Don't Drink Expired Tea, Do You Know the Shelf Life of Various Tea Types?
Unlike supermarket products, loose-leaf tea from specialty shops often lacks a printed expiration date. However, all teas have a shelf life. Green tea, being unfermented, has the shortest lifespan—about one year at room temperature or 18 months if refrigerated. Fully fermented black tea can last ove...
Tea News · Sep 10, 2025
Good Tea Knows the Season, Its Fragrance Deepens in Autumn. How to Preserve Autumn Tea, I'll Teach You
Tea is a product of the seasons and terroir. Autumn tea, harvested between the Minor Heat and Cold Dew solar terms, is highly praised for its intense aroma, with Tieguanyin being its most famous representative due to the 'Spring Water, Autumn Fragrance' characteristic. It offers a mellow taste and a...
Tea News · Sep 10, 2025
Does mixing tea make one easily intoxicated like mixing alcohol?
Novice tea enthusiasts often sample various teas like green, white, black, oolong, and Pu-erh in a short period, leading to concerns about mixing different types in the body. Unlike alcohol, where mixing beers, wines, and spirits can cause intoxication due to different fermentation ingredients and p...
Tea News · Sep 10, 2025
Red, Black, Yellow, Green, White Tea: Why is Oolong Tea the Odd One Out?
Chinese tea is categorized into six major types based on processing methods: green, black, dark, yellow, white, and oolong tea. Interestingly, oolong tea is often excluded from the 'color-based' naming convention (red, black, yellow, green, white , which stems from its unique origin story. The term...
Tea News · Sep 09, 2025
What is 'Dian Green Pu-erh'? What is its relationship with raw Pu-erh tea?
'Dian Green Pu-erh' refers to a type of 'Pu-erh tea' that is actually compressed using Yunnan green tea. It features an orange-yellow liquor and rapidly changing exterior and leaf base colors, making it easy to pass off as an eight or nine-year-old raw Pu-erh. This tea has a bitter base, noticeable...
Tea News · Sep 08, 2025
Is Fermented Tea Better or Non-Fermented Tea Better?
Tea can be categorized into fermented and non-fermented types. Fermented tea undergoes a fermentation process during production and offers benefits such as regulating blood lipids, aiding digestion, and warming the stomach. Non-fermented tea, primarily green tea, retains more natural compounds from...
Tea News · Sep 07, 2025
Who Says Drinking Tea Makes You Sleep Poorly? You're Just Drinking the Wrong Tea
Contrary to popular belief that tea disrupts sleep due to its caffeine content, it also contains theanine, an amino acid that promotes sleep. Studies show that consuming 200mg of theanine about an hour before bedtime can improve sleep quality by activating inhibitory nerves in the brain, reducing ni...
Tea News · Sep 06, 2025
Smokers, You Should Drink More Tea to Detoxify from Smoke
For smokers who find it difficult to quit, drinking tea can help mitigate the harms of smoking. Tea contains compounds like tea polyphenols and vitamin C, which can degrade harmful substances in cigarettes. Regular tea consumption offers four main benefits: reducing the risk of smoking-induced cance...
Tea News · Sep 06, 2025
Should the First Infusion of Tea Be Drunk or Not?
The practice of discarding the first infusion of tea, often called 'washing tea,' is common but lacks strong scientific basis. Reasons include removing pesticide residues, dust, or improving taste, but hot water is ineffective at removing most脂溶性 pesticides, and modern tea farming minimizes harmful...
Tea News · Sep 03, 2025
Waiter, a bowl of tea-soaked rice please
Tea-soaked rice, a dish with a long history documented as far back as the Six Dynasties period, is famously mentioned in 'Dream of the Red Chamber' where Jia Baoyu eagerly consumes it. While its taste is subjective, it offers versatile flavors by combining tea broth with various ingredients like fre...
Tea News · Aug 30, 2025