Tea Room

WHITE TEA
White tea is a delicate tea type with a medium amount of caffeine. There's between 6 and 55mg of caffeine per cup of white tea.3 The caffeine levels depend not only on how long you brew your tea leaves, but which part of the plant the leaf comes from.
Many green and white teas are made from the larger, lower leaves of the tea plant. But some are made from the fresh new buds, which contain much more caffeine.

Herbal Tea
Although we colloquially call herbal teas “tea,” they’re not actually related to true teas made from the camellia sinensis plant. Instead, herbal teas are composed of a blend of different herbs and spices. In general, herbal teas contain no caffeine. There are a wide variety of different kinds of herbal teas, including both single-ingredient teas like Peppermint and Chamomile, as well as creative blends like Lavender Lullaby and Atomic Gold.

Herbal teas are also sometimes called herbal infusions or tisanes. Popular herbal tea ingredients include peppermint, chamomile, hibiscus, ginger, lavender, and more. Herbal blends often have medicinal properties, and depending on the blend can be used to treat everything from sore throats to upset stomachs.

Where Purple Tea is From
Purple tea was originally found growing wild in the Assam region of India. After their initial discovery, these unique tea plants were later taken to Kenya, where the Tea Research Foundation of Kenya worked to create a cultivar that would be ideal for commercial tea production. The third-largest producer of commercial tea after China and India, Kenya now leads as the largest producer of purple tea. Our purple teas come from the Tumoi Tea Garden in the Nandi Hills of Kenya.

Where Oolong Tea is From
Oolong teas are primarily produced in China and Taiwan. In China, oolong-producing regions include the Wuyi Mountains and Anxi, both in Fujian province, and Guangdong province. In Taiwan, a small island off of mainland China, is famed for its specialty oolongs, including the highly sought after Milk Oolong.

Where Green Tea is From
Green tea is primarily produced in China and Japan. Japanese green teas are steamed soon after harvest in order to halt oxidation. They tend to have a slightly savory, oceanic quality, and brew up a light emerald green. Japanese teas are sometimes also shaded for several weeks prior to harvest, which increases their levels of chlorophyll, caffeine, and l-theanine. Popular Japanese green teas include Sencha, Kukicha, and Gyokuro.

Chinese green teas are usually pan-fired after harvest in order to stop the oxidation process. These teas tend to be milder than Japanese green teas, and brew up a soft golden color, with a light body and a mellow flavor. Popular Chinese green teas include Dragon Well, Gunpowder, and Chun Mee.