
While You Were Steeping is a curatorial tea and culture podcast. Join your hosts, ex-housemates and theatre graduates Hayden Rodgers and Michael Mandalios as they discover the rich history of tea across time and cultures, and review locally sampled teas of all kinds.
While You Were Steeping is available on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher or the podcatcher of your choice. Follow us on Facebook or Instagr... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 31 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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| Categories | NutritionHealth & Fitness | ||||

Hayden and Michael wish you all well for the holiday season, no matter how you celebrate, and share some information on how you can keep track when Season 2 returns after the break. A toast to a new year that is hopefully remarkably different to 2020... more
Finally steering away from the most common source of tea, the camellia sinensis plant, Hayden and Michael take on the history of yerba mate, grown in the native rainforests of South America. Find out all about its methods and traditions for preparati... more
Still on variants of the camellia sinensis, Hayden and Michael scrounge their way through a world of information on black teas, their many varietals, their history and mythology, and their cultural traditions. Origin and leaf blends, stories of soldi... more
The second instalment of their deep-dive into specific tea categories, Hayden and Michael found out all about green tea, its origins in China and Japan, its supposed (and renowned) health properties, and its remarkably lengthy processes of preparatio... more
After a quick break over September/October, Hayden and Michael are back and ready to take another deep dive into tea history and tea culture. Season 2 takes a hard look at specific types of tea, how they're grown and made, and what their significance... more
Hayden and Michael have news to share about Season 2 of While You Were Steeping, coming in November. Listen here for what to expect from the second season.
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For their season 1 finale, join Hayden and Michael as they go down the rabbit hole researching modern trends in tea at the turn of the millennium, and look into major market shifts around supermarket tea, the boom of artisan products in the wellness ... more
Join Hayden and Michael as they chat with Hilary White, founder of Elmstock Tea in Western Australia, the very first company to have their tea tried on the podcast. Hilary tells our hosts about his 55-year history with tea, growing up on their family... more
The boys in this podcast have taken on an ambitious project. Tackling the world of tea. Its history, socio-cultural impact and its importance within a contemporary context. Despite the enormous scope of their topic, they do an excellent job!
Everything is perfect. The sense that you grow and develop with them as the episodes progress is incredibly inviting for a new audience, as is the balance between Hayden’s dulcet, sultry, understated tone and Michael’s bright, engaging and investigative vo... more
Loving this show it is so refreshing and relaxing. This will be my tea time listening time. ❤️❤️And I am not Australian and yes I love it.
Keep it up!









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