Introduction to Tea

The history of tea dates back nearly 5000 years - trace the key periods and expansion routes that spread tea around the world. 

Discover the 6 main categories of Camellia sinensis - plus a couple of bonus categories. 

Learn how to talk about tea - dry leaf, wet leaf and liquor - and identify key attributes. 

Tea is grown around the world, but certain countries dominate the production of tea - and each of these growing regions has its specialties.

Now that you know about different types and categories of tea, here are some guidelines for brewing each one.

This is a guided tasting of three different flavoured black teas. Learn the steps of a professional tea tasting, and how to modify it for at-home practice.

This section covers the basics of coming up with a tea blend, including principles, a couple of approaches, and some cautionary tales. Try blending a Lavender Cream Earl Grey tea along with me!