Whether you’re hosting a tea party or simply want to serve yourself a glass of English Breakfast, there are plenty of ways to elevate the experience. One of the most impressive ways of doing so is by ...

Up some dingy back stairs, through an unmarked door in a pub in the heart of central London, exists a workshop dedicated to something quintessentially British: the secret to the perfect cup of tea. A ...

It may surprise you to learn that the earliest tea cups lack handles. Every family has these small tea cups, which are a product of the late 1700s and early 1800s. These are referred to as sipper cups ...

The gaiwan is warm to my touch. I pick up the Chinese bowl, hold the lid tight and pour out the tea into a cup. I bring the cup to my nose and sniff—the aroma is subtly sweet yet intense. A sip leads ...

An ingenious invention that has been in use in China at least since the earliest days of the Ming dynastyâ circa 1350â is the simplest, most satisfying way to enjoy loose-leaf tea. It is decidedly the ...