"Generally, the more oxidized the tea, the longer and/or hotter you want to steep the tea," Richolt says. "With white and green teas, you want to use a lower temperature, preferably, or at least less ...

Next to water, tea is the most-consumed beverage in the world. Globally, we sip about 3.7 billion cups of tea per day, the continuation of a 4,000-year-old Chinese tradition. But for as long as humans ...

As someone who bookends most days with a pot of tea, I’m surprised at how frequently people who can rattle off the differences between light- and dark-roast coffee or Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon ...

A freshly brewed mug of tea is the product of many serendipities: ancient human ingenuity, meticulous harvesting, global trade and a whole lot of chemistry. In her new book “Steeped: The Chemistry of ...

Black tea is a popular beverage made from oxidized leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant (1). Though widely known for its nutritional benefits, black tea is also used as a hair care treatment. Many ...

In June 2020, the people of Britain put their differences aside to condemn a brazen act of aggression against their country. An American expat known only as “Michelle” had posted an instructional ...

In a three-year-old thread posted on the r/tea subreddit, user u/VerdantAquarist inquired about ordering tea at a café. “I’ve been traveling the last few weeks in places with very coffee centered ...

It's impossible to mention sweet tea without talking about the South. But how did one sugared drink become synonymous with an entire regional identity? Caroline is a Southern-born and New York-based ...