea
- Calming Tea
- Cold and Sinus Season Tea
- Colds and Flu Tea
- Colds and Hoarseness Tea
- Common Cold Tea
- Coughing Fits Tea
- Dry Congestion Tea
- Dry, Raspy Cough Tea
- Dual Purpose Chamomile Tea
- End of Your Rope Tea
- Evening Repose Tea
- Flashes Blend Tea
- Flu-Away Garlic Drink
- Fluid Retention Tea
- Happy Man Tea Blend
- Happy Tummy Tea
- Headache Tea
- Healing Ginger Tea
- Heartburn Tea
- Honeybush
- Insomnia Tea
- Lemon Balm Calming Tea
- Less Stress Tea
- Memory Minder Tea
- Memory Zest Blend
- Migraine Tea
- Moon Ease Tea
- My Nerves Are Shot Tea
- Natural Concentration Tea
- Nausea Tea
- Nervous Stomach Tea
- Nervous Tension Tea
- Pure Green Tea
- Quiet Time Tea
- Relaxation Tea
- Sleep Tea
- Soothing Tea
- Sore Throat Tea
- Spiced Relief
- Star Anise Chamomile Tea
- Stop That Cough Tea
- Super Relaxer Tea
- Tea for Digestive Problems
- Tea for Health
- Tea for Nervousness
- Tranquillity Tea
- Tummy Tea
- Upset Stomach Tea
- Wise Woman Tea