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Here is another question from Artjom:
Why do you think there is only your site that contains a more or less scientific information about teas (at least at engfrrus zone; others just have a collections of myths and legends), compared to, say, dozens of sites and thousands of blogs dedicated to wine? I don’t think that the worldwide consumption of teas and information that could be written about teas is any less than it is in wines. -
The situation you described is really weird, isn’t it? I think there is a big void in the tea market. Unfairly big. Unreasonably big. That was why I hang my suit as a creative communication consultant and picked up the trade of tea. That was why I have created Tea Guardian.
Having said that, however, there are numerous men and women so dedicated in the development of this trade that one really cannot understand why real tea is still so under-rated in the drinks department. -
I read both Chinese and English so I can say for the media I have read in these two languages so far. Tea guardian is unique.
There are other specialized books written in technical details, and other for university students for tea history. But not so well presented and easy to read, and some very special understanding by Leo.Very unique source of information and experience sharing is Tea Guardian. -
In my opinion, this is due to the fact that until only a few years ago, most westerners had very little exposure to Chinese culture in any way whatsoever. Although other countries have tea traditions as well, many of those traditions actually come by way of the British and their attempts to develop new tea-producing regions in the places they controlled.
Of course, the tea commonly used in the U.K. is not good quality compared to what is often seen in the tea cultures of East Asia. As a result of this, few westerners were exposed to the fact that tea is not just something prepared with tea bags — that tea is more properly prepared from carefully processed loose tea leaves of high quality. For most of us westerners, “tea” was just the low quality tea bags found in grocery stores.
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