Tea Talk
We receive many tea related questions from our customers. After answering those questions in personal emails, the idea of building a blog to share our knowledge in tea with fellow tea drinkers was born.
Monday, November 12, 2012
Chinese Green Tea - Ping Shui Ri Zhu (平水日铸)
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
YiXing Government Will Resume Purple Clay Mining Soon
YiXing government announced recently that it will lift the mining ban by end of this month. This no doubt is a good news to Purple Clay collectors. According to recent news, actual mining location and quantity will be decided after necessary assessment.
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Monday, March 29, 2010
2010 Spring Tea Update
2010 is no doubt a challenging year for Chinese spring tea production. By estimate, spring tea production in
We will post updates as new teas become available.
Linda
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Making Hong Pao Black Tea
I mixed up our Heavily Roasted Da Hong Pao with Yunnan Black at 2:1 ratio, quickly rinsed the leaves then let them brew for 45 seconds. At first sipping, the familiar aroma of heavily roasted Da Hong Pao was prominent - toasty with osmanthus aroma dancing at back of the throat. The taste was soft, mellow, and sweet. The heavy rock mouth feeling of Da Hong Pao was balanced out by the softness and smoothness of Yunnna Black. What a pleasant surprise!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
West Lake Tea Farmers Grow Back Long Jing Varietal Trees
Although Long Jing made from Long Jing Varietal and Long Jing #43 share many common characters, they also have some differences. Many long time Long Jing drinkers prefer the taste of Long Jing Varietal.
It is estimated that about 90% of Long Jing trees in West Lake area will be Long Jing Varietal by end of this year. Although Long Jing #43 may start harvest in early March, Long Jing Varietal harvest normally starts around late March. This dramatically cut short Pre-Ming production period. People are anticipating a price increase of this year's Long Jing production.
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Saturday, July 25, 2009
Emerald Green Tea – a new star from GuiZhou
Emerald Green Tea was first introduced in 2001. Although it only has less than 10 year’s history, it has received many national awards. Mr. ZongMao Chen, the editor-in-chief of the famous Tea Bible, said that in 2001 “The Emerald Green Tea that I had in the past few days tasted strong after 7 infusions. Based on mine many years’ experience tasting teas, quality of GuiZhou tea has far passed that of many other teas, including famous teas such as West Lake Long Jing”.
Emerald Green Tea was made of one bud and two to three leaves from high zinc and selenium tea gardens in GuiZhou. This rare zinc and selenium gives additional medical benefits to this tea. Emerald Green Tea is high in tea polyphenols and amino acid and low in caffeine. Therefore, it has rich mellow taste without unpleasant bitterness.
We will be visiting the producer this summer. More to come!
Tea Lovers at TeaHub
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Friday, July 10, 2009
Zi Sha Tea Pet
Because tea pets are made from Zi Sha, they will change colors and absorb tea aromas and oils over time after being raised by teas. People collect aged tea pets. A good Zi Sha tea pet’s price can be more than doubled after being raised for two years. Not a bad investment if you enjoying sharing your teas with your tea pet!
Check out our tea pet selections at our online store!
Linda
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