Black tea preparation and storage guide
Black teas are fully fermented teas. As a result, they are more resilient to room temperature in their storage while the green teas would normally deteriorate rapidly under the similar…
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YiXing ZiSha teapot cleaning and preparation
ZiSha teapots are unique Chinese tea accessory gems and require special care to reach and preserve their potentials. New teapots’ Kai-Hu (开壶): The Chinese are quite pedantic about Kai-Hu (开壶)…
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Fresh green tea vs stale green tea
Green tea the only class of teas that are unfermented Teas (especially premium loose leaf teas) are categorised according to their degrees of fermentation/enzyme involved oxidisation during their processing. As a…
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The differences between Taiwan high mountain Oolong and normal Oolong tea
Oolong tea originated from the Wu Yi area of the Fu-Jian Province in south-eastern China over a thousand years ago. It has since been adopted and modified into various local…
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Pu-erh tea cakes, Tuocha or loose?
Question: We are currently enjoying our loose Pu-erh tea both raw and ripened as a lighter refreshing alternative to Oolong tea in the warmer weather. We are keen to try…
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Loose tea vs tea bags – where to start loose leaf green tea
Question: ‘I am a 6-7 large-mugs-a-day Green Tea drinker, and after visiting your marvellous website, fear I am missing out – as I am currently only a Green Tea bag…
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Tips of tea drinking for weight loss
Can tea drinking reduce body weight? There have been various researches conducted in recent years regarding the association between tea drinking and weight loss and the results are promising and…
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Make weight loss achievable and sustainable
We all know that to be able to achieve something, we needs to set goals. When it comes to trying to lose a few kilos, simply saying I would like…
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When eating starts harming your body?
I am writing up this blog know the full potential of being criticized as being condescending and judgemental, but will take the risk and call it what it is. I…
