Blended tea & their genesis

It won't be a surprise to consider tea blends and adding flavours to them as a new phenomenon. Most tea purists might even frown upon the idea of the latest tea blends in the market.

But contrary to this simplified belief, tea blending is as old as the art of tea-making itself! The Chinese have been blending teas with different herbs and medicinal plants for centuries now.

Why blend the teas?

Well, there are two main reasons why the tea blending began.

• BEING CREATIVE WITH THE TEAS

The early tea makers or tea enthusiasts blended teas to add new flavors to the teas. Not just the flavors, but for aromas and also for medicinal purposes. Like everything beautiful, tea too awakened the creativity and fun side of the tea enthusiasts. 

• STAYING CONSISTENT

Tea is an agricultural crop. And like any other crops, teas have their time and season. So, to be consistent with the flavors and types all year long, different ingredients are blended to reach that consistency. 

SOME FAMOUS TEA BLENDS -

• The English Breakfast Tea
• The Irish Breakfast Tea
• The Earl Grey
• Russian Caravan tea
• Moroccan Mint Tea
• Indian Chai.

The tea blending depends majorly on the geographical location too. For instance, the country of spices India, added spices like cardamom, clove, black pepper ginger, etc to give the famous Indian Chai Tea.