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

06/11/2025

Every cup begins somewhere between smoke and silence.

In 80|16, we follow that movement — heat through leaf, hand, and time — to see what remains once it fades.

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28/10/2025

Issue 16: Heat
A meditation on transformation, tension, and pause.

The first issue in a new chapter for Eighty — exploring heat as a catalyst: from forging ceramics and fuelling competition to the fight for one’s life. It softens the liquor in our cups, yet brings smoke and edge. It stifles in the urban jungle, then warms in the turn of seasons.

Heat gathers us around a table — and drives us apart when it rises too high, whether in body or in the pressures of the world.

Available now, ships next week.

25/10/2025

issue 16 marks the beginning.
the pages will open soon.

23/10/2025

The temperature has changed.

30/09/2025

“Since 2005, I’ve been making rocks with no names.”

For Taiwanese artist Chang Ching Yuan, clay is not just material but resistance. Teapots stretched to their limits, sculptures stripped of identity, vessels balanced between fragility and strength.

His practice echoes Taiwan’s own layered history — Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese — an island marked by displacement and reinvention. Each piece refuses to settle, holding ambiguity as its form of truth.

Yet his work is less about explanation than invitation. To slow down, to accept uncertainty, to create a personal space where silence can be as powerful as words.

30/06/2025

Issue 15 is here.

It’s about shape.
The shape of stories. The shape of attention. The shape of a cup made to be held, not just used.

This issue asks how tea travels — not just across borders, but between people. Between ideas.

In Chiang Mai, Darjeeling tea finds new roots.

In Boston, The Book of Tea takes form, far from where you’d expect.

In a small studio in Taiwan, a sculptor works without sketches, without signatures — shaping clay as quiet resistance.

In Tanzania, growers write their own future.

And in Japanese fiction, tea slips into the spaces between words, saying what words can’t.

This is a magazine for those who notice. For those who care about what things mean — and how they’re made.

Issue 15 starts shipping to subscribers tomorrow.
Everyone else — next week.

02/04/2025

“There’s no one right way to make tea. Just the honest way.”

In São Paulo’s chaos, Erika Kobayashi brews stillness. Chipped mugs or ceremonial chawans — it’s never about the vessel. It’s about presence.

A Japanese-descendant Brazilian artist redefining tea on her own terms, Erika breaks the rules not to rebel, but to reconnect. To her roots. To her city. To her self.

Photos by Mica Wernicke

31/03/2025

Are you still settling for bad tea?

28/03/2025

The secret of matcha.

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25/03/2025

How to listen to tea.

18/03/2025

Hello to Issue 14!

Creativity. Heritage. Connection.
Our newest issue is here, celebrating tea’s incredible journey across cultures and generations.

From the timeless beauty of matcha rituals and its turbulent history guided by matcha master David Lavecchia of Tezumi, to Brazilian artist Erika Koyabashi’s tea-inspired art that transforms communities, we explore how tea continues to connect and inspire people around the globe.

Dive into Egypt’s rich herbal traditions, where each cup of hibiscus and mint carries history and warmth. Wander through the quiet, captivating moments in Sichuan’s teahouses, where everyday life reveals tea’s subtle power to unify and delight. In collaboration with Chitra Collection, embark on the second leg of our journey through teaware’s intriguing history, delving into the darker side of its fascinating past.

Explore tea’s growing influence in high-end dining venues with insights from restaurateur Jake Potashnick of Feld, highlighting tea’s unique place in sophisticated culinary experiences. Visit Trident Booksellers and Cafe, an inclusive hub fostering community connections and dialogue through tea.

Issue 14 is about more than tea — it’s about stories, people, and the endless possibilities tea brings to life. Get your copy and immerse yourself in tea’s amazing journey!

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featured articles: .potashnick .museum plus many more inside.

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