Posts tagged with ‘green tea’

  • 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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  • Aug162017
    Selecting a tea by Categorisation: Green tea

    What are green teas and what makes ours special

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    Colour is not everything A cup of green tea may look much lighter in colour than a black tea, but,…

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  • May172017
    A pluck of Shidaye, the leaves for making Taiping Houkui green t

    Mother of All Green Teas

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    Taiping Houkui is produced from this special cultivar called Shidaye ( shi-da-yeh ). The name can be roughly translated as Persimmon Large Leaf. ( It has nothing to do with the fruit, though. ) It is the most visible commercial crop in the hilly landscape of Taiping, an hour and a half from Huangshan.

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  • Apr272017
    Longjing Infusion: Pot or Glass

    Longjing Infusion: Drinking Glass or Teapot?

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

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  • Apr272017
    Traditional Longjing Roasting

    Longjing: is Earlier the Better?

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  • Mar242017
    Buds of jasmine flowers

    The Difference of Tea Hong’s Honey Pearl Pekoe

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    There are plenty of selections for jasmine scented green tea in the market, but if you are in for a…

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  • Oct082014

    Longjing Spring Equinox 2016

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    Longjing Spring Equinox 2016 Most of the higher price Longjing today, if they are genuinely from Hangzhou, is produced from…

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