Tea Log

  • Nov292025
    Flushing water onto a Yixing teapot

    How to clean a new Yixing teapot

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    A tea pot made with a porous clay material, such as a Yixing, or an unglazed earthenware would absorb in…

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  • Aug122025
    15% tax for United States begins on Aug 29

    End of de minimus for USA

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    Japan to USA — tax will be required for parcels arriving on August 29 Starting from August 29, small commercial…

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  • Aug022025
    Farmers covering rolls of tea bushes directly with sun screening black meshes

    The status of production and prices of tea in Japan

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    Before we discuss the actual situation, please allow me to quote from a June 2025 report from Kyoto Tea Industry…

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  • Jun282025
    two glasses of cold green tea, frosted with tiny water droplets on the glass wall outside and holding clear light green tea inside, with a kyūsu Japanese teapot in the background, similarly frosted

    Antithesis of my TCM rules: Cold infusing a Japanese green tea

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    Hakone hot spring resort Ten summers ago, after getting off at a wrong train stop in a hot spring bath…

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  • May302025
    The hands of two person reaching out for a gaiwan filled with tealeaves on an infusion table with several other gaiwans and teacups

    Making the most of the leaves — making tea that touches deep

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    A private message A few nights ago, the customer who had left the most number of reviews on our site,…

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  • May122025
    A few different package formats in Tea Hong's retail products

    Re-building Tea Hong’s Graphic Identity

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    When we began to conceive the Tea Taster’s Box series two years ago, we noticed there is a need for…

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  • Apr132025
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    Does the new US import tariff affect your order on Tea Hong?

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    The short answer: NO. De Minimis Orders below USD 800 from Japan to the USA are classified as De Minimis…

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  • Oct302024
    Different varieties of Japanese tea

    Tea Hong to resume online sales in November 😅 (Sorry!) & what our Japanese collection will look like

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    A letter to all of our users As of this very moment, we have not heard from the shipping company…

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  • Sep212024
    A photo of the humble looking little house that will be the Tea Hong workshop, with an overlay of the basic signage design sketch

    New Home for Tea Hong

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    Change is an integral part of Life In 1986 when I moved to Chicago from Hong Kong, I carried with…

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  • Jun122024
    Bird flying onto the traditional Japanese roof of a bell tower

    Tea Hong is relocating to Japan

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    We shall begin our move to Nagoya this July. Since it will involve packing our whole workshop and inventory to…

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