Bagged Tea Is Best Brewed Only Once While Loose Tea Should Not Exceed 3 Brews
According to research from the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, bagged tea should ideally be brewed only once as 80-90% of its nutrients are released during the first 3-5 minute infusion. Loose leaf tea can be brewed up to three times - the first brew (5 minute...
Tea News · Nov 03, 2025
How to Buy Good Longjing Tea
Evaluating Longjing tea involves examining dry leaves for appearance, then assessing the brew's color, aroma, taste, and the infused leaves, along with determining its origin. Key criteria include the shape, color, and fuzziness of the dry leaves to distinguish between West Lake Longjing and Zhejian...
Tea News · Nov 03, 2025
DIY: How to Make Cold Brew Tea
Summer is the perfect season for iced tea. This guide demonstrates the simplest method to make cold brew tea using just loose leaf tea, room temperature water, and a jar or pitcher. The process requires no special equipment or pre-processed tea bags. Simply combine tea and water at a ratio of 1g tea...
Tea News · Nov 03, 2025
The Simpler, The More Complicated – About White Tea
White tea appears deceptively simple with its minimal processing and straightforward varieties, yet reveals remarkable complexity. Originating from specific regions like Fuding and Zhenghe in Fujian, it uses limited tea tree varieties. Its production involves natural withering and gentle baking, pre...
Tea News · Nov 02, 2025
Methods for Preserving Tea
Tea preservation remains a significant challenge worldwide, as no method exists for long-term freshness preservation - only prolonging its shelf life. The key principles involve protection from pressure, moisture, light, and odors, while maintaining密封. Optimal storage containers include tin cans, po...
Tea News · Nov 02, 2025
Drinking Dark Tea in Winter Has Good Health Effects
Dark tea, a post-fermented tea, offers numerous health benefits including quenching thirst, anti-radiation, cancer prevention, aiding sobriety, promoting digestion, weight loss, delaying aging, and reducing cholesterol. It enhances brain neural activity sensitivity and improves thinking ability. Dar...
Tea News · Nov 02, 2025
Tea Storage: Pu'er at Room Temperature, Longjing in Refrigerator
Tea leaves are highly susceptible to moisture and odors, requiring proper storage methods to preserve their flavor. Different types of tea require specific storage conditions: green teas like Longjing should be refrigerated to maintain freshness, while fermented teas like Pu'er are best stored at ro...
Tea News · Nov 02, 2025
Key Tips on How to Drink Tea to Relieve Summer Heat
During the scorching summer, tea becomes an excellent choice for cooling down. This article shares seven essential tips for drinking tea in summer to beat the heat. It introduces several tea recipes suitable for the season, such as sugar tea, ginger tea, chrysanthemum tea, and persimmon tea. These t...
Tea News · Nov 02, 2025
Choose Tea Carefully, Be a Healthy Tea Drinker
A cup of tea represents history and culture, integrating into local traditions to form a unique art that reveals profound meaning in subtle details. Tea enthusiasts focus not only on the variety and age of tea but also on whether drinking tea can bring health benefits. Different groups of people sho...
Tea News · Nov 02, 2025
Dark Tea and Health
Dark tea is one of China's six major tea categories with over 400 years of history. Unique to China, it's an essential beverage for ethnic minorities. Through a special 'pile fermentation' process, dark tea develops multiple enzymes that research shows can enhance insulin receptor binding capability...
Tea News · Nov 02, 2025