I never realized it as a kid, but drinking tea was a ritual in my family. We drank a variety of teas, each made in its own precise way. Every tea has an optimal steep time and ideal water temperature, ...

There’s something delightfully nostalgic about a jar of sun tea steeping on the porch. It feels like summer in a bottle, simple, refreshing, and just a little bit magical. If you’ve never made sun tea ...

A freshly brewed mug of tea is the product of many serendipities: ancient human ingenuity, meticulous harvesting, global trade and a whole lot of chemistry. In her new book “Steeped: The Chemistry of ...