Gongfu Infusion: General Parameters
The immediate benefit of gongfu infusion The obvious advantage of using the gongfu approach in...
Leo Kwan
Gongfu Infusion: Chapter 2
Phoenix Oolong with the Gaiwan In chapter 1, we have discussed the basic steps in...
Maocha
In traditional tea processing, a maocha ( Chinese: 毛茶 ) is the tea that has...
The True Chinese “Tea Ceremony”
Beth maybe the first to have become a grandparent amongst all my closer friends from...
Tea Compression: Making of a Cha Bing
A cha bing is a modified form of tea. It is made by compressing tealeaves...
Tea Infusion: What does it Mean?
For most people, to make tea — tea infusion — simply means to pour boiling...
Romanization of Names
Originated in China, tea has the greatest varieties and diversity in that country. Its nature...
Obscurantism: What Tea are you Really Buying?
The essential element in the black art of obscurantism is not that it wants to...
Leo Kwan: How Tea Has Chosen Me
My father used to be proud to talk about his bullet wound in the chest from the Sin0-Japanese War during WWII. He was lucky to have lived through such an injury in a time when food, medicine and even bullets were in extreme scarcity…
Tea and Cardiovascular Health
More people die of heart diseases in developed countries than of anything else (1). The...