In industrial age, hand-made things become rare and expensive. A luxury Mercedes-Benz can cost as low as $30,000, but a “handcrafted”...

Recently, we published a general guidance to our 2019 spring tea harvest schedule. In this blog, we’ve listed our harvest schedule of...

In English, black tea has a controversial name. Because in its birthplace China, “black tea” is actually called “red tea” (Chinese: 红茶,...

This year’s spring harvest is just around the corner. In our tea mountains, tea leaves are growing flourishingly. They have been...

Tea production is agricultural, which means it must follow certain natural rules to be sustainable. But unlike many other essential food...

Today’s blog marks a small milestone for us. This is our 100th tea blog. When we started this blog last year, we didn’t expect to be able...

There are multiple ways to enjoy a white tea. In fact, white tea is the most versatile in terms of the tea experience. White tea can be...

There are few teas have white tea leaves. In fact, among all major teas, only white tea has white leaves. White tea’s white color doesn’t...

The naming of premium teas often carries the name of the tea-producing region. For example, the famous Wuyi oolong tea (or Yancha/武夷岩茶)...

The most common OOLONG question is whether it is a green tea or a black tea. Actually, oolong tea is neither. Oolong is an independent...

Oolong tea leaves, especially Wuyi oolong (Yancha/岩茶), are the most distinguishable among all tea categories. Oolong tea leaves are...

Most tea products come in a dry-leaf state. This makes an illusion that tea products are “non-perishable” goods that can be stored...

Tea is nothing without water. If we have to rank the importance of a perfect tea experience, the quality of water is definitely on a par...

Most teas are named after colors. Even oolong tea (Chinese: 乌龙, which doesn’t mean anything in English) has the color “black/dark” in...

Hundreds/thousands of years ago, tea leaves were ground into powders or compressed into bricks for easier shipping. Tea merchants, who...

Many of our first-time tea customers are regular coffee drinkers. Naturally, we get a lot questions about the caffeine level in tea...

If you like Wuyi oolong (Yancha/岩茶), you must have heard Wuyi oolong’s “Yan Yun” (Chinese: 岩韵). Tea leaves are tangible, but “Yan Yun”...

In our last tea blog, we discussed the real differences between spring and winter harvests (please click here for Blog 86). Today, let’s...

As we all know, the price of a product is determined by the balance of supply and demand. Given a fixed demand, more the supply, lower...

I have to admit that the title is quite odd. How can white tea withering have anything to do with a door threshold? If you’ve visited...