Tea Guides

  1. Read more: Yellow Tea: The Rarest Type of Tea You've Never Tried
    White gaiwan with slender golden-downy yellow tea buds suspended in clear pale liquor on a bamboo mat

    Yellow Tea: The Rarest Type of Tea You've Never Tried

    by Andriy Lytvyn

    Yellow tea is the smallest of the six traditional Chinese tea categories, defined by a single processing step that no other tea uses: men huang, a ...
  2. Read more: What Is L-Theanine Tea? The Amino Acid Behind Tea's Calm Focus
    Wide-angle Japanese tea ceremony with a woman in patterned kimono kneeling on tatami before a tea bowl with shoji screens and sunlit garden behind

    What Is L-Theanine Tea? The Amino Acid Behind Tea's Calm Focus

    by Andriy Lytvyn

    An l-theanine tea is any tea from Camellia sinensis that naturally carries a meaningful dose of L-theanine, the amino acid responsible for the calm...
  3. Read more: Aged Tea: Why Old Tea Gets Better (and Which Teas Actually Do)
    Round dark brown-black aged shu pu-erh tea cake with a chunk broken off on a pale wooden surface

    Aged Tea: Why Old Tea Gets Better (and Which Teas Actually Do)

    by Andriy Lytvyn

    Aged tea is a small slice of the tea world where old leaves taste better than young ones, and the short honest answer is that only a few categories...
  4. Read more: Sheng vs Shu Pu-erh: Raw vs Ripe, Explained for Beginners
    Three pu-erh tea cups showing dark red ripe shu, amber young sheng and pale fresh sheng beside three pressed cakes

    Sheng vs Shu Pu-erh: Raw vs Ripe, Explained for Beginners

    by Andriy Lytvyn

    Walk up to the pu-erh shelf at a specialty shop and you will see two very different piles. One side holds pale, greenish compressed cakes stacked b...
  5. Read more: Best Low-Caffeine Teas for Evening and Relaxation
    Glass pitcher pouring pale green tea into small white gongfu cups arranged on woven coasters at dusk outdoors

    Best Low-Caffeine Teas for Evening and Relaxation

    by Andriy Lytvyn

    The most reliable low caffeine tea choices are hojicha, aged shu pu-erh, leafier white teas like White Peony, and GABA oolong. All of them are real...
  6. Read more: Da Hong Pao Oolong Tea: The Complete Big Red Robe Guide
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    Da Hong Pao Oolong Tea: The Complete Big Red Robe Guide

    by Andriy Lytvyn

    Da Hong Pao oolong tea is the flagship rock oolong of the Wuyi Mountains in northern Fujian, a twisted-leaf, charcoal-roasted tea built on a specif...
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