Tea encyclopedia

What a tea is, where it comes from, how it was made, what you brew it with, what you brew it in and how to taste it.

Styles

Every tea type, family and named style, and how to tell them apart.

Origins

The countries, regions and villages, and what the ground does to the leaf.

Harvest seasons

The eleven terms a label uses to say when the leaf was picked, what each one actually means and why almost all of them are really saying the same thing.

Processing

The twelve steps between the bush and the tin, what each one does to the leaf and why one plant makes every tea.

Water

Hardness, minerals and the variables that change the cup before the leaf does.

Teaware

The pots, bowls and tools, what each one does to the cup and which claims about them hold up.

Tasting

What the app asks you to rate, what each one actually is, and what to change when one is too strong.

Glossary

What FTGFOP, OP and CTC actually mean, where each one sits between whole leaf and dust, and the plucking and blend words a label never explains.

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Start wherever your question actually is, not at the top. A cup that tastes wrong is more often down to the water, the brewing or the storage than the tea, and none of them has admitted anything yet.