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- 01Explainer · ~7 min readHow Much Caffeine Is in Tetley Tea? (mg per Bag, by Blend)Tetley's own published caffeine figures for its black, green, decaf, and herbal teas, what they mean for British Blend, and how steep time changes the number in your mug.
- 02Explainer · ~9 min readTea Caffeine Chart: mg in Black, Green, White, Oolong and MatchaMilligrams of caffeine per 8 oz cup for every major tea, from USDA FoodData Central and published lab studies, with coffee for scale and the brewing choices that move the number.
- 03Explainer · ~10 min readMatcha Caffeine by Grams, Teaspoons & Serving Size (Chart)The reference table: how much caffeine is in 1 gram, 2 grams, 1 teaspoon, 1 tablespoon, and a 16 oz latte, built from published lab and manufacturer data.
- 04Explainer · ~15 min readTea Bag Price Index (July 2026): Cost Per Cup, MeasuredWe pulled the live Amazon price of 162 bagged teas through the Amazon Creators API, divided each by its bag count, and ranked every single one by cost per cup. This is the site's original dataset: what a cup of tea actually costs in July 2026, brand by brand.
- 05Explainer · ~16 min readTea Ceremonies & Traditions Around the World: A Cultural GuideFrom Chinese gongfu cha and the Japanese Way of Tea to Moroccan mint pours and American sweet tea, how cultures gather, host, and slow down over a cup.
- 06Explainer · ~16 min readThe History of Tea: A Complete Timeline (Shennong to 2026)From a legendary leaf in an emperor's cauldron to the world's second-most-consumed drink, a careful, myth-flagged timeline of nearly 5,000 years of tea, with the documented history kept separate from the good stories.
- 07Explainer · ~12 min readTea vs Coffee: Caffeine, Health, Cost & Experience Compared (2026)The honest, data-driven head-to-head, caffeine in milligrams, what the health research actually says, cost per cup, and which one to reach for and when.
- 08Explainer · ~11 min readTea Grades Explained: Orange Pekoe, FTGFOP & the Orthodox Grading SystemA no-hype reference to the alphabet on your tea tin. What OP, BOP, and SFTGFOP1 actually decode to, why fannings end up in tea bags, and the one big myth about 'Orange Pekoe' worth busting.
- 09Explainer · ~12 min readTea Brewing Temperatures & Steep Times: The Complete Chart (2026)A no-hype, type-by-type reference for water temperature, steep time, and leaf ratio, plus the why behind the numbers, from delicate whites to full-boil herbals.
- 10Explainer · ~14 min readWhere Tea Comes From: The World's Great Tea RegionsA clear, honest field guide to the places that grow the world's tea, China, India, Sri Lanka, Japan, Taiwan, Kenya, and beyond, and how region, elevation, cultivar, and craft end up in your cup.
- 11Explainer · ~14 min readTea and Health: What the Research Actually Says (2026)An honest, carefully sourced look at what studies do, and don't, show about tea and the compounds inside it: caffeine, L-theanine, catechins, polyphenols, and tannins.
- 12Explainer · ~11 min readThe 6 Types of Tea: A Complete Guide to White, Green, Yellow, Oolong, Black & DarkEvery true tea comes from one plant, Camellia sinensis. What separates them isn't the leaf, but how much it's allowed to oxidize and how it's processed. Here's the whole spectrum, honestly explained.
- 13Explainer · ~12 min readTea Glossary: 65+ Tea Terms, Clearly Defined (2026)Camellia sinensis, oxidation, CTC, flush, gongfu, FTGFOP, L-theanine, the working vocabulary of tea, defined plainly and accurately.
- 14Explainer · ~12 min readTea Statistics 2026: The Definitive Data Hub on Global Production, Consumption & the US MarketA current, fully-sourced reference on how much tea the world grows and drinks, who leads in production and per-capita consumption, the size of the US tea market, and where the numbers come from.
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