The best Tea newsletters

Gianfranco Chicco, a London-based creative producer, writes personal essays on Japanese craft, design and making, drawing on his visits to workshops and collaborations with artisans. The issues sampled cover Hiroshi Sugimoto's Enoura Observatory, Kaikado tea caddies made from weathered copper, and the Nousaku metalwork company.

Tea Nursery is a digital garden exploring tea, its culture and craftsmanship, with detailed write-ups on Japanese tea cultivars and their breeding history. Its issues also include event recaps and podcast-style promotion of tea travel and community activities.

Tea Technique is a newsletter from a tea researcher covering trip reports, tea processing experiments, and live Q&A and tasting gatherings. Issues announce AMAs, published Menghai and Yunnan research write-ups, and small-group tastings.

The Tea Stand is a Brooklyn-based community project that bikes around NYC serving free tea in parks, and its newsletter covers upcoming events, volunteer calls, merch, and member perks. Readers get event listings, updates on the community zine bōcha, and warm first-person notes from the founders.

Teatasting.net is a newsletter for tea enthusiasts that covers tea knowledge and pairing with cuisine. Recent issues explain seasonal differences between spring and winter teas, how to spot authentic high mountain tea, and how weather affects Tie Guan Yin quality.

A matcha-focused newsletter offering recipes, stories and tutorials on everyday matcha rituals and a contemplative lifestyle. Each issue pairs a short descriptive essay with a full ingredient list and step-by-step instructions, plus links to buy culinary matcha.