By far the most common tea and you've no doubt tried some! We included in the kit both a classic orange spice flavor, as well as a dessert tea everyone's been asking for.

It's a very popular tea, but it's really important to prepare this one properly; a common mistake is to put boiling water on green tea, which will just result in bitter flavor. You'll want to use a kettle with temperature settings and choose 175-180F; otherwise, just cold brew the tea. Both of the green teas we provided you make great iced teas as they're each fruity or floral blends, but this is also a good experiment to see if you prefer them hot or iced!

White tea has similar benefits and taste profile to green tea, being both delicate and light. It gets its name from the downy white hairs that remain on the leaves, which are picked from the plant when they are still small buds. As with green tea, water temperature is vital in ensuring your white tea does not become bitter. Around 160 to 180 degrees is best. Generally, white teas withstand a longer steeping time; we suggest three minutes.

Perhaps less common but still just as delicious. These types of teas are also sometimes called "half fermented" due to how they are processed. You'll note that they have more woodsy notes than traditional black tea, but they are indeed quite similar. Often, you'll see black teas and oolong teas blended together, such as our best-selling Toasted Nut Brulée blend that you received.

Puerh teas (sometimes spelled pu-erh or pu'erh, and pronounced POO-air) are a fully fermented tea that have strong mineral notes and a higher moisture content. The tea by itself has a very strong chocolate-y note. This year we included a tea heart - you can just drop the heart in your infuser like it was a large teaspoon of tea!