black tea – Tea Guardian

Quality & Variety Guide / Quality Matters

2015.11.23

What is Orange Pekoe?

A Funny Name In the supermarket or your local teashop, you probably have come across...

Infusion / Tea How's

2015.01.07

Tea Infusion: What does it Mean?

For most people, to make tea — tea infusion — simply means to pour boiling...

Health Benefits of Tea / Tea and Health

2014.11.14

Defending Against Cancer

As to how tea protects the body against cancer, several mechanisms have been observed and hypothesized. We have tried to digest them and represent a few prominent concepts here in plain English…

Infused leaves: Nepal Handrolled Traditional Black Tea

Black tea category / Nature of tea

2014.08.12

Black Tea: Tasting & Buying Tips

On the left we have an Orange Pekoe, a special grade of relatively larger leaf...

the standard ( average ) teacup: black tea

Black tea category / Nature of tea

2014.08.12

Black Tea: Health Notes

Tea catechins are turned into other forms of flavonoids and taste/aroma matters during black tea...

Black tea category / Nature of tea

2014.08.12

Black Tea: Between Teabag and Hand-rolled Whole-Leaves

Black Tea, aka Hong Cha, i.e. Red Tea (1), is the most consumed tea category...

Nature of tea / Oolong category

2014.08.06

Wuyi oolongs generally give a shorter, but more robust impression both in the aroma and in the taste, as compared with other oolongs. This character is highly related to the prevalent processing style in this region