Certified organic teas: does it matter?
How much does it matter to use certified organic teas? This is a question originally...
Tea Guardian Fine Tea Commentaries and Reference Guide
Tea Etiquette for Lunar New Year
The simple item of tea again takes centre stage humbly in a festival glorifying abundance and praying for prosperity. It does not matter whether it is hard times or good…
Gongfu Infusion: General Parameters
The immediate benefit of gongfu infusion The obvious advantage of using the gongfu approach in...
Gongfu Infusion: Chapter 2
Phoenix Oolong with the Gaiwan In chapter 1, we have discussed the basic steps in...
The True Chinese “Tea Ceremony”
Beth maybe the first to have become a grandparent amongst all my closer friends from...
Tea Compression: Making of a Cha Bing
A cha bing is a modified form of tea. It is made by compressing tealeaves...
Tea Infusion: What does it Mean?
For most people, to make tea — tea infusion — simply means to pour boiling...
Obscurantism: What Tea are you Really Buying?
The essential element in the black art of obscurantism is not that it wants to...
3 Tea Recipes for the Festive Season
I have developed three recipes for you here that are not only great for entertaining, but also good health companions through the ups and downs of the festivals. Each of these recipes has its own unique character for different needs…
Tea and Cardiovascular Health
More people die of heart diseases in developed countries than of anything else (1). The...