Steep It Loose — LIFESTYLE

One cup of tea a day is good, but as our founder advocates in her book Cancer Hates Tea, five cups a day can really make a difference in your state of wellness. Whole leaf tea that you steep fresh has up to twenty times the active ingredients you’d get in a ready-made bottled tea. The more you discover about what makes your taste buds happy, the more enjoyment you’ll take in your daily tea ritual. The versatility of the tea leaf offers almost endless steeping possibilities. Our standard steeping guide is a good starting point, but you should experiment...

by Mindy Fox for Epicurious  Photo by: Joseph De Leo I can hear my better half, Steve, now: “Do you really need a dedicated travel tea mug? Can’t you brew a cup of tea and then use any ol’ travel mug to take it on the go?” Yeah, babe, you could. (And he probably knows what’s coming next.) But I like to have the right tool for the job, and there is good reason to be particular when it comes to a travel tea mug. Sure, I could place loose tea leaves in a single-use paper steeper or basket steeper and use...

This is the story of our Ceremonial Grade-A Matcha discovery. … at one point my heart melted. I was stopped dead in my tracks, and all was well in the world. After that soft, sweet, umami, first sip, there was no going back. During our sourcing trip to Japan last Fall, we had the opportunity…

The 3rd wave in specialty tea, just as in coffee, strives to empower people to change the way they drink tea. The 3d Wave, as part of the specialty coffee movement, is all about delivering the highest quality preparation and serving experience. It is characterized by a purer expression of coffee, with lighter roasts, single origin and single…