Expired Tea Can Actually Be Used to Dye Hair? And It's Non-Toxic
Did you know that expired tea leaves, which are no longer suitable for drinking, have multiple practical uses around the house? Instead of throwing them away, you can repurpose them in various ways. Expired tea can effectively absorb odors in the refrigerator or on your hands. The tea liquid can rem...
Tea News · Sep 13, 2025
Six Types of Tea, Each with Its Own Merits
Tea is one of the seven daily necessities in Chinese culture, alongside firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, and vinegar. It is categorized into six types based on processing techniques: white, green, black, dark, yellow, and oolong tea. Each variety offers unique health benefits. Green tea helps reduc...
Tea News · Sep 12, 2025
The autumn wind is bleak, can green tea still be drunk?
As cold autumn winds blow, many wonder if drinking green tea, often perceived as a 'cooling' beverage, is suitable for the season. The article compares green tea to a cold salad—meant to be enjoyed fresh. It explains that while green tea is typically made from tender spring leaves and prized for its...
Tea News · Sep 11, 2025
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