# Tea Wiki

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## Summary

A free, ever growing knowledge base. Tea families, brewing science, and the people behind the leaf.

## Description

Home/Tea WikiTea Wiki · 666 entries · growing weeklyThe British tea encyclopaedia.Plain English entries on the plants, regions, processes, rituals and people that shaped how Britain drinks tea. Free to browse, written for tea drinkers, and edited regularly by the Teas.co.uk team.Search666entries+12this month210heritageFridayeditorial updates★ Editor's pick · cover story · 5 min"She brought a teapot in her dowry."[Portrait · oil on canvas] Heritage · Issue coverCatherine of Braganza, the princess who taught Britain to drink teaRead the cover story All 666🇬🇧 British heritage 210People & personalities 64Plants & regions 142Brewing & process 108Chemistry 47Rituals & history 62Glossary 33Browse A-ZClick a letter to jump · counts shown beneathA23B31C42D28E15F22G31H18I12J8K11L19M38N11O28P47Q6R31S52T89U8V14W22X4Y14Z7Featured this month.9 entries · curated by the editorial teamCEditor's pickCatherine of BraganzaThe princess BritishThe Portuguese princess who married Charles II in 1662, and packed tea into her dowry. Britain never drank coffee the same way again.5 minRead article AFeatured guideAfternoon teaThe ritual BritishAnna, 7th Duchess of Bedford, was peckish at 4pm in 1840. Two centuries later we built a national identity on her snack.6 minRead article TLong readThomas TwiningThe pioneer BritishOpened the first dedicated tea shop on the Strand in 1706. Still trading from the same address, under a royal warrant, no less.8 minRead article ETrendingEarl GreyThe blend BritishCharles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, was Prime Minister 1830-34 and (probably) gifted a bergamot scented black tea. The rest is marketing.4 minRead article OFeaturedGeorge OrwellThe essayist British"A Nice Cup of Tea," Evening Standard, January 1946, eleven rules from a man who took his brew seriously enough to publish them.7 minRead article CLong readCutty SarkThe clipper BritishBuilt on the Clyde in 1869 to race tea home from China. Lost the race, won immortality, and a dry dock at Greenwich.9 minRead article TNew this weekTetley tea bagsThe 1953 moment BritishMade in Greenford, west London. Paper, four corners, no string. The factory that turned tea bag into a household verb.5 minRead article BFeaturedBuilder's teaThe working brew BritishStrong, milky, two sugars optional. The unofficial uniform tea of every NHS canteen and scaffold yard from Truro to Dundee.4 minRead article CTrendingCream teaThe civil war BritishCornwall (jam first) and Devon (cream first) have spent two centuries quietly hating each other over the assembly order of a scone.6 minRead article ● Featured guideAll →01AAfternoon teaRitual · 6 min02BBuilder's teaBrew · 4 min03EEarl GreyBlend · 4 min04CCream teaCivil war · 6 min05CCatherine of BraganzaPrincess · 5 min✦ New this weekArchive →TTetley tea bags14 May · 5 minFFirst flush12 May · 6 minGGongfu cha10 May · 12 minMMatcha grades9 May · 8 minPPu erh, ripe vs raw7 May · 14 minLLee Samuel TuckerWiki editor · since 2014The wiki grows as the shop grows. If something is missing or wrong, drop a note to wiki@teas.co.uk and the team will review it.Suggest an entry The complete libraryBrowse all 666 wiki entries
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