Dancong as a hangover tea, a special recipe
A while ago a reader asked me to write some recipes for the festivals involving...
Leo Kwan
Of Yarn and Tea
Yesterday my wife had a hunch for learning crochet so we went to a local...
Eight Immortals
A humble Fenghuang Dancong Of all the bouquet style Phoenix Oolongs, Baxian — Eight Immortals...
Tea at the Onslaught of Wuhan Coronavirus
In honour of all the victims and their families and friends, and in the hope that we learn something from this largely preventable pandemic, this is my sharing as a tea specialist and a multiple times epidemic witness. Quotation: These ( tea ) catechins can bind differently to neuraminidase ( i.e. the chemical in viruses that breakdowns the defence of our cellular wall ) and might overcome known drug resistance related virus mutations…
Red Jade, The Fragrance of Taiwan
I would have continued to ignore this tea had it not been the surprising tasting...
To blanch or not to blanch? That is the question
One of the perpetuating questions in tea infusion is to blanch or not to blanch — we look at it in a practical perspective and referencing the true qualities of tea to come up with a detail answer
Shou Cha or Shu Cha?
In the recent couple of decades, pu’er dark teas that are produced with the piled...
Naming of a Tea
Naming of teas has always been problematic, especially when there are so many different ways of doing it for such a huge number of varieties in so many different regions. We summarise the different ways it is done for better understanding as a foundation for your tea search
Renaissance of Dianhong Part 1: the War
In recent years, with the general awareness-building of gongfu black tea in the burgeoning market...
Renaissance of Dianhong Part 2: Competition
I had no idea what quality of Dianhong Queen Elizabeth II received as a souvenir when...