Both Tea and Medicine: Enumerating the Lesser-Known Wonderful Uses of Anxi Tieguanyin
Anxi Tieguanyin, one of China's top ten famous teas, is renowned worldwide. While many enjoy drinking it, few are aware of its versatile medicinal applications beyond being a premium beverage. This article reveals several lesser-known practical uses of Tieguanyin, demonstrating its dual role as both...
Tea News · Oct 05, 2025
99% of People Actually Don't Know 'How Much Tea Should I Use?'
For beginners learning to brew tea, determining the right amount of tea leaves is a common challenge. Is it the same for all teas, or does it vary? While experience is the best teacher, this guide offers foundational knowledge. A common tea-to-water ratio is 1:50 (1 gram of tea per 50 ml of water ,...
Tea News · Oct 05, 2025
Tea, How to Drink It for Good Health, Not Harm!
Traditional Chinese Medicine believes different teas possess distinct properties - some cooling, some warming. Drinking tea beneficially requires selecting varieties matching your constitution. This article explains how to identify your body type and choose suitable teas while avoiding common pitfal...
Tea News · Oct 05, 2025
The Essence of Anxi Tieguanyin
This year's spring tea harvest shows a significant shift in Tieguanyin's flavor profile - moving away from blind pursuit of color toward greater emphasis on taste. While light fermentation styles dominated the market around 2000, the industry is now witnessing a return to traditional processing meth...
Tea News · Oct 04, 2025
Have You Ever Seen Such Da Hong Pao?
Da Hong Pao is a shrub-type plant that can grow up to 2 meters tall. It has dense branches with grayish trunks and often hosts symbiotic green moss. Its elliptical leaves are 6-7 cm long with serrated edges and thick, glossy texture. The plant blooms white flowers from November to January. What dist...
Tea News · Oct 04, 2025
Does Drinking More Tea Cause Cancer or Prevent Cancer?
Tea contains numerous nutrients, though its health contributions are limited due to small daily consumption and low water solubility of many compounds. Tea polyphenols, including catechins, flavonoids, and anthocyanins, possess antioxidant, anti-aging, and potential anti-tumor properties. Animal and...
Tea News · Oct 04, 2025
Four Wonderful Uses of Tea-Infused Rice
Tea-infused rice is a traditional Chinese cooking method with significant health benefits. Research shows that cooking rice with tea can help prevent cardiovascular diseases by softening blood vessels and lowering lipid levels. The tea polyphenols can block the formation of carcinogenic nitrosamines...
Tea News · Oct 04, 2025
【Tea Knowledge】Tasting Dark Tea: Learning to 'Observe the Color of Tea'
Tasting dark tea requires a comprehensive approach beyond quick judgments. The process involves four key aspects: observing the color of the tea soup and the shape of leaves after brewing, where the tea reverts to its natural state with deepening, crystal-clear liquor; smelling the aroma to identify...
Tea News · Oct 03, 2025
What Tea Can Lower Blood Sugar? Recommend Coarse Tea and Tartary Buckwheat Tea
Chinese culture has long embraced tea drinking, especially with the popularity of health-preserving teas. While tea is known for refreshing and anti-aging effects, it can also help lower blood sugar. Recommended options include coarse tea and Tartary buckwheat tea. Tartary buckwheat tea aids in wide...
Tea News · Oct 02, 2025
White Tip Silver Needle, The Tea with the Most Primordial Life Essence
White Tip Silver Needle, abbreviated as Silver Needle or Baihao, is a traditional Han Chinese famous tea belonging to the white tea category. It is renowned as the 'Beauty' and 'King' of teas. Created by Han tea farmers in Fujian Province in 1889, it is produced in Fuding City and Zhenghe County, Na...
Tea News · Oct 02, 2025