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Tea Tasting Guide: Teas with Extra Benefits

Tea Tasting Guide: Teas with Extra Benefits

Intimidated by tea? Discover the teas your palate prefers with a tasting guide on tea profiles. Start with the foods you enjoy and match them up with the teas that are the best fit for you.

If You Like...	Try...
herbs with medicinal origins	Ayurvedic blends, neem, tulsi (“holy basil”), blends with mint, masala chai tea blends (which are rooted in Ayurvedic traditions) and blends with chamomile. Chinese herbalism also incorporates many “true teas” (teas from the camellia Sinensis plant), particularly puer and green teas.
caffeine	yerba maté, shade-grown green teas (like Gyukuro and Matcha) and tippy Assam black teas (the ones with lots of buds).
no caffeine	herbal blends with ingredients like rooibos, chamomile, mint and fruit. If you really want no caffeine at all, your perfect blend has no white tea, green tea, oolong tea, black tea, puer tea or yerba maté, as these all contain caffeine.
cold drinks	bottled teas or home-brewed iced teas made from sweet, fragrant teas, like Nilgiri black tea, sweeter oolong teas, rooibos and fruity or floral herbal blends.
tea at the office	tea sets with brewers, bottled teas or teas in pyramid or flat bags. They’re easy to use in less-than-ideal brewing situations.
buying from local suppliers	teas from a tea blender in your area. At last count, we had tea suppliers in eight states… and we’re growing all the time.
sustainable, eco-friendly products	Fair Trade and organic teas.