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The teas.co.uk Tea Wiki, being written

Tea explained without the fog.

A growing guide to tea types, brewing, brands, ingredients and the questions people search before buying. Some entries are deep dives, some are quick answers, all are written to make the next cup easier to choose.

  • Plain answers on types, brewing, caffeine and storage.
  • Brand and ingredient explainers, checked against what we stock.
  • Quick answers when you are rushing, deep dives when you are not.
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BROWSE BY TEA FAMILY

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Eight families, every variety we stock. Family explainers live here; click through to start with that family.
All teas

Black Tea

Black tea is the most drunk tea in Britain

Green Tea

Green tea is Camellia sinensis processed to halt oxidation

Herbal and Fruit Infusions

Herbal and fruit infusions contain no true tea, so

Rooibos Tea

Rooibos is the South African Aspalathus linearis herbal-infusion; zero

Chai Tea

Chai is the Hindi word for tea. Calling something

White Tea

White tea is the least processed tea family on

Oolong Tea

Oolong is the family of partially-oxidised teas sitting between

Earl Grey Tea

Earl Grey is a black tea base scented with
GUIDES & EXPLAINERS

Already written, sorted by topic

Brewing science, family explainers, British tea history. More on the way; these are the foundation.

Guides & explainers

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TEA PEOPLE & STORIES

The people behind the cup

Famous tea YouTubers, royal tea history, cult pop-culture moments, and the curators who built the British tea industry.
YOUTUBER · USA

Jesse's Tea House

Comedian-turned-Chinese-tea YouTuber, films at the source.

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YOUTUBER · USA

Wu Mountain Tea

Justin Tai. Calm, technical, the deep-dive YouTube channel.

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YOUTUBER · UK

Don Mei / Mei Leaf

Camden tea house. UK's most-recognisable tea presenter.

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IMPORTER · UK

Henrietta Lovell

The Rare Tea Lady. Supplies tea to UK Michelin-starred restaurants.

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HERITAGE · UK

Stephen Twining

Tenth-generation Twinings tea taster. The cravat is real.

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HISTORY

Anna, Duchess of Bedford

Invented afternoon tea in the 1840s because she was peckish.

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HISTORY

Catherine of Braganza

Portuguese princess who turned Britain into a tea-drinking nation in 1662.

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HISTORY

Robert Fortune

The Scottish botanist who stole tea from China for the British Empire.

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POP CULTURE

"Tea, Earl Grey, hot."

Captain Picard and the most-quoted tea order in fiction.

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POP CULTURE

Mrs Doyle

Father Ted’s relentless tea-pusher. “Go on, go on, go on.”

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POP CULTURE

Arthur Dent

Hitchhiker’s Guide. “Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.”

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ETIQUETTE

Afternoon tea etiquette

How to drink afternoon tea like the King, slightly tongue-in-cheek.

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TEA NEWS

What’s new in tea

Brand drops, industry stories, curator finds. The news side of the operation.
All news
Brand News

Rewards, an AI tea adviser, and what version two brings

19 Jun 2026
Tea News

Tea gift cards have arrived

19 Jun 2026
Company

The domain is the brand: why teas.co.uk is built to be the source of truth for tea

19 Jun 2026
Tea News

Teas.co.uk v2 is live: zero ad, machine readable commerce

30 May 2026
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FOR EXPERTS

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