speciality tea
Feb 8, 2021
What is Speciality Tea?
How often have you looked up on boards at your favourite local tea or coffee shop and seen the words "speciality tea"?
Aug 19, 2020
What is Oolong Tea?
Oolong teas, or 'blue' teas, as they are sometimes called, are partially or semi-oxidised/fermented teas. Predominant...
Nov 11, 2019
Speciality Tea as Part of a Vegan Lifestyle
New to veganism? The tea world has just become your (plant-based) oyster! November marks World Vegan Month and this post is inspired by a number of tea drinking friends who have embraced a plant-based diet or have eliminated dairy.
Apr 22, 2019
The Best Tea For Sleep
In the wired 24/7 world we now live it is unsurprising we are frequently asked what the best tea is for sleep.
Much l...
Jan 23, 2019
Super Simple Matcha Smoothie Recipe
Struggling to get the high you need from your coffee fix? Or are you struggling with coffee-related caffeine jitters?...
May 1, 2018
Our Ethical Sourcing Policy
We are often asked - quite rightly - about our ethical sourcing policy and whether or not our tea is "Fairtrade".
Given the vast range of ingredients that go into our products, this is not a question to which we can provide a snappy PR answer, but like most things we do, something to which we are very happy to give a detailed response.
Jul 15, 2016
It pays to buy good tea - but not if your water's unfiltered!
"IT PAYS TO BUY GOOD TEA" - It's a phrase that adorns many a vintage wooden tea chests, but it doesn't come without caveats.Today we talk one condition in particular: the need to prepare your tea in equally good water, which effectively comprises 99% of your brew!Debonair Tea HQ is situated in what we could definitely claim to be the hard water capital of the UK. The White Cliffs of Dover are pretty close neighbours and, given that hard water is formed when it percolates through deposits of limestone and chalk, you can imagine just how hard the water is.
May 23, 2016
Why does a cup of tea solve everything?
In times of crisis, it's a national institution that we find or offer comfort in a simple cup of tea. Putting the kettle on to ease stress during a bad day or ahead of impending bad news is a tried, tested and often successful strategy.
Mar 8, 2016
What is Rooibos 'Tea' Exactly?
It’s delicious drunk with or without milk and sugar, it is high in antioxidants and it is also caffeine free – but Rooibos isn’t really a tea at all.
As a company that has not added decaffeinated tea to our growing range of teas and infusions – because we have yet to find a process that doesn’t completely distort its character – we often find ourselves converting decaf fans into Rooibos drinkers.
Sep 25, 2015
Tea Production
Like most crops, the production of tea is fairly complex. Here we give a brief summary of how different teas are prod...