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Top 5 Cold Brew Tea for Energy & Hydration
Top 5 Cold Brew Tea for Energy & Hydration
Top 5 Cold Brew Tea for Energy & Hydration… Cold brew tea has become a quiet staple for anyone looking for steady energy and better hydration without the sharp edges... Read more...
The Best Teas for Focus, Studying and Work
The Best Teas for Focus, Studying and Work
The Best Teas for Focus, Studying and Work… When you need to concentrate, it is easy to reach for coffee or energy drinks. Tea offers a more balanced way to... Read more...
Understanding Caffeine in Tea
Understanding Caffeine in Tea
Understanding Caffeine in Tea, do we need a more balanced way to think about energy, focus and ritual? Caffeine tends to be framed in extremes. For some, it is essential... Read more...
Boil What You Need: Save Your Pennies
Why does my tea taste bitter?
“Why does my tea taste bitter?” is a question we hear often. Bitter tea is rarely a problem with the tea itself – especially with quality tea! It is almost... Read more...
Christmas Gift Guide
The Tea Lover’s Christmas 2025 Gift Guide…
The Tea Lover’s Christmas 2025 Gift Guide… The festive season is upon us, and you know what that means: it’s time to find the perfect present for those wonderful people... Read more...
Bespoke Tea Blends: RBGE | Creative Programme
Bespoke Tea Blends: RBGE | Creative Programme
Bespoke Tea Blend: Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh | Creative Programme… Linder: Danger Came Smiling has arrived at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, and to celebrate, we were invited to create... Read more...
Sip, shine & thrive: 31 Days of Summer Wellness
Sip, shine & thrive: 31 Days of Summer Wellness
Summer moves fast. Before it passes you by, we’re inviting you to join us to pause and connect with what matters. Sip, Shine & Thrive is our July wellness journey... Read more...
Matcha for beginners / Matcha Tea bowl with spout
Matcha for Beginners: A Guide to Getting Started
Matcha for Beginners: A Guide to Getting Started… Matcha has become a beloved daily ritual for many, praised not just for its vibrant green hue, but for its ability to... Read more...
Practicing Hanami in Sakura Season
Practicing Hanami in Sakura Season
As winter fades and the first hints of pink blossom across Japan, Sakura season begins. A time of renewal, beauty, and cherished traditions. Among these traditions, tea plays a significant... Read more...
Year of the Wood Snake
Chinese New Year: The Wood Snake
Harnessing the Growth and Balance of the Wood Snake January 29th marks the Lunar New Year where we’re greeted by the transformative energy of the Wood Snake. In Chinese astrology,... Read more...
a tray with pu'erh tea in display bowls
Pu’erh Tea: A Timeless Masterpiece
Imagine cradling a cup of pu’erh tea that tells a decade-long story—of ancient trees, masterful craftsmanship, and the rolling hills of Yunnan, China. That’s exactly what the Queen Vintage Yunnan... Read more...
Top 10 Christmas gifts for the tea lover
Top 10 Christmas Gifts for the Tea Lover
Top 10 Christmas Gifts for the Tea Lover… Whether you’re shopping for a seasoned tea connoisseur or someone just beginning to explore the wonderful world of tea, finding the perfect... Read more...
Demystifying Matcha: How to Spot Bad Matcha
How to Spot Bad Matcha… Over the past decade, matcha popularity has been on the incline. We’re seeing this vibrant green tea powder, once a rarity in coffee shops outside of big cities like London, now become a regular feature on independent coffee shops menus across the country. The demand for matcha has surged, driven… Read more...
A Deep Dive into Darjeeling: The Champagne of Teas
A Deep Dive into Darjeeling: The Champagne of Teas
A Deep Dive into Darjeeling: The Champagne of Teas… Nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas, Darjeeling is a small town in West Bengal, India, renowned globally for its high... Read more...
Top 10 Gifts for Dads
Top 10 Gifts for Dads
Father’s Day is just around the corner, discover our Top 10 Gifts for Dads and father figures in your lives… The perfect opportunity to show the dads and father figures... Read more...
