Tapee Tea is a traditional Thai herbal blend of fifteen finely ground botanicals, sealed one cup at a time in gold-foil sachets. This page gathers everything we publish about it: seven guides covering what the blend is, what goes into it, how it tastes, how to brew it, and how ordering from Thailand works.
Start here. If the name is new to you, read the definition guide first, then the flavour guide — between them they tell you what Tapee Tea actually is and whether the cup is likely to suit you. If you already drink it and simply want practical detail, skip ahead to the brewing, ordering or price sections. Each guide stands on its own, so there is no required order beyond the first two.
What Tapee Tea is
The starting point for anyone who has just heard the name. Our guide to what Tapee Tea is and where it comes from sets out the basics: a traditional Thai herbal blend, a caffeine-free tisane containing no Camellia sinensis tea leaf at all, blended and packed in Thailand. It also untangles the spellings and variations you will see written down, so you can recognise the same drink under different names, and explains the single-cup format the blend is sold in, from ground botanicals through to the sealed sachet.
The fifteen botanicals
Fifteen plants go into every teabag, and the ingredients guide names every one. Our guide to the fifteen botanicals in the blend lists them in full, gives the botanical names alongside the common ones — Jewel Vine, Thai Black Ginger and Cat’s Whiskers among them — and explains what each contributes to the cup. It groups them by the role they play, so you can see which shape the base of the cup, which lift it, and which carry the finish.
What the cup tastes like
Tapee Tea has a character of its own, and we would rather you knew what to expect before ordering. Our candid guide to the flavour describes the deep red-amber liquor honestly, including the earthy and pleasantly bitter side of it, alongside the woody base and warm spice finish. It walks through the woody, earthy base, the fresh herbaceous lift and the warm spice finish, and how they read together.
How to brew it
The botanicals are finely ground before they are filled into single-cup teabags. Our guide to brewing Tapee Tea hot and iced gives the water volume and temperature we recommend, the steep range we recommend for a full cup, and how stirring affects the result. It covers adjusting the strength up or down to taste, and sets out the double-strength method for pouring over ice if you would rather drink it cold. Practical, short, and the page to keep open beside the kettle.
The teabags and the sachets
The format is worth a short guide of its own. Our guide to the ground fill and gold-foil sachet format explains why the botanicals are finely ground before being filled into single-cup teabags, and why every teabag is then sealed inside its own gold-foil sachet, one cup to a sachet. It covers how the ground botanicals are filled into single-cup teabags, how the sachet format works across the pack sizes, and what you find inside.
Ordering and delivery
Everything practical about buying sits in one place. Our guide to ordering Tapee Tea and where we ship covers dispatch from Thailand within one to three business days, typical tracked delivery of six to fourteen business days, and the countries we serve — the US, UK, EU, Canada and most others, though not Australia or New Zealand. It also sets out shipping costs including the EU flat rate with prepaid customs, our thirty-day returns terms for unopened packs, and who you are buying from.
Pack sizes and price per cup
We sell in seven pack sizes, from fifty teabags up to five hundred, and one teabag makes one cup. Our guide to working out the price per cup across the pack ladder shows the arithmetic rather than asking you to take our word for it: how the per-cup figure falls as packs get larger, how shipping folds into that number at each size, and how to weigh a smaller first pack against a larger one before you commit.
Quick answers and company details
For short questions that do not need a full guide, see our frequently asked questions. Delivery times, shipping costs, destinations and our returns terms are covered in our guide to ordering Tapee Tea and where we ship, and in our shipping and returns policy. Our company details are published on our contact page, and you can always write to us at service@tapeetea.net if something here is unclear.
When you have read enough and want to try the blend for yourself, our Thai 15-herb botanical tea is available in seven pack sizes, each teabag sealed in its own gold-foil sachet and shipped tracked from Thailand.