by Caleb Hodes | Tea Craft, Tea Education
You created something different. So how do you go steeping your new tea? Short answer. just a bit differently.
by Caleb Hodes | Tea Education
Green Tea is Sensitive to Heating Why is 80°C ideal for green tea? If you’ve ever steeped a green tea in water hotter than that, you likely tasted why. You see, the tea you buy in stores isn’t fully shelf-stable. It’s an active food & reacts to...
by Caleb Hodes | Tea Craft, Tea Education
An introduction to tea tannins. What are they? Where are they found? What do they do? But more importantly, do we need them?
by Caleb Hodes | Adventures in Starting the Business, Tea Craft
Thanksgiving :: Bet you’ve never seen this before. Oh, you think you have? So far correct, they’re tea leaves, but you still have never seen them before. Oh, it’s some sort of green tea? Ok cool, but you still have never seen them before. What’s so special about this?... by Caleb Hodes | Adventures in Starting the Business
Harvested last week in the mountains of Taiwan. Opened up last evening in the suburbs of Boston. Ready for processing into Black or Green tea! Our test shipment was a success! The leaves were still firm and structurally intact. There was only a very mild floral aroma...