The United Federation of Tea Taxonomy is an umbrella for a network of independent tea references. Each member is a single-subject institution: one site for one leaf, researched and edited on its own. The federation does not run a shared newsroom, it does not publish subject articles, and it does not speak for the members. It exists to introduce them and to point a reader to the right one.

The one rule

Every member keeps the same editorial rule. Say something true and useful that a knowledgeable tea drinker would respect, and cite where it comes from. A member would rather publish less and be right than publish daily and be filler. Nothing is invented: no story, no quote, no figure, no source.

Common ownership, separate sites

The members share common ownership and a common method, and they are transparent about both. They do not share an audience, a verdict, or a sales pitch. Each site carries its own advertising, clearly labeled, which does not influence a word of what it writes. A member links here, to the federation, and the federation links back out to the member. That is the whole of the relationship.

What this is not

The federation is not a shop and does not sell tea. It is a directory and a statement of method. The companies that advertise on the member sites sell tea. The members describe it. Keeping those two roles apart is the reason the network can be trusted, and the federation intends to keep them apart.