Once in a while, we come across this theory: black tea cannot be infused with boiling temperature water because leaves can get burned and...

Our customers would know that almost all of our tea products are packaged in a smaller bag size. For oolong tea, one bag is about 7g to...

We’ve reopened! If you’ve purchased our eGift Cards, don’t forget to redeem them at our Dupont tea store! Both indoor and patio seating...

In case you haven’t noticed, most tea categories are named after colors. The most famous ones are green tea, black tea, and white tea....

In Mr. Yu Lu’s The Classic of Tea/茶经, he used the word “Juan Yong/隽永” to describe the taste of the first boiling of the tea soup. In...

Hi Tea Lovers, Yes, we’re still temporarily closed due to DC’s COVID-19 stay-at-home order, which just got extended to June 8th, 2020....

The aroma is a crucial quality criterion. This is why tea makers always say that “with aromas, a flower becomes alive; with aromas, a tea...

First of all, I’d like to thank everyone who’s been following this blog and our Dupont Circle tea store. We’re now open at 2101 P St NW,...

Today marks a new chapter for Valley Brook Tea. Our first DC tea store located at 2101 P St NW officially started its construction. If...

On classic Chinese tea books, many authors refer “tea-drinking” as “eating tea/吃茶”. This expression is still occasionally used today. By...

A white tea’s taste can be quite versatile depending on the variety, the age, and the growing environment. Typically, a good white tea...

Today is China’s mid-autumn festival. We wish you and your family a perfect life just like the roundest moon on mid-autumn day....

What’s the ultimate definition of a good Wuyi oolong? We’ll never get a perfect answer for an open-ended question like this. For example,...

Experienced tea drinkers would know that infused Wuyi oolong leaves often have many “bubble-like” humps. This phenomenon is more visible...

If you study Chinese herbal medicine, you’d notice that a lot medicines have very poetic names. For example, “Arum” in Chinese is...

To be fair, tea-making is perfected by time. Tea-making has a history of over thousands of years, and many tea-making techniques were...

Sometimes, we get questions from our customers about tea table manners. Many tea drinkers want to learn more tea-related manners so that...

A few days ago, I had some tea with a couple friends. One of my friends, let’s call him H, said that he’s always a little afraid of hot...

In our previous tea blogs, we’ve talked about many common mistakes in tea-drinking. Since there’re so many details to cover, we’d like to...

Recently, we encountered an interesting incident. One of our long-time client in Maryland called us and complained that all her black tea...