This delicate, ephemeral taste of spring is one of our specialties at IPOT. Each year we sample dozens of new productions from the Darjeeling hills' many gardens to find single origin lots that stand out from the pack.

There are hundreds of types of Chinese green tea, from famous styles like dragonwell to village teas rarely seen outside their home province. Here's a guide to the major styles you'll find.

With unique needle-shaped leaves and an umami flavor developed by steaming during production, sencha is an icon of Japanese green tea.

Whether it’s your first time picking up a tea whisk or you’re a seasoned matcha drinker, here are the essentials to this unique green tea.

With over 1,000 years of history behind it, white tea is one of the oldest kinds of tea still made today. It's also among the most misunderstood.

If you love the rich, earthy flavors of pu-erh tea, you're not alone, and neither is the tea. Pu-erh is often considered a form of heicha, a category of microbially fermented teas that are aged for months or years before drinking.