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...

The health benefit of tea is always a popular topic. While we always encourage our customers and readers to drink tea for the experience,...

Many tea lovers have one question about the origin of Wuyi oolong’s “rock essence and floral aroma”, or Yanyun (Chinese: 岩韵, meaning: the...

If you’ve been following this blog regularly, you might have noticed that when talking about tea, we try our best to be as objective as...

In our last blog, we introduced Ruyao (Ru ware), one of the five royal kilns in the the Song dynasty(960-1279). While Ruyao is often...

Ruyao ware (Chinese: 汝窑, meaning: Ru Kiln) is the crown of “five royal kilns of Song Dynasty (960-1279)”. It’s named after its city of...

It has been a while since we last talked about tea-making. In the past, we’ve introduced quite a lot detailed knowledge on many aspects...

No matter what kind of tea we drink, we all need some tools to make tea. Among all tools, Gaiwan (Chinese: 盖碗, Gaiwan literally means...

In a tea table setup, tea pots and Gaiwans are the kings, and cups are the queens. All bamboo and wooden tools serve supporting roles. As...

This tea blog started with introductions to many details about tea-making. While these details are interesting, they don’t necessarily...

In traditional Chinese herbal medicine theories, summer is when people get weaker due to the excessive body water loss. Based on the same...

At the peak of summer, most varieties of Wuyi oolong are roasted and cooled-down, and they start to appear on the market one after...

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...

In our previous blogs, we talked about how a white tea ages over the years (click here for previous blog). New white tea and aged white...

In one of our previous blogs, we talked about the evolution of fragrances of tea leaves during tea-making(Click here for Part I, Click...

In this blog, we’ve talked a lot about Wu-Yi oolong (Yancha)(See previous blogs on oolong tea here). One thing we haven’t discussed is...

In our previous blogs, we’ve talked quite a lot about Wu-Yi oolong roasting.(Click here for Part I and here for Part II). In Wu-Yi oolong...

In the world of tea, there are many types of teaware that have different designs, colors and sizes. However, those differences are more...

In the past few weeks, we’ve introduced some advanced Gaiwan/brewing skills such as “sitting the cup/坐杯”, “suffocative steeping/闷泡” and...

Ever since starting this tea blog, we’ve been getting great questions on a daily basis. Recently, a reader who lives in New England...