Tea Talk: Ideas, Advice & Inspiration

Hojicha is quickly becoming one of the most exciting alternatives to matcha on café menus. With its roasted, nutty and naturally smooth flavour, it works beautifully with milk and offers...

A good breakfast tea needs to be reliable, full of character and versatile enough to work with or without milk. In this article, we look at what cafés should consider...

Tea is often one of the most overlooked parts of a speciality coffee shop menu, despite offering great margins, simple service and plenty of room for quality and creativity. In...

A speciality coffee shop doesn’t need a huge tea menu to offer real choice. In fact, a smaller, well-curated range is often easier for customers to understand, easier for staff...

Loose leaf tea and pyramid tea bags can both work brilliantly in cafés, but each has its own advantages. In this article, we look at the differences in quality, presentation,...

A great coffee shop tea menu doesn’t need to be huge. It needs to be well chosen, easy for staff to understand and broad enough to cover different tastes and...

A good matcha latte is all about getting the dose right. Use too little and the flavour disappears into the milk; use too much and the drink can become bitter...

Ceremonial matcha and latte-focused matcha are not always the same thing, and choosing the right one depends on how you plan to serve it. In this article, we look at...

Choosing the right matcha for a café is about more than simply buying the most expensive grade. A good matcha latte needs vibrant colour, a smooth flavour and enough character...

A chai latte can offer a healthy margin for cafés, but the real cost goes beyond the price of the chai itself. In this article, we break down the cost...

A speciality coffee shop shouldn’t treat tea as an afterthought. The best tea menus are carefully considered, easy for staff to understand and broad enough to give customers real choice...

Chai concentrate and chai powder can both work in a coffee shop, but they deliver very different results. In this article, we look at the pros and cons of each,...

A good chai concentrate should do more than simply taste sweet. For cafés, it needs to deliver proper tea and spice character, work consistently across hot and iced drinks, be...