Can Dark Tea with Insects Still Be Drunk?
Many tea enthusiasts encounter small insects, often referred to as 'tea bugs,' in aged dark tea or Pu-erh tea. These insects are generally of two types: white 'paper insects' that feed on packaging paper and gray-black 'tea insects' that consume the tea leaves themselves. Paper insects, which create...
Tea News · Aug 24, 2025
Six Tips to Teach You How to Buy Pu'er Tea Correctly and Never Get Ripped Off Again!
Tea lovers often have a love-hate relationship with Pu'er tea. They adore its refreshing and unique aroma, deep red and rich tea soup, and its various health benefits like reducing fat and lowering blood pressure. However, the vast variety and different aging years make purchasing a headache, as buy...
Tea News · Aug 24, 2025
Nanming Jiaren Dong Yue: Why Is the Tea Soup You Brew So Turbid?
Dong Yue from Nanming Jiaren explains several reasons why brewed tea soup might appear turbid. Common causes include the natural state of newly made tea within the first few months, tightly compressed tea cakes or tuocha that break into fine particles during preparation, an abundance of fine hairs (...
Tea News · Aug 24, 2025
This is how to brew black tea for the best taste, save it
Black tea, named for its dark appearance, undergoes beneficial microbial and hydrothermal processes during production that enhance its health properties. Brewing with a Yixing purple clay teapot is highly recommended, as its unique porous structure retains the tea's aroma and heat without altering i...
Tea News · Aug 24, 2025
Top 5 Misunderstandings Chinese People Have About Drinking Tea: Are You Doing It Right?
As a traditional Chinese beverage, tea has been cherished for centuries. However, many drinkers fall into common misconceptions, such as believing expensive tea is always superior, that tea alone can lead to weight loss, or that it can cure all ailments. This article ranks the top five misunderstand...
Tea News · Aug 24, 2025
Regularly Drinking Tieguanyin – One of the Seven Folk Remedies for Eye Fatigue
Many office workers spend long hours in front of computers, which not only harms the skin but also easily causes dry and tired eyes. How to relieve this? Recently, many netizens have collected small folk remedies for moisturizing eyes. These remedies have varying effects. For example, applying a hot...
Tea News · Aug 24, 2025
How to Simply Distinguish the Quality of Pu-erh Tea?
Selecting Pu-erh tea involves assessing its type, age, and brand, with variations numbering in the thousands. Pu-erh is primarily divided into ripe (shou and raw (sheng types based on processing. Ripe Pu-erh is fully fermented and warm in nature, while raw Pu-erh is lightly fermented and initially...
Tea News · Aug 24, 2025
The Top Ten Weird and Wonderful Facts About Tea You Never Knew!
China, an ancient tea-producing nation, has a rich history of unique tea practices. This article explores ten bizarre and fascinating facts about tea. It covers the unusual harvesting method of 'Daughter Tea,' where young girls collect tea leaves by storing them in their clothing. It explains the mi...
Tea News · Aug 24, 2025
The Leaf Bottom, All the Secrets and Details of a Brew of Tea
The leaf bottom refers to the unfurled leaves of dried tea after being brewed with boiling water. It reveals the tea's true character, much like seeing someone without makeup. From the leaf bottom, one can discern the tea tree variety, the degree of roasting, the level of fermentation, the tendernes...
Tea News · Aug 23, 2025