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The independent print publication about the beauty of tea. Voices of enthusiasts and specialists with a passion for good tea.

03/04/2026

Use your bowls.

Photo by Asahiyaki

31/03/2026

Stańczyk sits alone while the court celebrates behind him, having just learned that Poland has lost Smolensk to Russia.
— Stańczyk, Jan Matejko, 1862.

Is there a painting that makes you feel the heat?

27/03/2026

The cup is the easy part.
Some people need the tea. Others need the pause.

25/03/2026

Some things only get said over a cup of tea. Issue 17.
Subscribe to find a better way to say it.

24/03/2026

Jasmine tea. Subtle, sophisticated, and made in darkness.

20/03/2026

The tearoom is optional. The attention isn’t.

Erika Kobayashi serves tea under highway overpasses, in botanic gardens, and on city streets. Her tea school told her she was spreading it in the wrong way. She kept going.

Photo by Xavier Bartaburu

18/03/2026

issue 17. stillness.
not the quiet lake, or mist over a forest.
but the moment after. the one that happens without planning.

a coffee break on a busy day.
a comfortable cup of hojicha on a snowy evening.
the scent of jasmine drifting through green fields dotted with white.
a fallen tree, still giving life through the table it became.
generations being born to family rituals in Iran.
water finding its way, as it always does.
a garden designed to need no one.
smoke and char, and what comes after.
centuries of tea utensils holding a culture in place.
the search for meaning in the footsteps of a father.
challenging tea norms through hip hop.
the bubbles that form on the surface.
chatting with strangers through vulnerability.
a vending machine and the quiet dignity of a decent sip.
a body held still, growing heavier with each minute.

slow down. observe.

issue 17 is out, ships next week.

Featuring: .borer

17/03/2026

Asahiyaki, Kyoto. Sixteen generations.

13/03/2026

It rewards those who stop overthinking it.
Just brew it.

11/03/2026

kilns. smoke. fire. winter rooms. issue 16.

Heat is not decoration. It transforms. Turns sand into glass. Fires clay into form. Sheets warm from someone leaving. It is threatening. It is desired. It is necessary.

We ask what heat does to everything it touches.

Photos by Silvan Borer, Jonathan Leijonhufvud

05/03/2026

Tea is one of the most consumed things on the planet. It is also one of the most misunderstood.

Eighty is a magazine that takes tea seriously — not as a relic, not as a ritual.
It is a subject worth serious attention.
Design, culture, craft, people.

This is Issue 16.

08/01/2026

Sometimes it’s ceremonial.
Sometimes it’s just part of the day.

Fast or slow — it doesn’t matter.
Tea stays at the centre.

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