The Quality of Black Tea: What the Golden Ring Tells You
How to judge black tea quality at home: look for a bright golden ring, clear liquor, sweet aroma and smooth taste. What theaflavins are and why they matter.
Is It Necessary to Rinse Tea Leaves?
Some tea friends often get this question, is it necessary to rinse tea leaves?From my point of view, the phrase “rinse tea leaves” can be somewhat misleading. It sounds like all the pesticide residues and dust can be given a thorough cleaning. But actually, as long as the tea leaves measure up, it’s absolutely fine…
Tea and Personality
You might believe it or not, one’s personality may be apparent according to the tea he or she likes.Those who like drinking black tea are easy-going persons. Black tea is fully fermented tea. The taste of it is quite mild and gentle, and pretty mellow, which are easily accepted by most people.Those who like drinking…
Tea and Wu Xing
Wu xing – directly translating to “five elements” – is an ancient Chinese philosophy that encompasses five phases of the universe’s ongoing existence and development.The five components are Wood (mu), Fire (huo), Earth or Soil (tu), Metal (jin), and Water (shui). Seen as transitional material forces that flow successively, these elements are an inherent part of…
Why Tea Makes Us Look Younger?
What exactly is the antioxidant properties of tea?We all get older, and our face begin to wrinkle as time goes by. Actually, everything around us is being oxidized. For example, after we peel an apple, the apple will turn black soon and not being fresh. Also, the silver jewelry will turn dark after you wear…
The Production Areas of Six Types of Tea in China (Ⅱ)
Today, let’s learn about the production areas of the other three types of tea: oolong tea, black tea and dark tea.Oolong tea, called blue tea as well. It is mainly grown in Fujian, Guangdong, and Taiwan. And there are some types of oolong tea which are pretty famous such as Tieguanyin, Wuyi Rock Tea, Zhangping…
Ladies Are Like Water, Men Are Like Tea? Why Water Matters in Tea
An old joke says ladies are like water and men like tea. The better lesson: good water brings out good tea. How to choose and heat water for Chinese tea.
The Production Areas of Six Types of Tea in China (Ⅰ)
Today let’s talk about the production areas of green tea, yellow tea and white tea in China.Let’s start from green tea. Green tea is the earliest tea in Chinese history, because the process of making it is simple, almost every tea-producing area in China is producing it, from Shandong to Hainan, including Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui,…
Five Common Shapes of Black Tea
Among the six major types of tea, black tea is the most consumed one in the world, but the shapes of its leaves are quite diverse. Today, let’s take a look at the five common shapes of black tea.The first one is strip shaped, it’s pretty common among all kinds of black tea such as…
The Difference between Men and Women Holding Tea Cups.
Ladies and gentlemen, how do you normally hold a teacup in an elegant way? I’ll let you know there are some differences in between, coming from Chinese custom.For ladies, it’s better to use your thumb and index finger to hold the teacup, meanwhile hold the bottom of the cup with your middle finger, and the…
Brewing Method: Low, Level and High Pouring for Chinese Tea
Why the height you pour water from matters: low pouring for pu-erh and dark tea, level for green, white and black tea, high pouring for aromatic oolongs.
Tea Cannot Be Drunk as Water
Can you drink tea as water?How much tea should we drink each day? Well, a lot of people don’t like to drink water. because it’s tasteless. They drink tea instead.Although tea is particularly rich in amino acids and vitamins, tea can’t really take the place of water in our diet.To improve absorption, the nutrients in tea…