Tea Music Collab Project
Let's do a project to create another crazy tea song! I'm thinking this one will be Oolong Themed and will…
What water to use for tea brewing?
We have a saying in Chinese that water is the mother of tea. It emphasizes the importance of water to…
How to store your tea properly
You may have noticed that not all the tea you purchased comes with an expiry date. Does tea expire? How…
Tea and Health – What affects caffeine in tea? How to lose weight with tea?
Tea is often associated with health in North America. So much so that many people begin drinking tea just for…
How to Taste Tea Like A Pro
Tea tastings, tasting notes, tea flavor wheels... as a tea drinker who has been indulging in the world of tea,…
Tea Processing Steps: are the charts helpful or misleading?
Once you get into the world of tea, your curiosity naturally grows and the more you dive into it the…
Tea and Music
Tea and music? I'm a big fan of tea, which is obvious, but I'm also a big fan of music and…
Top 5 Tips for Chinese Tea Sourcing
Many tea vendors go to China to source their own tea, others get their tea from the importers. No matter…
The Ultimate Tea Processing Experience
A Game with Water Our tea trip was not a typical sourcing trip. We don't need to go to China…
The Perils of Fancy Pu’er
This post was inspired by one of the tastings we had in Menghai, Yunnan Province. A friend of ours brought…
Sheng Pu’er — The Evolution Of The Process
Testing a Hypothesis One thing we were to eager to do during this visit to Yunnan was to experiment with sheng…
The Odd Economy Of Pu’er
An Interesting Twist of Fate The story of Yunnan Pu’er reminds me of an old Chinese saying, “Thirty years on…
Ancient Pu’er Tea Garden – Hekai, Yunnan Province
Hekai, located in the Bulang Mountains, is one of the biggest ancient tea gardens planted by humans. Almost one third of…
Cool Down With Tea
What could be nicer to have on a hot summer day than some delicious ice cream? I say, hot tea!…
Zhen’s Tea Chat
This post had to get pulled to the front of my blog schedule because of a few little stories I…
Organic Certification? Not now.
Despite how much we love the concept of organic, we disagree with the over-simplified impression that “organic guarantees safety” which…