Tea Blends

Tea blending refers to the process of mixing several different teas together to create a final product. The idea is to balance the flavours and health benefits of many types of tea together to create a rounded whole. Experienced tea drinkers may prefer to do this themselves using individual varieties but many blends are so successful that they have become mass produced and sold as separate teas. Blends are primarily made with different types of black tea although sometimes other teas such as Pu-erh from different regions are used. Tea also has the tendency to adopt the aroma and flavour from anything it is stored near. This is often a problem but it has also been exploited and used to make blends with perfumes, flavourings and essential oils, either to enhance the experience or hide sub-standard quality of the actual tea. Each blend has its own unique history and health benefits and should be described separately.