What about chewing tea leaves?
While drinking tea is common, consuming the leaves directly is also practiced in some cultures. Chewing and eating tea leaves allows for the intake of both water-soluble nutrients, like catechins and vitamin C, and fat-soluble ones, such as vitamin E, carotenoids, and dietary fiber, which remain in...
Tea News · Sep 04, 2025
Characteristics of Pu-erh Tea
Pu-erh tea, an ancient tea variety originating from the deep mountains of Yunnan, has gained increasing popularity among modern tea enthusiasts, collectors, and health-conscious individuals. It is renowned for its unique qualities, including its origin in the pristine, pollution-free Lancang River b...
Tea News · Sep 02, 2025
Can You Stir the Tea Leaves When Brewing Pu-erh Tea?
When brewing Pu-erh tea, it is generally advised not to stir the tea leaves after several infusions. Although one might think that turning the leaves could make the tea more durable, in reality, stirring the leaves affects the quality of the tea soup. It can cause the tea soup to become turbid and i...
Tea News · Aug 30, 2025
Hazy Days: Please Drink More Tea
During severe haze conditions where air pollution is unavoidable, drinking specific teas can help mitigate the harmful effects. This article introduces ten tea recipes suitable for hazy days, based on Traditional Chinese Medicine principles. These teas, such as Tangerine Peel Tea, Radish Tea, and Sc...
Tea News · Aug 28, 2025
Pu-erh Tea Not Brewing Well? Perhaps You Should Store It for Half a Year First
When trying Pu-erh tea, assessing its taste, aroma, and brewing resistance is crucial for selection. Some tea enthusiasts find new teas fragrant and tasty but lacking in durability. This often occurs after the tea is compressed into cakes due to high-temperature steam processing, which increases moi...
Tea News · Aug 26, 2025
The Health Benefits of Drinking These Four Types of Tea in Winter Are Quite Different
During the cold winter, drinking a cup of hot tea not only helps to keep warm but also offers health benefits. However, choosing the right tea for winter is important. Different types of tea have varying health benefits, and the optimal time to drink them also differs. For example, flower tea can he...
Tea News · Aug 25, 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
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
Why does ripe Pu-erh tea taste better after being stored for several years?
Ripe Pu-erh tea, made from Yunnan large-leaf sun-dried green tea, undergoes processing and fermentation. While new ripe Pu-erh can be slightly astringent, storing it for several years allows complex chemical reactions with the air to occur. This aging process reduces the initial fermentation 'pile'...
Tea News · Aug 23, 2025