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. Al...

What’s the ultimate definition of a good Wuyi oolong? We’ll never get a perfect answer for an open-ended question like this. For example,...

Experienced tea drinkers would know that infused Wuyi oolong leaves often have many “bubble-like” humps. This phenomenon is more visible ...

In our recent tea blogs, we’ve been discussing how our tea makers assess the quality of Maocha (in oolong tea-making, “Maocha/毛茶” refers ...

“Maocha/毛茶” is a unique stage in oolong tea production. In Wuyi oolong (Yancha) tea-making, Maocha refers to half-processed tea leaves be...

In our last blog, we visited a term called “Fan Qing/返青”. Since it is quite a complicated subject, we’d like to dedicate this blog to hel...

In our previous blogs, we’ve been talking about why Wuyi oolong (Yancha) aren’t available right after the tea-making. Recently, some of o...

In the industrial age, everything has a standard. When we purchase a car or a cell phone, we expect an exact same copy of what we see in ...

Since mid-April, our Wuyi oolong (Yancha) harvest has been dominating our tea blog and social media posts. In one of our previous tea blo...

In our opinion, fragrance is the first thing we notice in a cup of tea. The fragrance of tea has a unique ID. It varies with different te...

Recently, a friend came to us and shared a story of how he visited a local tea store and found a 13-year-old Wuyi oolong (Yancha) still i...

Just days ago, the official 2019 spring harvest guide was published by Wuyishan Bureau of Tea (武夷山茶叶局). In this guide, the bureau outline...

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) i...

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 te...

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

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 it...

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” is...

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

If you ask a tea maker to choose “the king of oolong”, Rou Gui is probably the most popular choice of all. Rou Gui, or 肉桂 in Chinese, is ...