Ever Heard of Aged Green Tea?
Ever Heard of Aged Green Tea? Zhengzhou, 17 April 2025After five hours on a high-speed train, I alight at Zhengzhou, the capital of the Henan Province, 1000 kilometres northwest of Shanghai. I meet Benjamin, who's arrived a little...

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025

The Real Keemun Black Tea
The Real Keemun Black Tea April, 6-7 2015After some hours on the bus I find myself in a small mountain village. A friend of mine grew up here and kindly offered to be my guide in these two days.Her family has been producing Qi...

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025

The Fuzhou jasmine tea
The Fuzhou jasmine tea Popular in the East as well as in the West, jasmine tea is unquestionably the most famous scented tea, but... ...IS JASMINE TEA WHAT I DRINK?Green tea leaves are repeatedly scented with jasmine flower...

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025

Lili and the purple bamboo tea
Lili and the purple bamboo tea Changxing, 23 April 2025After a high-speed train ride from Shanghai, we arrive in Changxing, a well-maintained city with gingko trees and beautiful flower arrangements along its main avenues and croco...

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025

Fuzhou
Fuzhou January 7, 2015According to the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM there are two main types of person, namely cold and warm individuals. Cold-body persons are easily affected by infections and tend to...

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025

An Exploration of Green Teas
An Exploration of Green Teas Summer is in full swing in my part of the world, which means I find myself more likely to reach for green teas. Their taste profile, vibrant green coloring, and cooler nature really accentuate the sea...

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025

Fangcun - The Largest Tea Market in the World
Fangcun - The Largest Tea Market in the World Guangzhou, 25 April 2025So far, the journey has all gone according to plan; perfect, too perfect... Usually, after a couple days in China, I am forced to reschedule everything to avoid inconveniences...

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025

A Thousand-Year-Old Tea
A Thousand-Year-Old Tea Changxing, 16th April 2025It is half past nine in the morning, and after two hours on the train, we have arrived at Changxing, a town on the western shore of Lake Taihu, in the north of Zhejiang. With...

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025

Anxi and its Tieguanyin
Anxi and its Tieguanyin Anxi, 22 April 2025Anxi is the county of Tieguanyin, an oolong tea much in vogue during the last few years. Before leaving for China, I contacted three producers whom I will visit during the next thre...

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025

Tea tasting in Gonzaga, Mantua
Tea tasting in Gonzaga, Mantua It's Saturday, early afternoon. The city welcomes us with a warm and sunny weather, almost summertime! After a quiet stroll around the old town center we head to Caffè Teatro, to set the room for the...

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025