Brewer Beware… The surprising science behind adding milk to your tea
Brewer Beware… The surprising science behind adding milk to your tea
Have you ever stopped to wonder why you’re adding milk to your tea? If you’re in the UK, chances are you added some milk to your black tea today! Discover... Read more...
Hachiju Hachiya & Japanese Tea
Hachiju Hachiya & Japanese Tea
With Sakura Season in full bloom and the start of the harvesting season beginning in Japan, we thought it was a great time to explore the wonderful world of Japanese... Read more...
Bubble One Cup Tea Station
Embrace Cafecoré and Build your own tea station
With the Cafecoré trend not losing traction we’re loving the kitchen worktops turned mini café creations we’re seeing people create at home. Build your own quirky & aesthetic tea stations;... Read more...
Christmas Gift Guide
The Christmas Gift Guide
Hey there, tea enthusiasts and gift-givers extraordinaire! Welcome to the eteaket Christmas Gift Guide, your one-stop-shop for finding the ultimate presents for the tea lovers in your life. Whether you’re... Read more...
November 2022 Membership Call
Discover 5 reasons to switch to loose leaf tea now
Switch to loose leaf tea and save on your daily brew whilst enhancing the flavour, experience and health benefits! It’s time to ditch the tea bags and venture into the... Read more...
Discover why we created our new 'tea in mind' range of wellbeing teas
Why changing the way you brew tea can make you feel more balanced
Discover what teas to brew in autumn and how changing the way you brew tea can help you feel more balanced. Autumn is a time of transition when everything begins... Read more...
Keep the Heid & Read
Keep the Heid & Read
We are thrilled to be supporting the Scottish Library and Information Council in their Keep the Heid and Read Campaign  to pledge SIX minutes on Wednesday 11th May 2022 and devote... Read more...
Discover our new look Tea Room!
Discover our new look Tea Room!
We are so excited to see our long planned changes in our Frederick Street Tea Room come to life. Thank you to everyone who has visited us over the Easter... Read more...
Spring into the Year of the Water Tiger
Spring into the Year of the Water Tiger
Get ready to spring into the Year of the Water Tiger… 1 February 2022 heralds a new moon, the beginning of spring and Lunar New Year (or Chinese New Year... Read more...
The Nutcracker tea in collaboration with Scottish Ballet
The Nutcracker tea in collaboration with Scottish Ballet
‘Tis the season to cosy up, gather your loved ones and enjoy your favourite ballet while sipping on some very special tea blends, including The Nutcracker tea in collaboration with... Read more...
Something Magical is Brewing…
Something Magical is Brewing…
Hello and welcome to the next step of our tea journey. We’re very grateful to have you along with us. Over the past year we have been working on redeveloping... Read more...
eteaket in-kind partner for TED Countdown Summit
eteaket in-kind partner for TED Countdown Summit
We were very honoured to be invited by TED to be an in-kind partner at the TED Countdown Summit that took place in Edinburgh in October. “Countdown is a global... Read more...
What exactly is Pu’erh Tea & how do you brew it?
What exactly is Pu’erh Tea & how do you brew it?
What is pu’erh? Pu’erh tea is a style of post-fermented and precisely aged tea from Yunnan province in southwestern China. It can be traced back to the Tang dynasty (618-907),... Read more...
Lunar New Year: 2021 & The Year of the Metal Ox
Lunar New Year: 2021 & The Year of the Metal Ox
After a year of anxiety, there’s hope for 2021 in the form of the Metal Ox. Goodbye Year of the Rat 2020 was the year of the Rat and the... Read more...
Cuppa blend inspired by Scottish tap water brews friendships in battle against loneliness.
Cuppa blend inspired by Scottish tap water brews friendships in battle against loneliness.
People suffering loneliness and isolation have been supported by mental health heroes fuelled through cups of tea made with Scotland’s famous tap water. A collaboration between eteaket and Scottish Water... Read more...
Keep your Wintery Water Element balanced with GABA Oolong
Keep your Wintery Water Element balanced with GABA Oolong
Wintery Water Element We’re most definitely in the depths of Winter at the moment, which, according to eteaket’s Tea In Mind system & the Chinese Five Elements philosophy, relates to... Read more...