The black cups of the Jianyang kiln
The black cups of the Jianyang kiln The art of ceramics has ancient root in China. It culminated in the Tang dynasty (618-906 with the invention of porcelain. Over the centuries, different sites developed distinctive styles and firing...

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025

Fujian (1) - Fuzhou and Tanyang
Fujian (1) - Fuzhou and Tanyang April, 9 2015Fujian is the Chinese province with the greatest diversity of exclusive tea. The most famous oolong teas, Tieguanyin and Wuyi Yan Cha (Rock tea , both come from Fujian. Minhong gongfu, pr...

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025

Green in China. Black in the West.
Green in China. Black in the West. When I was a child my mum was serving tea in the afternoon, while I was doing my homework. There was no option; no green or black. There was just tea. Later I came to know it was black tea from India....

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025

Tea tasting in Berlin and Potsdam
Tea tasting in Berlin and Potsdam We just came back from an intensive weekend in Berlin, where we organized two tea tasting events.The first one at Si-scuola italiana, Deutsch-italienisches Kulturzentrum in Prenzlauer Berg, is a succe...

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025

Caffeine in tea: Will I sleep tonight?
Caffeine in tea: Will I sleep tonight? “I like tea, I like coffee, but I want to sleep at night. What to do?”The dilemma of many tea drinkers. Tea vendors do often provide contradictory information about theine content in tea and the web d...

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025

Anhui, its capital and its teas
Anhui, its capital and its teas HefeiApril 1, 2015Yesterday I took a high speed train to Hefei, the capital of the Anhui province, located about 500 km west of Shanghai.A calm and laid-back city until just few years ago, Hefei trans...

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025

Oolong Tea
Oolong Tea Whether passionate tea drinker or not: almost everybody has come across green, black and maybe even white tea at some point. Oolong teas, however, often seem like quite a mystery to the unacquainted p...

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025

How Amanda Enjoys Her Tea
How Amanda Enjoys Her Tea It is probably no surprise when I say my day starts and ends with tea, from the moment I groggily shuffle from the bedroom to my tea room til I shuffle back again, my kettle is on and tea is flowing....

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025

Tea review: Bai Ya Qi Lan – White bud orchid
Tea review: Bai Ya Qi Lan – White bud orchid Fujian province is one of the main tea production areas of China. The north of the province is the cradle of the most famous Chinese white teas (Yin Zhen, Bai Mu Dan , of the outstanding Minhong Gongf...

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025

Biluochun, Ganlu: curly green teas
Biluochun, Ganlu: curly green teas Green teas are manufactured in different leaf shapes; flat (Long Jing , large and open (Lu'an Gua Pian , straight and slender (Anji Bai Cha as well as crimped into a curly shape like the teas we are...

Tea News · Apr 30, 2025