Chinese Tea Culture & History

See this infographic that includes a step by step illustration of how Liu Bao tea is made.

Read this wonderful Song dynasty poem about Liu Bao tea written by Yang Guanqing.

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.

Su Shi (1037-1101), also know as Su Tungpo, was a Chinese writer, poet, painter, calligrapher and statesman of the Song. As a tea enthusiast, he showed his love for tea in many of his works. In this post, we introduce you one of his tea poems today. We hope you enjoy it!

The story of one of China's most famous oolong tea: Da Hong Pao.

An easy to make Chinese tea egg recipe. Guide to ingredients, directions for cooking and serving tips.

Learn how Chinese tea is part of a traditional wedding ceremony in China.

The most comprehensive list of tea names on the web. Each tea is listed with Western and Chinese names.

Learn how tea gradually became a form of art, ritual/ceremony philosophy and religion throughout history.

Recently we received pictures from a visitor, who wanted our opinion on a very special teapot.

Read about how Dan Cong tea was the elixir of the last emperor of the Song dynasty Zhao Bing and the rise of this oolong tea during the Qing dynasty lead by emperor Jia Qing.

Here's a story one of the white tea farmers in Fujian told us during our sourcing trip.

Learn about Chinese tea etiquette and why it's essential for business meetings.

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...

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