podcasts & vlogs are what we do
With over one hundred podcast episodes and a growing collection of tea vlogs, we offer a great amount of insight into tea. Here are our most recent episodes.
Podcasts
This tea podcast is all about a bamboo tea scoop. It may sound like a simple topic, but there is a wealth of historical influence that goes into this simple spoon.
Matcha as a trending item on Google, Unilever buying up tea companies, and Chinese pessimism reflected in tea. What is happeing in the world? Find out on The Weekly Steep!
It's all dust today. A tea podcast about dust, imagine that. Teavana is being sued and a murder mystery has tea as the weapon of choice. It's The Weekly Steep!
To many, tea is not something that is readily enjoyed. Perhaps it was a poor experience that put a bad taste in their mouth. Luciana of 3 Leaf Tea joins us to explain just how she went from tea hater to tea lover.
Certified elephant safe is now a tea farm thing. Do you want afternoon tea at work? A Kenyan bank says NO! And apparantly olive leaf tea is on the rise so be sure to save room in your cupboard.
Does the UK know tea? How much do you know about tea's health benefits? How much caffeine does tea have? This week's podcast offers poorly written articles and rants about most of this stuff. Enjoy the bitter brews.
Everyone loves getting mail, especially when it's a bunch of awesome tea. Sips by is a company offering a unique take on the subscription model and we unbox our very own package this episode to find out what it is. Spoilers: so much value.
What did you miss this week in tea? Drake's into matcha. Little girls can't have tea parties. Darjeeling is now hiring accountants. And Japan has amazing desserts.
What's steeping this week in tea? Darjeeling has no tea! You'd be smart to buy Nepalese tea as they're getting it officially trademarked. Also Starbucks has some amazing flavours involving tea but you'll need to fly across the world to get them.
What does the inventor of the Teforia have to say about his machine? We sit down with Allen Han to talk all about the Teforia Leaf and Classic to hear the motivation behind their creation and why they're worthy of the 2017 Best Tea Brewing Device Award.
Teavana is closing down. Will there finally be discounts on their blends? A Turkish tea master competes in China. What a delight! Assam is building tea gardens in Rwanda, let's check back in 15 years to see the progress. All this and more in The Weekly Steep.
Whats the world to do when employees hurl jugs of tea at their managers? We have no idea. What we do know is that tea gardens are now protecting elephants, matcha is hip, and Portland, Oregon has a mean tea game.
Exploring mountains, uncovering stories, and drinking tea come naturally to Jeff Fuchs. In CBC's "The Tea Explorer" we join him on an adventure to find the Ancient Tea Horse Road. Historically significant in exporting puerh from Yunnan, China through Lhasa, Tibet and into Kathmandu, Nepal, we sit down with director Andrew Gregg to find out more about this engaging documentary.
A Halifax tea shop in trouble? A $3500 oolong industry report? What about Sri Lanka's 150th tea anniversery in Scotland? This and more in The Weekly Steep!
This week in tea the Darjeeling strike continues, Nepal starts selling to Europe, Las Vegas offers afternoon tea, and a New York tea shop brings Ready-to-Drink tea to market. Call this tea blogger full.
And the tea keeps on steeping. What happened this week in tea? New matcha ice cream flavours, Portuguese tea, a rooibos monopoly, and a lot of hate for the Teforia brewer. Put the kettle on and tune in!
Last week we went to Las Vegas for the World Tea Expo 2017. Over the course of three days, we tasted some great teas, attended conferences, walked the trade show floor, and finally ate at White Castle. Today's podcast, as per tradition, is our brief overview and recap of the events that transpired and insight into the weeks ahead. Steep deep!
What a week! The World Tea Expo has wrapped up in Las Vegas and was it ever an exciting show. Great friends, drinks, and information. If you every get the chance, be sure to go. But what about the rest of the world? Some very interesting stuff to say the least. Russian tea? Nepal vs. Darjeeling? Indian tea strikes? Cheese foam? It's all here.
June 5-9 of 2017 have brought us a lot of great stuff in the tea world. What's on the tea blog today? Did you know that Indian tea farmers are upping their game? What about matcha mentos? A rare white tea in India? How about tea condoms? It's all here in the World Tea Podcast Top 8.5 tea news things!
Scratch the surface of the tea world and you'll soon find out what a confusing mess it really is. It gets even worse when you find out that several countries will offer the same tea. Sounds fair, until you realize only one country specializes in it. The rest seem to just slap the name on and call it a day. The tea blog investigates.
What happened in the world of tea this past week? May 29 - June 2 has been incredibly flavourful. From a Limited Edition Canadian Jubilee Tea to kangaroos sipping out of tea cups, the leaves never cease to amaze!
This week in tea: Oman as a country imports a lot of Long Jing tea from China, correctional tea mugs are now a thing, and for the love of God hamburger matcha smoothies are almost a thing. Yuck.
