From terroir to tea tannins, familiarizing yourself with the tea-drinking lexicon can be daunting, but because steeping and ...

In fact, most herbal varieties aren't teas at all -- they're tisanes, aka infusions -- and come with a unique set of rules for optimal steeping. To find out more, I talked to Joshua Richolt ...

Finely ground black tea leaves performed best at removing toxic heavy metals. Longer steeping times helped tea remove larger amounts of contaminants. Good news for tea lovers: That daily brew ...