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The Tea Container Currently, we use Kraft bags with an aluminum laminate inside (small sized), and the compostable pouch from Elevate Packaging (medium sizes). When the small bags are all used and done, they will become the same as Elevate Packagings. There a...

For all products Work with the financial team to determine how much of what products can be ordered. For products without specific requirements We can log in to their website using the corresponding credentials to make the order. Vendor Prioritization The...

Oolong Tea (烏龍茶, Wū Lóng Chá, "Dark Dragon Tea") is partially oxidized tea, landing roughly between 20%-80% oxidation. This makes oolong tea one of the largest categories of tea, encompassing a broad range of flavors, fragrances, and processing styles. We've c...

Red Tea (紅茶, Hóng Chá, "Red Tea") is fully oxidized tea. In the West, this type of tea is typically known as “Black Tea,” including popular blends like Earl Grey or English Breakfast. Red Tea is arguably a more accurate nomenclature, since the liquor produced ...

White tea (白茶, Bái Chá, "White Tea") is defined not by its cooking process but rather by its lack of one. White tea is the only category of tea that is, by definition, raw. This means that it cannot be described in terms of oxidation, because it starts off uno...

Yellow Tea (黃茶, Huáng Chá, "Yellow Tea") is more oxidized than Green Tea, less oxidized than Oolong tea, and processed in a variety of ways, often involving prolonged withering. The result is Yellow in leaf and liquor, with a drier mouthfeel and warmer Qi than...

Green Tea (綠茶, Lǜ Chá, "Green Tea") is fully unoxidized tea, produced by dry roasting or steaming the freshly picked tea leaves. This cooking process, called Shā Qīng 殺青 ("Kill the Green"), is meant to denature an enzyme called Polyphenol Oxidase, which cataly...

Hei Cha is tea that is fermented. The leaves may be intentionally fermented through a piling and turning process or the leaves may ferment naturally over time. Aged Hei Chas are prized for their depth of flavor and medicinal qualities, and they are often press...

When the store describes brewing with a Gaiwan, it will be generalized as "making tea using the gaiwan as the brewing container". Since brewing techniques, styles, methods, are as flexible as they are, gaiwan brewing can be done in a variety of ways with diffe...

What is the Papa Pot? Reason for the Name Papa pots are large tea pots, in which people put small amounts of tea and leave them to steep for a long period of time. Originally, the Tea Tavern keeper was given the name "grandpa pot", for these types of tea pot...

The tea pot is not the same as a papa/grandpa pot. These are smaller vessels that which also vary in size, but generally will use boiling water and hold a lot of tea (rather than a little in a papa pot), and brew quickly.

Shipping tape We currently order compostable shipping tape from the following places: Elevate Packaging Pure Labels Arka Reasoning for the above vendors: Elevate Packaging's Standards Pure Labels' Standards Shipping Labels Elevate packaging an...

Printer ink for printing tea bag labels They are currently using general printer's ink. We don't know anything about it, besides that it is used in old HP printers.Should someone find a solution, please email quests@tea-tavern.com. There currently exist co...

https://www.kraftpackagingstore.com/ https://elevatepackaging.com/ https://purelabels.com/ https://www.ecoenclose.com/ Possible future options may have Some places are developing seaweed-based plastic replacement products. They are supposed to be ...

Health Benefits If health benefits are referenced in marketing, then the Tea Tavern must be able to provide an easily accessible place to obtain the referenced research proving that the health benefits are real and obtainable with the consumption of the speci...

The Tea Tavern understands that cultural and habitual changes take place over long expanses of time. As such, we recognize that sustainable practices are vital in ensuring this business is able to operate for a lengthy period. To grow a community of tea drink...

Assessing the relative healthiness of a tea is made within the following context:  Different farming methods can impact the healthfulness of a tea. Key farming considerations include:  Use of pesticides to prevent insect infestation of the tea plants Us...

Shu Pu'er, or Ripened Pu'er, refers to Yunnan tea that has been intentionally fermented to emulate the round, smooth flavor and earthy fragrance of Sheng Pu'er that has been naturally aged for 20+ years. Sources: https://westchinatea.com/tea/puer/shu/ 

Sheng Pu'er (生普洱, Shēng Pǔ'ěr, "Sheng Pu'er"), briefly, is a minimally-processed tea made from a lineage of closely-related ancient tea trees in Yunnan, collectively known as dà yè zhòng 大葉種 ("Big Leaf Type"). Sheng Pu'er is processed very much like Green Tea....