Eight Immortals
A humble Fenghuang Dancong Of all the bouquet style Phoenix Oolongs, Baxian — Eight Immortals...
Tea varieties
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...
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...
Laos Shengcha
As discussed in a few other articles in this site, shengcha pu’er is very similar...
Wuyi Meizhan
Aaron, a proactive young man from U.S. who has been working for some years in...
Bulang Shengcha Pu’er
Bulang Shan ( Chinese: 布朗山 ) — Mountain of the Bulang people — is not...