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President Nixon’s visit to China & Long Jing Tea (Dragon Well)

ByDerry Liu 2022-10-182022-10-18

In 1972, during President Nixon’s visit to China, beside Beijing, he also went to Hangzhou, where is the origin of the Long Jing Tea or Drgon Well. Premier Zhou Enlai hosted a dinner at the a famous restaurant “Lou Wai Lou” in the city. There was a unique dish named “Longjing Shrimp” on the table….

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Yield of Da Hong Pao (Big Red Robe) 6 Mother Trees

ByDerry Liu 2022-10-182022-10-18

You have a very good question. Before answering your question, let’s review a period of history. In 1972, there was an important event. President Nixon of the US visited China, which marked that the isolation between China and the US had finally been broken since the founding of New China. Chairman Mao sent President Nixon…

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Afternoon tea at Wuyishan & drawing divination sticks

ByDerry Liu 2022-10-172022-10-18

When I was trekking in Wuyi Mountain, I met a Buddhism temple called Huiyuan Temple. It was built during the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and rebuilt in Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). When I went in, there was nobody in the temple. I worshipped the Buddha then I came to the backyard. There was a hall with Guanyin…

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Trip to Wuyi Mountain and Story of Da Hong Pao (Big Red Robe)

ByDerry Liu 2022-10-162022-10-16

Last week, I went on a trip. Guess where I was I going? Of course, my destination was related to tea. Yes, I went to Wuyi Mountain. I drove there alone. It’s more than 600 kilometers from Shanghai, and it took more than six hours to drive.Now as you see, I have entered the Wuyi…

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The History of Chinese Tea

ByDerry Liu 2022-10-10

It’s a long history of Chinese tea.5000 years ago, in the Shennong era, tea was first used as medicine. 3000 years ago, the people who lived in the Zhou Dynasty began to cultivate tea trees for human consumption. 2300 years ago, people used tea to make soup and the primitive form of tea cake appeared…

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Three Essential Things About Chinese Gongfu Tea Brewing

ByDerry Liu 2022-10-102022-10-10

There are three essential things about Chinese Gongfu Tea brewing, which are tea-water ratio, the temperature of water and steeping time.First of all, the tea-water ration should be appropriate, it helps the tea to present its best taste. Generally speaking, when you brew green tea or yellow tea, the combination of 1 gram tea with…

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How to smell the aroma of tea in a Chinese tea ceremony

ByDerry Liu 2022-09-282022-10-18

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Caffeine content in different types of tea

ByDerry Liu 2022-09-272022-10-20

For heart race problem, it’s mainly coursed by caffeine. Basically, the more process involved (fermented) when making the tea, the less caffeine the tea contains. So green tea and white tea (not aged) have the most caffeine, but black tea and dark tea have the least. Ripe Puerh tea (普洱熟茶) belongs to dark tea and…

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3 destinations to visit in China related to tea

ByDerry Liu 2022-09-272022-10-18

Where would you like to visit if you come to China? In relation to tea, I’ll recommend 3 most attractive destinations for you.The first one is Yunnan Province, where you can find tons of different Puerh tea. Lincang, Puerh and Xishuangbanna are all well-known tea growing regions. There are some ancient tea tree growing in…

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From Eating Tea to Drinking Tea

ByDerry Liu 2022-09-15

The way of using tea has been changing with time. When tea was first discovered, people ate fresh tea leaves directly and chewing them. Gradually people ate and drank tea after boiling it. Even now, the saying chi cha (吃茶), meaning eating tea, and the modes of eating tea still exist in many places of…

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Mid-autumn Festival and Moon Cakes

ByDerry Liu 2022-09-15

According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the seventh, eighth and ninth months belong to the season autumn. The eighth lunar month is in the middle of autumn, and the 15th of the eighth month is in the middle of this month. So, the festival is called “Mid-Autumn Festival”.In autumns it is usually clear and cool…

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The First Person to Plant Tea Trees

ByDerry Liu 2022-09-15

The first person who planted tea trees in the world was Wu Lizhen.During the years from 200 BC to 53 BC, one day Wu Lizhen felt exhausted for cutting wood, he randomly plucked some tea leaves and put them into his mouth. After eating tea leaves his tiredness was completely removed. His mother and neighbors…

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