Teas
Each tea with its recipe, its harvest, its making and where it grows.
Liquor
Yame Gyokuro
Uji Matcha
Verveine du Velay
Menthe poivrée de Milly
Tilleul des Baronnies
Lavande fine de Valensole
Silver Needle
Genmaicha
Asamushi Sencha
Moroccan Mint
Tieguanyin
Jin Xuan
Ginger
Dragon Well
Alföldi Chamomile
Jasmine Pearls
Bai Mudan
Sheng Pu-erh
Darjeeling First Flush
Dong Ding
Hōjicha
Nuwara Eliya Ceylon
Oriental Beauty
Dian Hong
Assam Second Flush
Earl Grey
Kericho Black Tea
Rwanda Highland Black
Wuyi Rock Oolong
Keemun
Rooibos
English Breakfast
Ripe Pu-erh
Lapsang Souchong
Hibiscus
Families
Regions
Harvest
Caffeine
- Green · Yame, Fukuoka, JapanYame GyokuroA shaded Japanese green tea with concentrated umami, sweetness, and a deep seaweed-like aroma.
- Green · Uji, Kyoto, JapanUji MatchaA stone-ground green tea from Uji with a velvety body, vivid umami, and a softly sweet finish.
- Herbal · Velay, Haute-Loire, FranceVerveine du VelayFrance's evening cup: lemon verbena from the high Velay plateau, bright citrus over calming green.
- Herbal · Milly-la-Forêt, Essonne, FranceMenthe poivrée de MillyThe peppermint that gave a village south of Paris its name: a clear green infusion, sharply minty.
- Herbal · Baronnies provençales, Drôme, FranceTilleul des BaronniesLinden blossom, picked two weeks a year in the hills of the Drôme: a green gold infusion, soft and honeyed.
- Herbal · Valensole, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, FranceLavande fine de ValensoleTwo lavenders grow on the plateau. This is the one meant for a cup: a pale gold infusion, floral and soft.
- White · Fuding, ChinaSilver NeedleA bud-only white tea with soft sweetness, haylike aromatics, and a luminous pale cup.
- Green · Shizuoka, JapanGenmaichaSencha or bancha cut with toasted and popped rice. Nutty, warm, and easy company for food.
- Green · Shizuoka, JapanAsamushi SenchaA lightly steamed green tea with a clear cup, fresh grass aroma, and a bright finish.
- Green · Meknès × West LakeMoroccan MintZhejiang gunpowder green, fresh spearmint and sugar, poured high from a silver teapot. Hospitality in a glass.
- Oolong · Anxi, ChinaTieguanyinA rolled oolong with floral aromatics, creamy texture, and a slowly opening leaf.
- Oolong · Nantou, TaiwanJin XuanA modern Taiwanese cultivar, Tai Cha No. 12, whose cup carries a natural cream note no flavoring ever touched.
- Herbal · Kerala, India, and Shandong, ChinaGingerThe root, not the leaf: a golden infusion whose heat comes on slowly and stays.
- Green · Hangzhou, ChinaDragon WellA pan-fired green tea known for a smooth body and a roasted chestnut impression.
- Herbal · Székkutas, HungaryAlföldi ChamomileA caffeine-free floral infusion with apple-like sweetness and a golden cup.
- Green · Fuzhou, Fujian, ChinaJasmine PearlsHand-rolled green tea scented over nights with fresh jasmine blossoms: perfume without a drop of oil.
- White · Fuding, Fujian, ChinaBai MudanWhite Peony: a bud and two leaves, withered and dried. Fuller than Silver Needle, with orchard sweetness and hay.
- Pu-erh · Pu'er, Yunnan, ChinaSheng Pu-erhRaw pu-erh, young and alive: bright bitterness, orchard fruit and camphor, made to be aged or drunk on its nerve.
- Black · Darjeeling, IndiaDarjeeling First FlushA high-grown black tea with pale liquor, brisk structure, and a lifted floral-muscatel character.
- Oolong · Nantou County, TaiwanDong DingTaiwan's classic rolled oolong, traditionally charcoal-roasted: orchard fruit, cream, and a long toasted finish.
- Green · Uji, Kyoto, JapanHōjichaGreen tea roasted over high heat until russet and sweet. Low in caffeine, evening-gentle, chestnut-warm.
- Black · Nuwara Eliya, Sri LankaNuwara Eliya CeylonSri Lanka's highest-grown black tea: pale gold, fragrant and crisp, the 'champagne of Ceylon'.
- Oolong · Hsinchu, TaiwanOriental BeautyA leafhopper's bite starts the sweetness: the nipped leaf defends itself with honeyed terpenes, and the tea keeps them.
- Black · Fengqing, Yunnan, ChinaDian HongA soft Yunnan black tea with golden buds, cocoa depth, and a gentle peppery lift.
- Black · Assam, IndiaAssam Second FlushA full-bodied black tea with malt, dried fruit, and a coppery liquor.
- Black · Qimen × CalabriaEarl GreyA black-tea blend lifted with cold-pressed bergamot oil: citrus brightness over a brisk, familiar base.
- Black · Kericho Highlands, KenyaKericho Black TeaA bright Kenyan black tea with a clean, brisk cup and a confident malty structure.
- Black · Rulindo, RwandaRwanda Highland BlackA highland Rwandan black tea with a bright liquor, fresh structure, and a gentle sweet finish.
- Oolong · Wuyi Mountains, ChinaWuyi Rock OolongA roasted oolong with mineral depth, dark fruit, and a resonant finish.
- Black · Qimen, Anhui, ChinaKeemunThe orchid-scented black of Anhui, born in 1875 and poured into every great English breakfast blend since.
- Herbal · Cederberg, South AfricaRooibosNot a tea at all: a fynbos shrub of the Cederberg, cut and oxidized to a caffeine-free cup of brick red.
- Black · Assam × Ceylon × KenyaEnglish BreakfastThe morning standard: a full-bodied marriage of Assam depth, Ceylon brightness and Kenyan strength, built to meet milk.
- Pu-erh · Pu'er, ChinaRipe Pu-erhA post-fermented tea with an earthy profile, dark liquor, and a rounded body.
- Black · Wuyi Mountains, Fujian, ChinaLapsang SouchongThe original smoked tea of the Wuyi valley: pinewood fires folded into the world's first black leaf.
- Herbal · Kordofan, Sudan, and SenegalHibiscusYou do not steep the flower but the fleshy red part left behind when it falls: a deep red infusion, tart and refreshing.
Families
Regions
- Shizuoka · Japan
- Uji, Kyoto · Japan
- West Lake, Hangzhou · China
- Assam · India
- Yunnan Highlands · China
- Anxi, Fujian · China
- Wuyi Mountains · China
- Fuding, Fujian · China
- Yame, Fukuoka · Japan
- Darjeeling, West Bengal · India
- Kericho Highlands · Kenya
- Rulindo Tea Plots · Rwanda
- Alföldi Chamomile, Székkutas · Hungary
- Fuzhou, Fujian · China
- Nuwara Eliya · Sri Lanka
- Nantou County · Taiwan
- Hsinchu · Taiwan
- Qimen · China
- Cederberg · South Africa
- Velay · France
- Calabria · Italy
- Meknès · Morocco
- Valensole · France
- Baronnies provençales · France
- Milly-la-Forêt · France