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

An Italian handcrafted story for nannuoshan tea house
An Italian handcrafted story for nannuoshan tea house When the idea of opening our first tea shop in Berlin has begun to take shape, we took great care of every aspect of the project, like the choice of furniture, teaware and menu. We've worked to make t...

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025

Yixing and its stone-like teapots
Yixing and its stone-like teapots 30 April 2025The tea tour is over, but I still have one more week to spend in China. I will visit Yixing and Jingdezhen, arguably the most renowned teaware cities in the country. The warehouse in Berl...

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025

Smoke & Flowers
Smoke & Flowers The sun's warmth is shaded today by a haze, turning the sky into a watercolour of rose-yellow and diluted blue. I have been craving rich black tea all winter—malty, pungent, and earthy—but now seems t...

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025

Zhuni vs. Hongni – The Red Ores of Yixing
Zhuni vs. Hongni – The Red Ores of Yixing So you want to get into Yixing teapots, but want to know what exactly you’re getting—not to mention buying—into? Yixing teaware is a world of myth and rumour, reputation and artistry, as much hype as...

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025

Poultry tea? Really?
Poultry tea? Really? Are you familiar with these wild associations that run in your head when you listen to music, perceive scents, or look at pictures? Often a tea motivates me to listen to certain music; another time it...

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025