The discovery of tea can be traced back to 2737 BCE by the legendary Chinese emperor and herbalist Shen Nong. Legend has it that he required his drinking water to be boiled so that it may be clean, and as a servant was preparing to boil the water, a leaf from a wild tea bush […]
Caffeine in Tea Sydney is all about the hustle. We’re a bunch of caffeinated city people with a million things to do, so take a moment with Altitude Tea to centre yourself before the pandemonium. As tea has lower levels of caffeine than coffee, it is the perfect choice at any time of the day […]
Caffeine in Tea – Part 2 The stimulating and detoxifying properties of tea were analyzed more than 4000 years ago by Shen Nong. But it was the taste of tea which so captivated the Emperor that he devoted his life to the study of the medicinal virtues found in the camellia sinenis leaf, amongst many […]
Seven Reasons to Boost Your Productivity With Tea “Work smarter, not harder,” is the old adage. With the quintessentially Australian ‘tea break’ even covered by various industry awards and enterprise agreements through the Fair Work Commission, the importance of this long-held tradition has been proven to be vital to enhance productivity in the workplace. Although […]
Altitude Tea: A Meditation in Motion Meditation has been used for millenia to bring clarity and focus to the mind. It brings peace and balance, compassion and understanding. What each of us have in common is sometimes having to deal with a wandering mind in the form of poor concentration, procrastination, confusion or negativity. A […]
Tea and Water – Does Water Quality Alter The Taste Of Brewed Tea? In a humble Chinese village, a man walks into a legendary local tea house situated at the very peak of the highest mountain in the region. As a dedicated connoisseur of the finer things in life, the customer had travelled for hours […]
Tea and Water – Does Water Quality Alter The Taste Of Brewed Tea? Part 2 – Iced Tea Apparently, it does. Last week, we experimented brewing hot tea with different types of water (tap, filtered, Mt Franklin and Evian) to see if they created a difference in taste, results found here: http://51.15.73.162/?p=2983. The resulting brews were quite […]
History of Fine Chinese Tea in Sydney In 1891, a Chinese immigrant named Quong Tart opens the first tea room for fine Chinese tea in all of Sydney. Located in the Elite Hall of the Queen Victoria Building, the quality of the establishment was so famed that he created an entire series of accessible tea […]
Pyramid Tea Bags – Less Delicious Than Loose Leaf? Given that our pyramid tea bags are essentially loose leaf, we think not. While ordinary tea bags contain tea dust or tea fannings, which are the crushed and broken up lower grades of leaf, our pyramid tea bags comprises only of the highest quality loose leaf, […]