Teas (All)

White tea comes from the leaves of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis, that are picked when the leaf buds are immature. These leaves are lighter in color, hence the term "white" tea. White tea is reputed to be richer in antioxidants than green, oolong, and black teas.

You should use your bulk loose tea within a year of purchase. True teas (from the plant Camellia sinensis) should be stored in glass or tin. Tea may also be frozen in protective packaging if planning to store for longer than one year.

Green tea originates from the tea plant (Camellia sinensis). After the tea leaves are plucked, they are steamed or heated to halt the oxidation of the leaves. This prevents the leaves of the tea plant from darkening as they oxidize — which is what produces both oolongs and black teas.

The loose tea we have for sale offers varying levels of caffeine. White and green teas generally have less caffeine than oolongs, and black teas usually have the most. Compared to coffee, tea has about half or less the caffeine per cup. There are some claims that you can remove as much as 80% of the caffeine from your tea by "washing" the leaves (steeping your leaves with hot water for 30 seconds and then immediately draining) before steeping the cup of tea you’ll drink. The most definitive answer we have come across on this topic is from a 2008 study by the research and materials company ChromaDex, which found about a 30% decrease in caffeine content utilizing this method.

As expert loose leaf tea suppliers, we offer a variety of quality green teas with distinctive flavor characteristics:

A tisane (or ptisan) is a synonym for an herbal tea. This word is often used to describe herbal infusions that have no true tea in them (i.e. no leaves from the plant Camellia sinensis). Examples of popular tisanes include Chamomile, Peppermint, and Rooibos.