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