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True teas all come from a single plant, camellia sinensis.  The leaves of this plant, depending upon how they are processed, can become black, oolong, green, or white tea.  Black teas are oxidized, like autumn leaves, before being dried.  Green teas are steamed, to keep them fresh, before drying.  Oolongs are somewhere in between, as they are allowed to partially oxidize.  White teas are the least processed of all teas.  They are plucked from the branch, and then dried.  Learn more about the kinds of tea here  These white teas are fragile things, usually made from the best leaves of...

5 Key Takeaways from this post:  Refill for Discounts: Customers near the store can refill their empty tea tins and enjoy a 5% discount, promoting sustainable reuse instead of single-use bags. Creative Gift Packaging: Old tea tins make great small gift boxes. After cleaning, they’re sturdy enough to protect delicate items and can be decorated with a bow for a festive look. DIY Plant Containers: Tea tins can be converted into mini planters for small plants like basil. By adding drainage holes, these tins can hold soil and serve as a creative herb garden or even be stacked for a...

Because We Care About Quality Many of our customers ask us why we don’t carry bagged tea.  It’s easy and convenient, and they consider themselves to be too busy to make loose tea a part of their lives.  The short answer is that it’s because we care about our customers, and the quality of our tea.  Tea bags constrict the leaves, preventing them from fully opening, and from fully imparting their flavor.  This isn’t a problem for most bagged tea, though, because it is already ground to dust.  Whole, loose-leaf tea has to be harvested more carefully in order to avoid...

Do you have a favorite tea?  Something that you drink every day?  Something that people who really know you know is your tea?  A Lapsang Souchong to your Sherlock Holmes?  An Earl Grey to your Charles Grey?   If so, you may be interested in Yixing.  Yixing is a traditional porous Chinese clay, which has been used to make tea pots since the Song Dynasty.  The point of Western teaware, and ceramics in general, is that, when it is washed, all of the tea which was brewed in it is washed away.  Yixing absorbs some of the tea which is...