Yorkshire Tea and Bettys of Harrogate
Yorkshire Tea launched in 1977 as a black tea blend from a fourth-generation family business in Harrogate. The only top-5 UK black tea brand still…
How to Brew Green Tea
Use 2 to 3 g of leaf per 200 ml at 70 to 80°C and steep 1 to 3 minutes. A brewing chart by green…
Tea Brewing Temperature and Steep Time
A practical, evidence-based guide to tea brewing temperature and steep time, including green, black, oolong and cold-brew starting points.
How to Store Tea
A practical, evidence-based guide to storing tea at home: the four enemies of fresh tea, the right container for each style, when to use the…
Twinings Sourced with Care: Claims and Evidence
What Twinings’ responsible-sourcing programme covers, how its supplier checks differ, and what its published figures establish.
The Harney & Sons Story
Harney & Sons was founded in 1983 in Salisbury, Connecticut, by John Harney as a side business while running an inn. Now run by the…
Mighty Leaf Tea and the Peet’s Deal
Mighty Leaf Tea was founded in 1996 in San Rafael, California, with a single product innovation — the silken stitched tea bag — and was…
Twinings at 190 Years
Twinings has sold tea from 216 Strand since 1706. Now owned by ABF (the Weston family), with a manufacturing footprint in Poland and China, and…
Tea and Iron Absorption
Drinking tea with a meal can reduce non-heme iron absorption by 60-90% — tannins bind to iron in the digestive tract. Vitamin C, timing shifts,…
The Best Caffeine-Free Tea
Caffeine-free tea is two categories: herbal tisanes (chamomile, rooibos, peppermint — never contained caffeine) and decaffeinated true teas (97% caffeine removed by CO₂, ethyl acetate,…
