A tea blend is simply any tea made by combining two or more ingredients on purpose, whether that’s two teas, a tea and a spice, or several herbs with no tea in it at all.
Most of what lands in a cup that isn’t a single-origin, single-leaf tea is a blend: Earl Grey (black tea plus bergamot), a chai (black tea plus warming spices), or a fully herbal mix like chamomile and lavender. The term covers the finished product on a shelf, the bag or tin a customer picks up, more than the process behind it.
For the craft side, how blenders balance flavors, build body, and design a blend around a mood or moment, see Blending. This entry is the shorter, practical companion: what a blend actually is, from the customer’s side of the counter, once someone has already decided to combine ingredients rather than serve one on its own.
