What is white tea? Learn more about white tea
What does it mean for a tea to be white? Aren’t they all some shade of brown, darker or lighter? It seems that white tea […]
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The million dollar question, does tea have caffeine in it?
ome teas do indeed have caffeine but how much compared to your average cup of coffee? There are studies that have said that tea leaves contain more caffeine than coffee beans. That doesn’t sound good. But there are some benefits to caffeine in small doses. Teas that do not have caffeine shouldn’t be confused with decaffeinated teas. A decaffeinated tea is a tea that had caffeine in it originally but the caffeine has been removed.
What is Knolling or Flat lay photography?
This photography technique of flat lay pictures has been around for a long time now, close to 30 years! And it’s original name is not flat lay but knolling. So the story behind this style of picture taking is as follows:
Learn what is black tea and more
Black tea comes from the camellia sinensis plant as we have established, but it has been oxidized the longest. This gives it it’s stronger flavour. The camellia sinensis var. assamica variety of the plant is the variety that is normally used to produce black teas because of it’s large leaves. Different countries refer to black tea in different ways. In China it is referred to as the “red tea”; in japan and korea as hongcha; in Bengali as Lal cha, all these names refer to the colour of the liquid that results from steeping the tea leaves. In the west it is called “black tea” which refers to the colour of the oxidized leaves. Black teas retain its flavour for several years, unlike green teas which are oxidized less. Common black teas are English Breakfast and Earl Grey blends.
