Bad news 2016 has been a bad year for Song Cultivar. The making of this premium quality Fenghuang dancong requires a clear sunny day at the time of plucking the leaves at…
Mid Autumn Festival As the shape of the moon grows fuller towards what the lunar calendar marks as Mid-Autumn, Mooncake Festival is around the corner. There is a popular belief that pu’er would…
Teeth for tea? No, you don’t need even a single cuspid to enjoy the brew; your olfactory and gustatory senses will do. However, for proper tea tasting, you may need a taster’s…
Life of a fairy tale To decode stories produced or endorsed by official Chinese bodies, one needs to compare them with what is happening in real life, amongst other interpretation tools. Otherwise,…
Red or Black? The infusion is red, orange or brown, but why are they called black? In the Far East, black tea has always been called red tea, because of the colour…
Tea 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…
Wolf hair brush on fine silk scroll Zhaoji ( Huizong, Emperor of Song between 1101~1125 A.D. ) was not a good ruler. He was, however, a fine calligrapher, painter and poet, and…
A hot research focus Repeatedly in scientific researches all over the world, contents in tea have been found to possess potent effects against various health issues. EGCG, one of the most studied…
Leo Kwan
Tea Hong
Tea Hong
Leo Kwan
Tea Hong
Leo Kwan
Tea Hong
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