Tea 101

1. 1. One plant

   Everything else makes more sense once you know all true tea is one species.

   • The six tea types

2. 2. Why it becomes six things

   The categories are decided by what happens to the leaf, not by where it grew.

   • Processing, step by step
   • What oxidation does chemically, and why “fermentation” is the wrong word for it

3. 3. Brewing it

   A tea you have brewed badly tells you nothing about the tea.

   • Leaf-to-water ratio, and what it actually controls
   • What changes at each temperature band

4. 4. Tasting it

   Noticing what is in the cup is what makes the rest of the subject stick.

   • How to taste tea
   • The sensory map

All learning paths and diagrams