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Rating teas is not about discovering the universally "best" tea - everyone has different tastes. It's about discovering what you like most!

This tea from @uptontea is the first example of an Oriental Beauty (Dong fang mei ren /東方美人) oolong on our site, that was produced in Vietnam: ratetea.com/tea/upton/season… - Upton is a great company for finding styles of tea produced in new or unusual regions!

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Do you know of any companies selling single-origin teas from any of the regions of Assam where we do not yet have teas listed? Let us know! Or better yet, have you tried these teas and want to review them? Check out what we have & lack here: ratetea.com/region/assam/14/

Today we have the first tea review on our site, from a tea grown in Nagaon district of Assam, this one reviewed by @cazort: ratetea.com/tea/teekrbchen-g…

Breakfast teas are usually blends of strong black teas from different regions, but the China Breakfast from @RishiTea is a single-region tea from Yunnan province, China. You can use our site to quickly look up the origin of single-region teas like this: ratetea.com/tea/rishi/china-…

Lu An Gua Pian, often translated (loosely) as "Lu An Melon Seed" is a distinctive-looking Chinese green tea: ratetea.com/style/lu-an-melo… #greentea

A type of Chinese green tea that is fairly widely available and produced in several different regions is Mao Feng green tea; the leaves tend to be long and flat, with a very slight curve: ratetea.com/style/mao-feng-g… #greentea #tea

Bi Luo Chun, sometimess translated fairly literally as "green snail spring", is a Chinese green tea named for the distinctive snail-like shape of its tightly-rolled leaves: ratetea.com/style/bi-luo-chu… #greentea #tea

Currently, the highest-rated green tea on our site is this Tai Ping Hou Kui from @TeaVivre, an unusual tea with extraordinarily large leaves: ratetea.com/tea/teavivre/pre…

The Chamomile Medley from @RishiTea is a caffeine-free herbal blend containing mostly chamomile with a bit of lemongrass, lemon verbena, and spearmint: our two reviews speak highly of it: ratetea.com/tea/rishi/chamom…

Interested in learning about the different types of green teas, or reading reviews of different brands and specific teas? Our page on green tea has all of this and then some: ratetea.com/style/green-tea/… #greentea #tea

This Keemun Full Leaf tea from Foojoy is inexpensive yet has remained one of the top-rated black teas on our site over a long period of time. It is warming and a good tea to drink in winter: ratetea.com/tea/foojoy/keemu…

Menghai is a county-level region in Yunnan province, China, and is a fascinating and important area in Pu-erh production: ratetea.com/region/menghai/8…

A lot of people ask about the acidity of tea. How acidic is tea? Not very. This article explores the question, and also debunks some of the pseudoscience associated with the "alkaline diet": ratetea.com/topic/acidity-of…

From @HarneyTea comes an innovative "Christmas blend" called "White Christmas", using a white tea base and almonds, vanilla, and cardamom as flavorings: ratetea.com/tea/harney/white…

Another interesting Christmas tea is "O Christmas Tea" from @CapitalTeas: ratetea.com/tea/capital/o-ch… - This blend uses a green tea base and also includes orange, almond, and marigold petals. We have two reviewers, divided on whether they like it or not!

Merry Christmas! What is the most-often-reviewed Christmas tea on our site? It's the one from Twinings: ratetea.com/tea/twinings/chr… - What is it? a spiced tea with a distinct spice blend from the usual masala chai.

It's Christmas morning where we are! Have you tried the "Christmas morning tea" from @stashtea? The packaging has recently changed, as with most of Stash's teas. This unusual tea-centric blend combines multiple black teas and a jasmine green tea: ratetea.com/tea/stash/christ…

A lot of people have strong feelings on @PGtips, a popular tea brand in the UK that has become more widely available in the US recently. How do you feel about it? Our reviewers consistently rate it higher than @Lipton: ratetea.com/tea/pg-tips/pg-t…