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  • Nov232021
    The 13 Hongs in Canton (now Guangzhou) during Qing Dynasty

    Rebirth of A Black Tea Region — Yingde

    In the 17th century the county of Yingde in the southern province of Guangdong in China had suddenly become a transport hub of tea when the Qing emperor appointed Guangzhou as the…

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  • Nov102021
    The tender young leaves of Ruan Zhi cultivar

    Honey Concubine, the Tea Born of an Earthquake

    At 1:47 am on September 21, 1999, an earthquake broke out in central Taiwan. It was a Richter scale 7.7 massive attack that took away the lives of over 2,400 people and…

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  • Nov022021
    tea leaves piled for the last round in fermentation for oolong production

    Between Fire and Bouquet

    Problems with getting a good Wuyi oolong Wuyi oolongs have always been problematic for fine tea merchants. It is one of the most sought after oolong subcategories, and yet with extremely irregular…

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  • Oct042021
    Old tea master Mr Chen with his living room wall filled with tea processing competition award certificates.

    Taiwan as a tea region

    In the subtropical small island country of Taiwan, where most of the terrain is dominated by a central mountain range covered in emerald forests, within which it can get very cool after…

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  • May242021
    Infusing Tieguanyin Stout

    Introducing Tieguanyin Stout

    Tea Hong’s Tieguanyin Traditional has been popular for its sweet floral aroma and soft, silky body. However, there is another style of production that makes bouquet style Tieguanyin with a more robust…

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  • Feb042021
    Keemun black tea with strawberry as condiment

    Lunar New Year Sweet Tea

    Soon it will be the Year of the Bull in the Lunisolar Calendar. Believe it or not, this very old dating system basing on both the Sun and the Moon is still…

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  • Nov152020
    Tea variety kaleidoscope

    Airmail deadline for Christmas 2020

    Deadline for Christmas airmail shipping to USA is set for Nov 19 ( HK time, ie EST – 13 hr ), that means you have to place the order on Nov 16…

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  • Oct312020
    Piles of compressed tea discuses, some open and chipped for making tea, some in wrapped form, some in the original bamboo bark wraps

    Cha Bing — Compressed Tea

    A very old origin Done in the beginning as a means of packaging, compression to contain tea leaves in cha bing and other compact forms has evolved through the millennia. It was…

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  • Oct312020
    Different varieties of pu'er maocha

    What is a Pu’er Maocha? Or a Pu’er Shengcha?

    What is a Shengcha In the realm of Pu’er tea, the concept of shengcha was born when people began to define induced post-fermented teas as shu cha ( or as some in…

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  • Oct262020
    Leo taking picture of tea leaves using a Canon Powershot G5

    One camera, 22 years in tea

    Not long ago I needed to prepare the training for a batch of new staff intake. As I went through our own online information for teaching materials, came across this photo again.…

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