When the cooler months of the year end, many of us find ourselves reaching less for tea. Whilst many teas can be enjoyed all year around, being suited to both hot and cold brewing, some teas hot the spot best on a cold day. Being aware of how well tea lasts, and how best to keep it, will help you get the most out of your tea, even when it has sat untouched in the cupboard over the summer months.

Whether your tea be loose-leaf or in tea bags, tea will last longer and retain its quality better, if it is kept away from heat, light, moisture, oxygen and odours. Read on to learn the simple strategies to avoiding these tea-terrors.

When you make tea, are you steeping, infusing or brewing? It is time to clarify what these seemingly interchangeable terms for making tea mean, because they are actually quite unique in their meaning.

Follow these simple tips, and you’ll be sure to serve the most rejuvenating and wholesome cup of tea, because why have just tea, when you could have a teariffic experience?!

“Cornflour, why do you have cornflour in your tea?” we were inquisitively asked one day. Thankfully with a reassuring giggle, we were able to explain that no, no we don’t, we have the very vibrant (and more palatable) cornflower.

Drink tea: conquer your world with tranquil oomph. Read here to learn about tea and its energising powers.

Honeybush. It looks pretty, smells wonderful, and tastes amazing, but as a tea, what is it exactly?

Whether it be an Easter tradition, or an enjoyable craft exploration, tea-dyeing eggs is a simple and safe activity everyone can enjoy.

Here’s cheers to happiness in a tea cup!

Fill your cup with a fresh serve of Personalitea, and fill your brain with some tea terminology, because it is worthwhile understanding why tea is not just simply, ’tea’.