Its the end of the week which means that there are days worth of obscure tea news to hear about. This week we learn that foxes drink tea, leopards hunt in tea fields, harvesting tea will get you jacked, and why bothering smoking a joint when you can drink a tea.
What happened this week in the world of tea? Lots of things. Deer Antler tea recalled, a new tea documentary, matcha flavored cotton candy, and even a humidor for tea! Tune in and get your weekly top 8.5 tea news things!
We were tweeted to some time ago, a question about how tea shops source their teas. We had never thought of this question before. Which was odd since we've been involved so long in the industry. Eight pages later we had our tea podcast episode with a focus on five key aspects of sourcing: time, transactions, relationships, shipping, and money.
Vlogs
Iced tea is something that should be much more familiar to all of us. Allowing for sweet notes and less astringency in almost every tea, it's a very refreshing way to brew. Today, we look into how best to execute the best cup of iced tea.
September is here and that means a new Patreon deal is ready to go! Savings are on for single cakes and tongs of Teabook puerh. Heck, you can even get a free tumbler and green tea samples. Wonderful!
A premium instant tea? Can this be true? And more importantly, how does it taste? Cusa Tea joins us on the World Tea Podcast to discuss a product packaged in innovation.
Tea has a lot going for it. It's tasty, its available, and it can make you feel great. Maria of The Tea Spot joins us to talk about her journey into tea and what she's doing to make it more accessible to everyone.
Want to learn more about tea? Do you need a tea education? Today's podcast and tea vlog join Linda Gaylayd, author of The Tea Book, to discuss common misconceptions about tea and where we see the industry going when it comes to providing accurate information to the masses.
They say great things come in small packages. Nothing could be truer for Sips By, a tea subscription company with a great business model. Today's tea vlog shows us opening a box with Staci from Sips By on the line to tell her story and answer any questions.
Where is the tea industry heading? What is farm direct tea? Meet our great tea friend Elyse of Tealet and learn all this and more. Full of knlwoedge and insights we sit back and hear about what is happening in the tea world.
Wuyi rock tea. Yancha. Big Red Robe. What are these are why should we care? Today's tea vlog has Zhen Tea joining us at the World Tea Expo to tell us why. A storied history, and amazing variety, and spectacular taste accompany these rocky leaves.
Many have criticized the Teforia as being an insanely expensive tea kettle. They may have a point. During the 2017 World Tea Expo we interviewed Allen Han about his invention and uncovered a deep passion. While many may dismiss it for the price, we found interest in the pursuit.
Keeping motivated can be a challenge. As much fun as blogging can be, constantly finding a topic that is interesting to blog about becomes more difficult over time. Six tea bloggers take to the Tea Blogger Round Table to discuss how to overcome these obstacles.
Invited to see the premiere of The Tea Explorer featuring Jeff Fuchs of Jalam Teas made for an incredible evening of tea vlogging, tea blogging, and puerh. The tea culture, history, and influcence presented in the film makes it a must watch for any tea enthusiast.
We left the World Tea Expo on a high note but leaving a day early was ultimately unfortunate. There was a lot more we wanted to see. Today's final vlog of the tea blog captures the trade show floor, all the friends we met, offers some quick interviews of several interesting companies, and highlights what went down during the Tea Blogger Roundtable where we discussed how to keep motivated while blogging.
Day 2 of the World Tea Podcast tea vlog. Covering our time at the World Tea Expo today's vlog covers tea conferences, our brief day at Dobashien and their booth, and burgers......we ate a lot of burgers in Las Vegas. Enjoy the tea blog vlog.
Day 1 of the World Tea Expo Tea Vlog. Join us as we get breakfast at IHOP (a first for us) and devour some pancakes, meet up with the Tealet crew at their tea studio, brew up a white tea from Taiwan with a Taiwanese tea farmer and discuss the benefits of matcha with a Japanese specialist.
What was our haul from the World Tea Expo 2017? In today's tea blog let's grope some bags together and see what leafy good stuff we can find on the trade show floor. How many new tea gardens did we learn about? What is purple tea? Matcha for days! It's all here at the World Tea Podcast.
An Adagio tea review. Today's tea blog gets some mail from one of North America's larger tea vendors, Adagio. We were able to select several teas for review (or as much as the $25 coupon code would allow) and we settled on the ones most familiar to us. Let's review some Japanese gyokuro, genmaicha , and a Taiwnaese pouchong oolong.
How to age tea? Usually, this applies to pu'er cakes and sometimes oolongs. But a Japanese green tea? Today's tea blog takes a look at a specially aged sencha out of Japan. Using snow and ice the tea processors have devised a method to get more umami from green tea. Simply delicious and a must try!
Tea in Trinidad. A dead dog. Puerh gives cancer. A beautiful tea house. This has been on hell of a week in tea.