Is aged pu-erh always of premium quality?
The answer is not necessarily. I have always assimilated this to wines. A good premium wine as we know can have aging potential due to the bio-chemical changes that naturally…
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Various aspects of teas being seasonal
When talk about seasonal tea, people immediately associate it with the teas harvested during the last harvest season. Seasonal production of the teas In China, the Qing-Ming ( 清明) season…
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Pu-erh tea, ripened or raw
To understand the differences between a raw (Sheng) and a ripened pu-erh, one has to understand a bit of the unique pu-erh tea plant and the history of its consumption. Pu-erh…
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Aged white tea
White tea has many unique characteristics, with aged white tea having different health benefits from the fresh one being one of them. At white tea’s birth place Fu-Ding area of…
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Optimal tea accessories for pu-erh tea
Pu-erh tea has recently gained some rather favourable attention among tea lovers due to the reputation of weight reduction and many other health benefits. Standing as a class of its…
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Gongfu tea and Gongfu tea set
Gongfu tea set The concept of Gong-Fu in Chinese means ‘in depth’ or ‘highly skillful’. It refers to skills acquired through extensive practice, often combined with knowledge accumulated over time…
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Stop teapot lid from dropping and break
Does this sound familiar? You make a nice pot of tea, you try to serve and the lid just drops and breaks. Your heart sinks as it is your favourite…
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Make you own tea set
One way of getting an authentic matching tea set is of course to buy one. Alternative it is also all practical and personal to compose your own. An example as…
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Iced tea
Question: Greetings, Which of your teas would be especially good for iced tea when the weather warms up? I’m still enjoying the Big Red Robe, Keemun and Ripe Pu-erh teas…
