China Tea ep. 36 – drinking tea properly | Sunday Tea Book | Sip-a-long – Aged Tie Guan Yin
The Connection with Tea Secrets effects of tea Tea has been in people’s life for thousands of years. After all…
China Tea ep. 23 – Tie Guan Yin & Da Hong Pao | Sunday Tea Book | Sip-a-long – TGY Classic
Tie Guan Yin Zen and tea have always been intertwined. Naming a tea Tie Guan Yin, it seems that zen…
China Tea ep. 13 – Tea Brewing Water – Sunday Tea Book – Sip-a-long – Autumn Tie Guan Yin
Water Good tea depends on good water, just as the old saying goes “water is the mother of tea”. Water…
How to Brew Tie Guan Yin (Iron Goddess) Tea
Tie Guan Yin is a well known and well-loved tea. It is often rolled into tightly packed 'balls' or pellets…
Tie Guan Yin – Anxi, Fujian Province
The Legendary Anxi Tie Guan Yin The Legends Tie Guan Yin is so popular that for many, it was their…
Tie Guan Yin – Anxi Tea Tour 2015
Our Tea consultant started her 2015 tea tour from Anxi County, a mountainous place famous for its Tie Guan Yin,…
China Tea ep. 8 – Kettles and Teapots – Sunday Tea Book – Sip-a-long – Autumn Tie Gian Yin
Tea Kettle (Sui Shou Bao) Most gongfu tea requires boiling water, but the “boiling water” from many machines is only…
Dan Cong From A Bio-dynamic Farm – Chaoshan, Guangdong Province
Against All Odds Affected by the coffee culture in North America, individual farmers are often preferred by tea drinkers. However, I…
Unlocking the Mysteries of Da Hong Pao: A Deep Dive into a Beloved Tea
Da Hong Pao is a name that resonates deeply with tea enthusiasts. Known as one of the most prestigious Chinese…
China Tea ep. 35 – Tea and Health in Life | Sunday Tea Book | Sip-a-long – Shou Mei White Tea
Part 3 Tea Talk: Tea in life Seven daily essentials: firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea. This Chinese…
China Tea ep. 33 – Scented Tea | Sunday Tea Book | Sip-a-long – Xu Gong Cha
Scented Tea Adding flowers to tea improves both the flowers and the tea. The elegant, effortless aroma of tea combined…
Does tea go bad? Does tea expire? What is the shelf life of tea?
Does Tea Expire Does tea expire? Does tea go bad? What is the expiry date for tea? If tea goes…
China Tea ep. 22 – Oolong Tea | Sunday Tea Book | Sip-a-long – Rou Gui
Oolong Tea Oolong is also known as slimming tea, a beauty and health booster. It’s great for digestion, diuretics, anti-allergy…
China Tea ep. 7 – Teaware – Sunday Tea Book – Sip-a-long Ming Qian Dafo Long Jing
Teaware Teaware is essential and sophisticated. It’s not an exaggeration that teaware makes up half of Chinese tea culture. SIP…
China Tea ep. 6 – How to choose good tea – Sunday Tea Book
Skills for selecting tea First look at the dry leaves, then the liquor, and last but not the least, the…
China Tea ep. 4 -Tea classification – Sunday Tea Book
Tea Appraisal China is a big tea country. One of the signs of this is how many different teas there…
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…
How to make Gongfu Tea – A Guide to choosing and using the Gaiwan and Teapot
I still remember my first introduction to Chinese tea and the fascination that surrounded the multiple infusions, and especially the…
Coffee & Tea NYC – 2018
Coffee & Tea NYC put on by Starfish Junction is always a great time for us! We've been participating since 2015…
Which tea is better?
This is a little quiz I saw online couple of days ago. I found it quite interesting and shared it…
A Living Legend of Tea – Mr. Zhang Tianfu
Today is Mr. Zhang Tianfu's 107th birthday. It's a name that is rarely mentioned in the western tea world, but…
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…
2016 China Tea Trip Overview
Spring is here and I have headed off to China to meet with Jianli Wu, my mom, to find our…
The Art of Chinese Tea: Fine Tea Tasting
According to a Chinese saying there are seven necessities for everyday life: firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.…
The Mysterious and Confusing Chinese Tea Names (Part 2)
What are the naming conventions for Chinese tea? Despite the new tea names that are given by the inventors or…
Zhen’s Tea Chat
This post had to get pulled to the front of my blog schedule because of a few little stories I…
Travelogue – 2015
Taimu Shan, Fuding - The Mountain of White Tea After a short stay in Fuzhou, our tea consultant went to…
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Chinese Tea 101
It seems a little overdone to talk about the basics of Chinese tea, the origin of tea, the six types…
How to Brew Fenghuang Dan Cong Oolong Tea
Fenghuang Dan Cong, also known as Phoenix oolong tea, is a great tea to be brewed in gongfu style using…
The Classic of Tea by Lu Yu Chapter 8 – Terroir – Sunday Tea Book
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The Classic of Tea by Lu Yu Chapter 7 – History – Sunday Tea Book
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The Classic of Tea by Lu Yu Chapter 2 – Sunday Tea Book
Please check out the Sunday Tea Book videos below for additional information about the Classic of Tea. Chapter 2 Tools…
Bai Nian Song Pin – Experiencing a Pinnacle Antique Pu’er
Having just returned from Coffee and Tea Festival NYC, we celebrated our debut in America with an extremely rare Pu’er…