As you embark on your journey of exploring the world of Chinese tea, you will undoubtedly come across the renowned Yixing teapots. These teapots are a testament to the mastery of traditional Chinese craftsmanship. They're loved for their beautiful appearance, excellent heat retention, and aroma enhancing capability. However, to maintain the quality your Yixing teapot, and allow it to develop a glossy patina, it is important to take proper care of it. In this blog post, we will discuss in detail on how to clean and care of your Yixing teapot.
If you want to enjoy loose leaf tea without measuring the weight, our Dragon balls are ideal for you. Each ball weighs about 7 grams, which is enough for one tea session. However, these balls take time to unfurl, so you need to pay attention to the steeping time. In this guide, we will discuss the best temperature and steeping time for Western and Traditional brewing. Use the information below as a starting guide, but feel free to adjust it to your own taste.
A cup of cold brew jasmine tea is the perfect beverage to cool down on a hot summer day. In this post, we’ll discuss everything from getting the right jasmine tea to utensils and brewing parameters to tips to spice up your tea.
In recent years, cold brewed tea has become a popular alternative for hot brewed tea. Especially during the Summer season, many tea enthusiasts crave for a refreshing cup of cold brewed tea. In this blog post, we will delve into the differences and nuances between the two techniques, providing a comprehensive guide for tea lovers.
Yixing teapots are ideal to make this delicious dark tea from Guangxi. Learn how to prepare Liu Bao tea with this easy step by step guide with photo instructions.
Blooming teas hand-knitted tea balls that unfurl like a beautiful flower when they're steeped. In this article we'll discuss the tea tools you need, and what brewing parameters to use!
One of the most common questions among tea drinkers is whether one can reuse tea leaves. While this question is easy, the right answer depends on several factors. In this article we will discuss whether reusing tea is actually ok for tea bags versus tea leaves, and whether it’s possible to reuse tea the next day. At last, we will also discuss how to store tea for next day use.
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.
What is cold brew tea exactly? And why would you cold brew versus hot brew? Let experienced tea sommeliers teach you how to cold brew your tea the correct way and get the best taste out of your tea bags or loose leaf tea.
There's no such thing as the best tea for cold brewing. That doesn't mean that all teas are suitable. We've curated 7 teas that will guarantee an amazing result. In this article we'll discuss each of these teas and introduce you easy to make recipes with blending suggestions.
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.
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.
Ok, so you’ve had an awful pu erh tea experience. The question is: “Now what?” You can throw your tea in the garbage can, or try to ‘fix’ it with this guide!
The ‘Moonlight White’ is one of those teas don’t fit in one of the usual categories. It’s name suggests it’s a white tea, yet often times they’re presented in the form of a tea cake, which makes you think it’s a pu erh tea. In this article, we discuss the origin, unique characteristics, and processing of Yue Guang Bai as well as the best way to brew this tea.
