Of Yarn and Tea
Yesterday my wife had a hunch for learning crochet so we went to a local...
Quality & Variety Guide
Tea Guardian examines basic concepts in quality definition and how quality matters in tea consumption. Tea varieties, grouped under each of the tea categories, are individually studied here, complete with buying tips.
Eight Immortals
A humble Fenghuang Dancong Of all the bouquet style Phoenix Oolongs, Baxian — Eight Immortals...
Classic Style Phoenix — Xingren Xiang Dancong
A few people have asked me whether there are other classic style Phoenix oolong except...
Red Jade, The Fragrance of Taiwan
I would have continued to ignore this tea had it not been the surprising tasting...
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...
What is Orange Pekoe?
A Funny Name In the supermarket or your local teashop, you probably have come across...
Why does China export all those cheap teas?
and keep the good ones for themselves? The low price jasmine leaf tea and so-called gunpowder that one sees...
Shiguping Wulong
Shi-gu-ping ( Chinese: 石古坪, 又作石鼓坪, 另有考為石牯坪, 無定案 ) is the name of a village in...