The skin on your chai, and why cold tea goes cloudy
Three different things with three different causes. The skin on chai is milk, the film on black tea is hard water, and the haze in cold tea means it was strong.
Category: About tea
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Is drinking tea harmful? What is real and what is repeated
No, for almost everybody, and it is not medicine either. Two effects are real: iron absorption at the same meal, and the caffeine. Most of the rest is not about tea.
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Why blending is a craft, and why “blended” is not an insult
A single garden is never the same twice and your chai has to be. Blending is how one consistent cup is built from an agricultural product that refuses to cooperate.
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CTC blend or whole leaf: which tea is right for milk chai
Whole leaf sells for more, so people assume it is better. It is better at something, and that something is not the cup you make every morning.