An article summarizing the application of needle kuding tea by medical practitioners as well as the use of kuding cha as a folk medicine.

In this tea session, we're brewing Hei Zhuan brick tea, which is one of the earliest products of the Anhua tea region. Here are our thoughts.

Besides pu erh tea, other kinds of dark teas such as Anhua dark tea, are less known outside of China. We believe it requires special attention when it comes to preparing this tea, due its special production method and tight compression. In this guide, we'll introduce you two ways to steep dark brick teas.

Due to many requests from customers regarding the arrival of new 2019 Spring teas, we've published this blog post to keep you up to date with newly launched teas. This post will be continuously updated as soon as new teas are available for order on our website.

As a tea lover you may have experience excessive dryness in the throat after drinking tea. In China we called this a ‘locked throat’ or suokou (锁喉). In the West, it’s known as a dry mouthfeel or dry throat.

Storing white tea cakes is simple. There's just a few things you'll have to keep in mind, including temperature, humidity and air circulation.

Discover oolong tea from the its source: Wuyishan. Learn about wu yi rock tea and why the natural environment matters.

Discover the pure aroma of osmanthus and how you can blend it with other teas to create fascinating taste profiles.

In this blog we would like to introduce a new kind tea cake compressed in the shape of waffles, made from bai mu dan tea leaves.

What's the difference between wet-storage and dry-storage. How does this affect the aging, and eventually the taste and aroma of pu erh tea? Find it out now.

Previously we've introduced a full guide on the traditional Gongfu tea ceremony discussing the meaning and brewing tools required. In this post, we introduce a detailed 21 step gongfu tea ceremony.

Read this, and become better at appreciating and buying pu erh tea!

In the early days of tea, tea production was as simple as simply picking and drying and/or roasting the leaves. But during the Ming Dynasty people noticed that tea leaves can actually be allowed to wither and oxidise. These allowed the leaves to develop more flavour and black tea was discovered.

How does white tea compare to green tea? Learn about the differences in production process, pricing, caffeine content, health benefits, weight loss and more.

In this article, we provide a simple step-by-step guide to steeping pu erh tea. Along side the basics, we’ll also introduce you some advanced concepts to further improve your brewing skills.

Welcome to the super confusing world of Dan Cong tea names. Learn what names and terms to ignore and which are actually relevant to remember.

Recently we got this interesting question: "Do you think that using a single Yixing teapot for both Dian Hong and Jin Jun Mei is acceptable or ought be avoided?" As you may expect there's no straight answer to this...

Why is it so hard to generalize the taste of oolong tea? What's the difference between light & dark oolong? And how can you make the taste of oolong tea better? Find out now!

Wu Hong Cai, is a down to earth tea artist, who started his career during the 70s in a Yixing workshop.

Generally speaking oolong tea contains more caffeine than green tea, but how does it compare to coffee?