How Does Tea Make You Feel? Caffeine, Calm and Expectations
Separate the effects of caffeine from personal tasting sensations and the tea ritual. Understand why tea type alone cannot predict your response.
The MountTea Journal
Simple beginnings, better brewing, and stories behind the leaves. Explore Chinese and Taiwanese tea, one cup at a time.
Separate the effects of caffeine from personal tasting sensations and the tea ritual. Understand why tea type alone cannot predict your response.
Use a repeatable tasting method to separate aroma, flavour, body, astringency and finish. Keep notes that make the next tea purchase more useful.
Protect everyday tea from moisture, heat, light and odours. Understand why fresh green tea and pu-erh need different storage decisions.
Organise a two-tea tasting with matched vessels, measured recipes and useful notes. Compare roast, origin or processing without wasting leaf.
Is buckwheat tea caffeine free? Learn why pure roasted buckwheat contains no caffeine, how to check blends, and how to brew it for calm evenings at home.