Inspirations Tea Room

Remember when your choice of coffee was what you could get at the grocery store? And then coffee houses and fresh roasting came along to show how much better coffee could taste.

The same is true of tea. The varieties you grew up with are low-quality bags containing tea dust— the tiny leaf particles that break off when tea leaves are processed. They’ll add color to your cup, but not near as much flavor as first flush, whole tea leaves.

Then add the fact that our tea bags are not paper that keeps the flavor from coming out, but silk sachets that exude flavor, and you are nearing tea nirvana.

And for the tea connoisseurs, we sell all of our teas as loose leaf, which is the very best way to enjoy gourmet tea!

Generally, use one teaspoon of leaves per cup of water.

To steep, use boiling water (212F) when preparing black, dark oolong and herbal teas. Use cooler (180F) water when steeping green, light oolong and white teas.

Steep your tea for five minutes for black teas, seven minutes for dark oolong and white, and three minutes for light oolong and green teas.

Iced tea made from real leaves tastes great! Simply double the amount of tea leaves (making it two teaspoons per cup of water), and steep as usual (five minutes in most cases). Once tea is ready, dilute with an equal amount of cold water or ice. Garnish with mint or lemon, and enjoy its great taste!

Tea is a very low caffeine drink, and is an excellent way to limit your caffeine intake. Here is a breakdown of various levels of caffeine:

Coffee 80 mg
Cola 45 mg
Black Tea 40 mg
Flavored Tea 40 mg
Oolong Tea 30 mg
Green Tea 20 mg
White Tea 15 mg
Decaf Tea 5 mg
Herbal Tea 0 mg (Rooibos)