Here is another tea blog after a long hiatus. For the past few months, we’ve been focusing on upgrading our in-store tea drinking...

How time flies! It’s been years since my last tea blog. The past 3 years have been, well, unexpected. We went through a pandemic, hate...

Once in a while, we come across this theory: black tea cannot be infused with boiling temperature water because leaves can get burned and...

Our customers would know that almost all of our tea products are packaged in a smaller bag size. For oolong tea, one bag is about 7g to...

Gaiwan is the three-piece traditional tea-making tool. It commonly comes with a lid, the bowl, and a saucer. (Occasionally, it only has...

Reader who are familiar with our tea-making would know that we only have one harvest per year. Since the harvest is in spring and our...

We’ll have another tea class on Wednesday, September 16th. The event will go live at 3 PM on both Zoom and Facebook Live. In this online...

Hello Tea Lovers, On Wednesday, August 12th, we’ll host our first online tea class. This class will focus on the introduction to the...

We’ve reopened! If you’ve purchased our eGift Cards, don’t forget to redeem them at our Dupont tea store! Both indoor and patio seating...

In case you haven’t noticed, most tea categories are named after colors. The most famous ones are green tea, black tea, and white tea....

All oolong tea products are considered as “half-fermented”. In oolong tea’s tea-making, tea leaves’ physical characteristics and...

It has been a while since we last talked about white tea. Usually, if you come to the store and ask about white tea, I’d give a very...

Phase 2 Reopening Updates: Our indoor seating area (both floor) is now open . We've limited the number of seats to practice safe social...

In Mr. Yu Lu’s The Classic of Tea/茶经, he used the word “Juan Yong/隽永” to describe the taste of the first boiling of the tea soup. In...

Hi Tea Lovers, Yes, we’re still temporarily closed due to DC’s COVID-19 stay-at-home order, which just got extended to June 8th, 2020....

What are Valley Brook eGift Cards? Our eGift Card is an electronic, rechargeable gift card that can be used in our Dupont store at 2015...

The aroma is a crucial quality criterion. This is why tea makers always say that “with aromas, a flower becomes alive; with aromas, a tea...

First of all, I’d like to thank everyone who’s been following this blog and our Dupont Circle tea store. We’re now open at 2101 P St NW,...

Today, we’re thrilled to announce that our first D.C. store will officially open for business on this Valentine’s Day, Friday,...

Happy Chinese New Year! This year is the year of Rat. On this wonderful day, we wish you and your family a happy holiday. For this year's...