Tea Bags or Loose Leaf Tea? The Pros and Cons
Should you drink tea packaged in tea bags, or loose leaf tea? The answer is multi-faceted and it depends on your personal preferences and priorities. There is no one-size-fits-all answer, but you need to ask yourself what you expect out of your brew: quality or convenience, and at what price.
The Many Faces of Tea
The world of tea can be a maze of terminology and confusion for many. In our search for classification and order, we run the risk of putting off would-be devotees who are afraid of perpetrating some sort of etiquette error. I worry that, as fine and rare tea spills into the mainstream, an emperor’s new clothes mystique is developing around the product that could ultimately act to dissuade the young enthusiasts the industry needs. So, here follows a terminology-free introduction to the world of tea — may it educate and inspire a search for great tea.
Learning About Speciality Tea... with Shunan Teng
Shunan Teng, the founder of Tea Drunk in NYC, shared her tea story with us in issue 01 of eighty degrees magazine. We met with her again in Las Vegas at World Tea Expo 2019 where she was a speaker.
Tea, Vietnam, Education... with Suzette Hammond
Suzette Hammond is the founder of an education-based small business Being Tea, American Tea Ambassador to Vietnam, and a practitioner of various activities supporting mental health, including yoga and tea meditation. We bumped into each other for the first time in Las Vegas in 2019 and I simply had to ask a few questions.
On Tea Culture in Australia... with Sharyn Johnston
I’d heard a lot about Sharyn Johnston, the founder of Australian Tea Masters, even though we had never met until our first encounter at World Tea Expo in Las Vegas in 2019. Being very curious about her journey, we had a chat.
The "Corporation" of Eighty Degrees Magazine - The Birth of a Speciality Tea Magazine
One of the most common questions I receive is “who is behind the magazine?”. It seems that a lot of people think there is a large team or even a corporation that creates eighty degrees… Not quite.
Interview with Tea Addicts
Jürgen and Stephan of Tea Addicts talk to us about their tea journey.
American Tea Competitions And Innovation... with Tony Gebely
Tony Gebely tells us about ASTA, the Tea Masters Cup, and what to do to make tea more accessible in the U.S.
Eighty Degrees at World Tea Expo 2019
Last month, World Tea Expo opened its doors in Las Vegas once again and this time eighty degrees proudly and excitedly took part too! This being our first tea expo, our expectations were high, but we could not have imagined how euphoric the reality would be!
Chinese Tea Ceremony in Portugal
Publishing a tea magazine comes with many challenges, but also amazing opportunities. One such opportunity came about last month when our friend, tea expert Jing Hong, came to Portugal. You know her from the first issue of eighty degrees magazine where she was featured in a photo essay from Yangshuo.