Why Do Lips and Tongue Feel Numb After Drinking Rock Tea?
Drinking Rock Tea (Yan Cha may cause temporary numbness in the lips and tongue due to its unique processing method involving roasting. The roasted tea leaves produce a thick, heavy liquor that creates a distinct thickening sensation on the tongue. Specific varieties like Rou Gui can intensify this...
Tea News · Oct 07, 2025
The "Essential Guide" to Tea Tasting: Appreciating the Liquor Color
Appreciating the liquor color is a crucial step in tea tasting, forming part of the four-step process that also includes smelling the aroma, tasting the flavor, and examining the brewed leaves. The color of the tea soup must be observed promptly after brewing because tea polyphenols oxidize quickly...
Tea News · Oct 02, 2025
【Tea Learning】How to Taste Anxi Tieguanyin
Anxi Tieguanyin is a premium oolong tea known for its unique orchid and osmanthus fragrance, as well as its rich, mellow taste with a hint of natural ginseng wine. The tea leaves are tightly rolled, heavy like iron, with a bluish-brown color and sandy green spots. When brewed, it produces a clear, g...
Tea News · Sep 15, 2025
What to Do If You Can See but Can't Describe the Color of Tea Soup?
The most critical step in tea tasting is to open the soup and appreciate it, which involves brewing the tea first and then evaluating it. The general procedure for appreciation is: appreciate the soup color - smell the aroma - taste the flavor - evaluate the leaves. 'Appreciating the soup color' is...
Tea News · Aug 26, 2025