How to Master the Water Temperature for Brewing Tea
The water temperature for brewing tea is categorized as tender, medium, and old. Water just before boiling is called 'tender soup'; when bubbles start rising from all sides, it's 'medium soup'; and when it's rolling with waves, it's 'old soup'. Brewing tea with 'medium soup' (about 80-85°C is ideal...
Tea News · Dec 19, 2025
Fu Tea, the Tea of Good Fortune
Fu Tea, a fully fermented dark tea, is known as the 'medicine for ten thousand diseases' in ancient times. Modern research confirms its efficacy against contemporary ailments like hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes, largely due to its unique microbial component, Eurotium cristatum. Tradition...
Tea News · Dec 08, 2025
The Production Process of China's Six Major Tea Categories
This article introduces the fundamental production processes that distinguish China's six major tea categories. It explains key procedures such as withering, which allows oxidation through catechins and enzymes; fixation (kill-green , which halts fermentation by deactivating enzymes; rolling, which...
Tea News · Dec 06, 2025
Nine Essential Tips for Drinking Tea
This article outlines nine fundamental guidelines for tea consumption. It covers optimal brewing times, explaining that most teas should be steeped 3 times maximum, with nutrients largely extracted in the first infusion. Seasonal tea drinking recommendations are provided: flower tea in spring, green...
Tea News · Dec 01, 2025
China is the Hometown of Tea: What are the Shapes of Tea Leaves?
China, the birthplace of tea, boasts a profound tea culture with diverse tea categories and numerous famous, high-quality varieties. Tea leaves exhibit a remarkable array of shapes, each with elegant and distinctive names. These shapes include long strips, tightly curled strips, flat and straight ne...
Tea News · Dec 01, 2025
Basic Tea Knowledge (Questions 11-20)
This article covers fundamental tea knowledge from questions 11 to 20, explaining how to identify spring tea, reasons for tea aging, why new tea tastes better than old tea (excluding Pu'er , and why tea is prone to moisture absorption. It details the optimal moisture content and temperature for tea...
Tea News · Nov 30, 2025
100 Questions and Answers on Chinese Tea Knowledge (Questions 61-80)
This section covers questions 61 to 80 about Chinese tea knowledge, focusing primarily on black teas and oolong teas. It details the grading and characteristics of Keemun black tea, its award history, and other famous Chinese black teas. For oolong tea, it explains the definition, classification int...
Tea News · Nov 28, 2025
Don't Throw Away Overnight Tea, Here Are Uses You Didn't Know
Overnight tea has numerous surprising uses beyond drinking. It can be repurposed to make flavorful tea eggs, create refreshing pillow stuffing, or act as a natural mosquito repellent when dried and burned. Used tea leaves also serve as excellent plant fertilizer, provide relief for foot fungus when...
Tea News · Nov 18, 2025
Tea Knowledge Tips
This article covers various aspects of tea knowledge, including brewing techniques for aged tea, characteristics of China's northern tea regions, tea tree varieties, and the processing of different tea types. It explains how to properly brew aged tea by adjusting water temperature and steeping time...
Tea News · Nov 17, 2025
The Benefits of Tea
Tea is one of the world's three major beverages, known as the 'Emperor of Eastern Beverages'. Analysis shows that tea contains over 400 components including caffeine, tannin, tea polyphenols, proteins, carbohydrates, free amino acids, chlorophyll, carotene, essential oils, enzymes, and various vitam...
Tea News · Nov 15, 2025