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How to keep your tea tasting great
While your tea sits on a shelf minding its own business, some invisible assassins are quietly attacking it. If heat, light, oxygen and...

Ross Thomson
Feb 27, 20223 min read


10 random facts about tea
10 random facts about the humble cup of tea: About 40% of the UK's fluid intake today will be tea If you drink tea without milk, then it...

Ross Thomson
Apr 20, 20211 min read



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Feb 7, 20200 min read


How to make a caffeine free Red Bush latte
We are going to show you how to make a delicious rooibos latte at home. This is the perfect bedtime drink, which i consider the herbal...

Ross Thomson
Feb 4, 20202 min read


5 good reasons loose leaf tea is better than teabag tea
Teabags are easy, plonk them into a cup and your tea is brewed in seconds flat. But does this convenience comes at a cost, I'm looking at...

Ross Thomson
Feb 2, 20204 min read


Kenyan Tea
Kenyan tea is known for its brightness and fresh taste, mostly due to the fact that it is grown and harvested all year round. But Kenya...

Ross Thomson
Jan 26, 20202 min read


Assam Tea
Tea from the Assam region in India is renowned for its strong malty flavour and dark thick liquor. Its unique flavour comes from the fact...

Ross Thomson
Jan 26, 20202 min read


Blue Mountain Tea
Blue Mountain tea is reknown for its deep coloured brews and crisp fragrant flavour. However tea from this region was nearly lost after...

Ross Thomson
Jan 26, 20201 min read


Darjeeling Tea
Darjeeling is known as the Champagne of teas with their thin light coloured infusion with floral notes and distinctive muscatel flavour....

Ross Thomson
Jan 26, 20202 min read


Nepalese Tea
Nepalese teas are probably the most under rated in the world, they are high grown and often bright, light and fruity. Though they share...

Ross Thomson
Jan 26, 20201 min read


Ceylon Tea
Ceylon is renowned for its rich smooth tea with a malty nutty flavour. It isa common favourite component in many breakfast teas, but...

Ross Thomson
Jan 26, 20202 min read


How to make the perfect cup of tea
Taste is subjective and when it comes to making a cup of tea, everyone likes it their own way. We are not telling anyone they are wrong...

Ross Thomson
Jan 26, 20203 min read


How should tea leaves be graded?
TGFBOP, TGFOP, BOP, PD this is how black tea has been graded, particularly in the Western World, since tea began commercial production....

Ross Thomson
Oct 26, 20195 min read


Tea vs Coffee - The caffeine question
Caffeine is the chemical that gets us through those tough early mornings or late nights when we are tired but need to keep going. It is a...

Ross Thomson
Oct 25, 20193 min read


Types of tea
Green tea, Black tea, White tea, Oolong tea, Yellow tea and Fermented tea, all these types of tea are created from one plant; the...

Ross Thomson
Oct 25, 20193 min read


Why is oxidation so important for tea?
Ever wondered what the difference is between green tea and black tea? One word; oxidation. This is a chemical reaction which changes the...

Ross Thomson
Oct 25, 20193 min read


Tea Art - Tea Leaf
If you like this picture then we offer high quality printed posters, here is our gallery: Poster Gallery

Ross Thomson
Oct 20, 20191 min read


Drank too much coffee? We have the antidote
Do you ever get a bad feeling in your stomach after drinking too much coffee? We think we have the solution that will ease your tummy...

Ross Thomson
May 31, 20192 min read


R-tea Origins
Below are links to our single origin loose leaf teas: R-himalayan R-blue hills R-ceylon R-darjeeling R-assam R-kenya R-green

Ross Thomson
Mar 6, 20191 min read
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