How to Buy Tea
Buying quality tea requires evaluating five key aspects: tenderness, strip tightness, color, integrity and cleanliness. Tenderness refers to young buds with fine pekoe; strip tightness indicates well-processed leaves; color should be vibrant and consistent; whole leaves are preferable over broken pi...
Tea News · Nov 15, 2025
The Health Benefits of Tea for Humans
Tea offers numerous health benefits primarily due to its rich antioxidant components, such as catechins, theaflavins, and thearubigins (collectively known as tea polyphenols . These compounds effectively scavenge harmful free radicals in the body, helping to prevent diseases and slow aging. Tea also...
Tea News · Nov 15, 2025
Pu'er Tea Does Not Belong to Black Tea
The article argues that Pu'er tea should not be classified as black tea based on authoritative sources. While traditional black tea is made from coarse leaves of small-leaf tea varieties through processes like killing-green, rolling, pile-fermentation, and drying, Pu'er tea uses sun-dried large-leaf...
Tea News · Nov 15, 2025
Discussing the Efficacy, Functions, and Contraindications of White Tea
White tea, a specialty of Fujian province, is one of the six major tea categories. It is characterized by intact buds covered in fine hairs, a fresh and fragrant aroma, clear yellow-green liquor, and a light, sweet aftertaste. Its benefits include strong antioxidant properties (its catechins are 200...
Tea News · Nov 14, 2025
Classification of Black Tea
Black tea is a fully fermented tea with basic processing steps including withering, rolling (or cutting , fermentation, and drying. It is currently the most consumed tea category worldwide. According to the initial processing methods, Chinese black tea can be broadly classified into three main types...
Tea News · Nov 14, 2025
Components of Tieguanyin Tea
Tieguanyin tea contains over 450 organic chemical components and 40+ inorganic mineral elements. Its organic components like tea polyphenols, catechins, and amino acids significantly exceed those found in other teas. Key inorganic minerals including manganese, iron, fluorine, potassium, and sodium a...
Tea News · Nov 14, 2025
Zhejiang Famous Teas Among Modern Chinese Famous Teas
China boasts hundreds of modern famous teas, which can be categorized into three types based on their history: traditional famous teas with long-standing reputations like West Lake Longjing and Biluochun; revived historical teas that were lost and recreated, such as Jingting Lvxue; and newly created...
Tea News · Nov 14, 2025
Processing of Xinyang Maojian White Peony
Xinyang Maojian White Peony is a premium variety of Xinyang Maojian, one of China's top ten famous teas from Henan province. Known as the 'pride' of Xinyang Maojian, it features green leaves with silver-white hairs and buds resembling flowers. The processing involves only withering and baking withou...
Tea News · Nov 14, 2025
Methods to Distinguish Whether Pu-erh Tea is Oven-dried or Sun-dried
This article outlines four key methods to distinguish between oven-dried and sun-dried Pu-erh tea. By observing color, oven-dried green tea appears greener while sun-dried tea shows darker hues. In appearance, sun-dried tea cakes become tightly compressed over 3-5 years with darkening strands, where...
Tea News · Nov 14, 2025
Water suitable for tea must meet the criteria of 'clear, light, sweet, cool, and active' to be considered good water for brewing tea
The quality of water is crucial for brewing excellent tea. According to traditional Chinese tea culture, good tea water should meet five standards: clarity, lightness, sweetness, coolness, and activity. Clear water is free from impurities and sediment; light water contains fewer dissolved minerals t...
Tea News · Nov 14, 2025