Tea was first discovered about 5000 years ago. And, like with almost any product it didn’t take long until curiosity set in to blend a better tea or come up with tasty new flavours. Blending is a fundamental aspect of the tea world, one that toggles between science and art. And here’s a quick and general overview of how tea blends are created. Blending tea originally began to create consistency between batches plucked and processed in different seasons. Like any crop, tea is subject to terroir conditions; soil, climate and more. With these ever-shifting variables it takes knowledge and experimentation to make sure your tea is consistent cup after cup, year after year. The expert tea blender knows how leaf profiles combine with each other, and how a blend will be received by the target market. For straight teas like white, green, oolong and black teas the goal is to create a flavour profile, or standard. This standard becomes the