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Leo KwanReturn of Song Cultivar
Read moreBad news 2016 has been a bad year for Song Cultivar. The making of this premium quality Fenghuang dancong requires…
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Tea HongTea for Mooncake?
Read moreMid Autumn Festival As the shape of the moon grows fuller towards what the lunar calendar marks as Mid-Autumn, Mooncake Festival…
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Tea HongTeeth for Tea
Read moreTeeth for tea? No, you don’t need even a single cuspid to enjoy the brew; your olfactory and gustatory senses…
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Leo KwanSnow White, orange peel, pu’er tea
Read moreLife of a fairy tale To decode stories produced or endorsed by official Chinese bodies, one needs to compare them…
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Tea HongRed is the New Black
Read moreRed or Black? The infusion is red, orange or brown, but why are they called black? In the Far East,…
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Leo KwanDianhong — Tea Born of a War
Read moreTea teams were sent to Yunnan to explore setting up of a black tea production base for export to replace those in occupied Fujian, Jiangxi and Zhejiang. The resistance needed as much revenue as they could get in order to operate…
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Leo Kwan
Danhu Old Bush Song & other Beautiful Phoenixes
Read moreWolf hair brush on fine silk scroll Zhaoji ( Huizong, Emperor of Song between 1101~1125 A.D. ) was not a…
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Leo KwanYixing teapots: Standard traditional forms
Read moreThe crude ancient documentation of traditional forms is a strong reminder that Yixing teapot is still very much an art…
