Techniques

  • Jan212024
    Adding milk to a cup of black tea

    Making milk tea with Royal Black

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    While we have a stubborn belief in the purism of tea, we do things to some of our teas sometimes.…

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  • Apr102023
    Making tea from a maocha using a gaiwan

    About Infusing Pu’er Maocha

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    Although it is perfectly okay to steep your maocha in a large pot in the conventional way, the tea can…

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  • Dec062022
    Pasha 2013, matured shengcha pu'er

    How to brew a cha bing

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    Tea compressed into a discus form is basically still a tea like any other loose leaves. The process of compressing…

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  • Sep242022
    Infusing Honey Orchid

    Does your Honey Orchid Supreme taste too bitter?

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    What makes the taste of a tea? The taste of a tea is the combination of its many tones, accents…

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  • Jul062022
    Ice Fire Technique on Taiping Houkui

    Ice Fire Technique

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    To steep tea, there is the usual brewing with hot water and there is the recently popular cold infusion. There…

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  • Mar232022
    Diagram of the ISO standard pot for tea infusion

    International preparation standard for tea tasting

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    Tea cannot manifest its full self when improperly infused. The wrong leaf to water ratio, poor infusion ware, inappropriate water…

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  • Feb042021
    Keemun black tea with strawberry as condiment

    Lunar New Year Sweet Tea

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    Soon it will be the Year of the Bull in the Lunisolar Calendar. Believe it or not, this very old…

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  • Apr272017
    Longjing Infusion: Pot or Glass

    Longjing Infusion: Drinking Glass or Teapot?

    Why do they steep Longjing in the glass? Every single client I have ever travelled with to Hangzhou has asked:…

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  • Nov032016
    Clip on folded pack

    How to Properly Store Your Tea

    Before the tea is shipped to you All our premium green teas and green style oolongs have been stored at…

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  • Jul202016
    Teeth

    Teeth for Tea

    Teeth for tea? No, you don’t need even a single cuspid to enjoy the brew; your olfactory and gustatory senses…

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