In our last blog, we talked about black tea “Jin Jun Mei/金骏眉” and the first two common misunderstandings. (see last blog for more) Today, let’s continue this...

Happy 4th of July! Click here to check out our holiday sale! When it comes to black tea, we have to talk about “Jin Jun Mei/金骏眉”, the highest grade black tea...

In tea drinking, black tea is always considered good for the stomach. This is not a groundless claim. As a fully fermented tea, black tea contains less tea p...

When we discuss the history black tea, there’s one black tea we cannot avoid: Lapsang Souchong/正山小种. To many tea lovers, Lapsang Souchong is simply the name ...

The making of Black Tea is not a mystery. From the harvest, fresh leaves need to go through at least 9 stages of processing to become a black tea product. Co...

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

Have you ever wondered what exactly does “Lapsang Souchong” mean? To non-Chinese speakers, this names simply doesn’t make sense. Neither “lapsang” or “soucho...

Being world’s most famous tea, black tea is actually one of the youngest tea. Black tea first appeared in 1600s. Compared to green tea, which is thousands of...

Lao Cong Shui Xian, or Old Plant Shui Xian by its original meaning, is a Shui Xian tea in the Wuyi oolong family. The definition of Lao Cong (Chinese: 老枞, me...

In our black tea selection, we have two kinds of Golden Eyebrow/Jin Jun Mei (Chinese: 金骏眉, the highest grade in black tea): Scent of Longan and Dragon Beard....

Since the inception of this tea blog, we’ve received multiple questions about the use of Gaiwan(Chinese: 盖碗, meaning lid and bowl). The most frequently asked...

No matter how tiny it is, every life has its presence in the mountain. In tea gardens, moss is often overlooked but cannot be neglected. When you walk into a...

Today, we will discover the home of our black tea mountain, Tong-Mu, with a unique approach: the sound of it. Before we begin, I’d like to do a short introdu...

Wu-Yi black tea is the original black tea. In modern days, there are three major categories of Wu-Yi Black Tea: Jin Jun Mei (Golden Eyebrow, Chinese: 金骏眉), Y...