The world of single garden tea is one where tea tastes distinctive, the people making your tea get the highest returns and it’s a world where the environment has a much better chance of thriving.
The best way to experience this world is to make a habit of loose tea. You’ll get everything that’s great about the single garden world, and also:
Find the very best tasting teas – the best quality teas are served loose;
Reduce your unnecessary waste – loose tea has less packaging and processing; and
The best value for money – you’ll be paying for the tea, not the packaging.
We know it can seem hard to know which teas to try and that loose tea sounds like it’ll take longer to make and be messy to clean up. That doesn’t have to be the case though – here’s everything you need to know to make your positive choice of loose tea an easy and fuss free change.
Making Loose Tea Easy
With the right teapot, making loose tea is just as easy as preparing - and clearing up - a tea bag. Here’s our simple guide to using a Tea-iere ™ and our recipes.
Tools To Make Loose Tea Simply
Join our #LooseLeafChallenge
Ditch your tea bags and free your tea! Now more than ever we need to create positive green habits, which is why we're challenging you to switch your tea bags for loose tea every day this month so you can discover just how simple and rewarding loose leaf tea drinking can be.
Finding Teas you’ll Love
With so many different tea types to choose from – green, black, oolong, white, herbal – it can be difficult to know where to start. Try our Tea Finder and get your personalised tea recommendation instantly. Answer four questions about what you like and how you want your tea to make you feel, and we’ll show you your perfect tea.
Personalised Consultation
Book a 1-2-1 consultation for personalised recommendations and advice on which teas to try and how best to make them at home.
Our team of tea gurus, Will and Felicity will do their best to answer all of your questions. Using videos to demonstrate different making techniques, they’ll show you the people behind the teas and the wild places they come from.
Tea Fundamentals: Read our Journal
Every week we update our journal with deep dives into new teas, producer interviews and profiles, sourcing updates and our thoughts on the wider issues in the world of tea. We’ve created a complete section on the fundamentals of tea – everything from introducing the tea plant and the places it thrives in, through to how to cold infuse your tea, to the difference between caffeine and L-theanine.
Getting to know the tea types is a very good place to start your journey into this world of single garden. Tea type is the most basic indicator of taste – here’s a five minute read introducing the types and explaining why green teas will very often taste spring-like, white teas much more mellow and black tea tends to be rich and robust.
