Photographing OOLONGS In All The Right Places
When I was 19 years old, in Taiwan, and leaving home for the first time, my father took me to a camera store and spent an entire month’s salary on a camera. Over the years, I have documented my numerous travels around the world, especially my trips to China and its fabled tea gardens. A [...]
Health Benefits of Tea
Numerous studies have demonstrated the anti-cancer properties of antioxidant polyphenols. Some studies have recommended that tea’s polyphenols might scale back the chance of gastric, esophageal and skin cancers, if one consumes four to six cups daily. Another study showed that simply two cups of tea might lower the chance of ovarian cancer by forty six [...]
Tea Notes From Zhang Yuan
Zhang Yuan of Dong Ting was a person of easy wishes who lived excluding society. Consequently, he came to be referred to as a reclusive scholar. Hidden away within the deep mountains with nothing to try and do, he spent his time finding out the works of students of the late Zhou dynasty. At each [...]
Organic Matcha Green Tea Powder
Matcha – The Gossamer Tea Powder of Japan Green tea lovers know that there is a striking difference between Japanese and Chinese green teas. A comparison of teas from these two countries would present a wonderful example of ‘cultural dissimilarity’ in taste, aroma, and appearance as well. In fact, it is safe to say that [...]
Puerh Storage Aging and Aged Tea – Part II
In Part I we tend to mentioned why it’s necessary to hunt out the knowledge of these who have really been storing Puerh tea for long enough to own expertise value sharing. we tend to additionally explored a number of the myths surrounding vintage Puerh and ended by discussing “pen shui” teas and also the [...]
Tea Type
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White Peony TeaWhite peony tea, one type of the white teas, is one amongst the highest 10 most well-known teas of China. Fuding County of Fujian Province is that the hometown of white peony tea. The tea leaves, with white downy hair, seem like white peony flowers. The tea has 2 leaves, with a bud within the [...] |
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Silver NeedleSilver Needle tea, conjointly called Bai Hao Yinzhen, may be a delicate, high-grade Chinese beverage. A sweet white tea, Silver Needle tea is created of terribly tender tea leaves, and is taken into account one amongst the foremost revered Chinese teas. gently nutty and refined, it’s a preferred connoisseur dessert tea. Silver Needle may be [...] |
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Da Hong Pao (Big Red Robe)Da Hong Pao (otherwise referred to as huge Red Robe) is a vital Wuyi Oolong tea. Legend has it that the mother of a Ming Dynasty emperor was cured of an illness by an explicit tea, which emperor sent nice red robes to dress the four bushes from that that tea originated. 3 of those [...] |
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Ti Kuan Yin (Iron Goddess of Mercy)Ti Kuan Yin , additionally referred to as the Iron Goddess of Mercy, may be a premium grade oolong tea from the Wuyi Mountains within the Fujian Province of China. Special care is taken when making ready this quality oolong tea. Legends Wei legendDeep within the heart of Fujian’s Anxi County, there was a rundown [...] |




