Steep It Loose — WHOLE LEAF TEA

Having lost my old yixing teapot to a roommate’s clumsy hands, I think I’m in the market for a new one. In case you’re unfamiliar with yixing clay teapots, here’s a particularly artful one donning a cicada (a Chinese symbol of life after death): I’m more interested in traditional yixing shapes, but I had to…

It’s often a wonder to those just getting into to tea to discover that all tea comes from the same plant–Camellia Sinensis. The question that immediately popped into all of our minds when we had this realization for the first time had to have been “so why do teas vary so much?” Well I won’t…

With January being national Hot Tea Month, loose leaf tea is getting a lot of attention. For those of you who have some questions as to where to start and which tea might be right for you, this post is for you :) Many people are surprised to learn that all teas, white, green, oolong…

Those of us who are tea fanatics, and/or drink tea like our lives depend on it, all have our own little tricks for getting our fix on the road. How many times have TSA guys been all over my “scissor” tea ball… (I now carry my X-ray stealthy TUFFY TEA STEEPER silicone infuser!)… And we…