How to Tell Good Matcha From Mediocre Matcha

Matcha is everywhere now, which also means the quality range is wider than it's ever been. You can walk into a grocery store and find something labeled matcha that has...

Matcha Caffeine vs Coffee: Why Tea Energy Feels...

Caffeine is caffeine, chemically speaking, but anyone who's switched from coffee to matcha for a week knows the experience isn't the same. That difference is real, and it comes down...

The Art of Transformation: How a Tea Leaf Becom...

Every tea we sell starts as the same basic thing: a leaf, picked off a plant. What happens to that leaf after picking is the entire story of how it...

Emerald Cove, Terracotta, Afterglow, Red Onyx: ...

  We get some version of this question a lot: "okay, but what's actually different between these, and which one do I want?" It's a fair thing to ask. Most...

Tea Powder vs. Tea Bag vs. Loose Leaf

Most people drink tea one of two ways: a bag, or loose leaf in an infuser. Both work the same basic way. You steep the leaf, pull flavor out of...

The Modern Art of Tea Powder

Steeping tea and drinking tea powder aren't really the same activity, even though they start with the same leaf. Steeping asks you to wait. Powder asks you to prepare. That...