About / Glossary / References 2016.10.19 by Leo Kwan · Published 2016.10.19 · Last modified 2023.01.25 Shou Cha or Shu Cha? In the recent couple of decades, pu’er dark teas that are produced with the piled...
About / Glossary / References 2015.09.16 by Tea Guardian · Published 2015.09.16 · Last modified 2020.02.24 Wulong Wulong ( Chinese: 烏龍 ) is the pinyin romanisation of what the West has been...
About / Glossary / References 2015.07.30 by Tea Guardian · Published 2015.07.30 · Last modified 2020.02.24 Congou One tea variety popularly seen in mass market tea in the tins is “Congou”. The...
About / Glossary / References 2015.07.28 by Tea Guardian · Published 2015.07.28 · Last modified 2020.02.24 Gongfu tea Gongfu tea, originally gongfu cha ( Chinese: 功夫茶 ), used to refer to a way of...
About / Glossary / References 2015.07.20 by Tea Guardian · Published 2015.07.20 · Last modified 2020.02.24 Shengcha Pu’er teas that have not undergone post-fermentation are sometimes labelled as “raw” puer. “Raw puer” is a...
About / Glossary / References 2015.05.26 by Tea Guardian · Published 2015.05.26 · Last modified 2020.02.24 Leaf Shoot A leaf shoot is the bud of a tea leaf before it opens from its...
About / Glossary / References 2015.05.08 by Tea Guardian · Published 2015.05.08 · Last modified 2020.02.24 Blanch We have borrowed this word from cooking for use in tea preparation. In cooking, to...
About / Glossary / References 2015.05.02 by Tea Guardian · Published 2015.05.02 · Last modified 2020.02.24 Tea Catechins Mistaken as tannins previously, tea catechins are a group of phytochemicals existing naturally in the leaves...
About / Glossary / References 2015.04.21 by Tea Guardian · Published 2015.04.21 · Last modified 2020.02.24 Cha Bing Cha bing ( Chinese: 茶餅 ) refers to the kind compressed tea that takes the...
About / Glossary / References 2015.04.13 by Tea Guardian · Published 2015.04.13 · Last modified 2020.02.24 Pu’er Pu’er ( Chinese: 普洱 ) is the name of a municipality in the province of...
