There are plenty of selections for jasmine scented green tea in the market, but if you are in for a floral aroma that is pure, sweet, natural, and long lasting; a taste…
Imperial Topaz: Another Fine Gem from the Himalayas
To answer the demand for Himalayan black teas that are oxidised more deeply, we could have just bought straight away from our Nepali farmer to offer it. They have been making such…
Red Jade: rare gem of a tea For those who think Red Jade is just another marketing name, “Hong Yu” — properly transliterates as “Red Jade” — is the official name given…
Misrepresented Iron Buddha An often misrepresented big name of Wuyi oolong — Tie Luohan — Iron Buddha, is one of the so-called Big Four Bushes of Wuyi ⊕. In the earlier years…
Year of Rooster: All that Crow about Chinese New Year
Seasons greetings The Chinese Zodiac may mean little to you, but the New Year of the Rooster is surely coming in a fortnight. As the proud bird takes on high ground to…
Different variety for different preference Some tealeaves smell floral, some sweet, some like baked goods, some musky, some earthy, some pungent, some nothing much… and yet they could all be the best…
Snow Orchid, Peaceful Christmas & Prosperous New Year
Oxidation room An European importer recently asked me: how do they get such wonderful aroma in the leaves? Referring to an oolong he bought. The chamber in which tealeaves are gently bruised…
Tea Green Leafhopper is a small pest in the tea field. Yet without it a most beautiful tea cannot be produced. It is the chain biochemistry reaction in one particular tea plant after the leaf has been bitten by this tiny creature that results in the unique Beauty of the Orient…
Before the modern white tea cultivars Before there were the Dai Bai cultivars for making the different white teas as we know them today, older forms of the tea category had been made for centuries.…
Leo Kwan
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