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Blog 98: Visible Caffeine on Tea Leaves?

There are few teas have white tea leaves. In fact, among all major teas, only white tea has white leaves. White tea’s white color doesn’t...

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Blog 97: The Naming of Tea Mountain Fields (Wuyi Oolong/Yancha)

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Blog 97: The Naming of Tea Mountain Fields (Wuyi Oolong/Yancha)

The naming of premium teas often carries the name of the tea-producing region. For example, the famous Wuyi oolong tea (or Yancha/武夷岩茶)...

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Blog 96: Why Do Some Oolong Taste Like Green Tea?

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Blog 96: Why Do Some Oolong Taste Like Green Tea?

The most common OOLONG question is whether it is a green tea or a black tea. Actually, oolong tea is neither. Oolong is an independent...

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Blog 95: Can You Tell An Oolong’s Quality From Its Dry Leaves?

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Blog 95: Can You Tell An Oolong’s Quality From Its Dry Leaves?

Oolong tea leaves, especially Wuyi oolong (Yancha/岩茶), are the most distinguishable among all tea categories. Oolong tea leaves are...

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Blog 94: Signs Your Tea Is “Fading Away”

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Blog 94: Signs Your Tea Is “Fading Away”

Most tea products come in a dry-leaf state. This makes an illusion that tea products are “non-perishable” goods that can be stored...

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Blog 93: Good Teas Do Not Fear Boiling Water

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Blog 93: Good Teas Do Not Fear Boiling Water

Tea is nothing without water. If we have to rank the importance of a perfect tea experience, the quality of water is definitely on a par...

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Blog 92: Happy Chinese New Year (and Thank you)

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Blog 92: Happy Chinese New Year (and Thank you)

Happy new year! Year of the pig! To us, today is probably the biggest holiday of the year. Since spring last year, we’ve been updating...

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Blog 91: Is Yellowish Leaf in Oolong Tea Normal?

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Blog 91: Is Yellowish Leaf in Oolong Tea Normal?

Most teas are named after colors. Even oolong tea (Chinese: 乌龙, which doesn’t mean anything in English) has the color “black/dark” in...

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Blog 90: Why Shou Mei is A Great Introduction to White Tea

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Blog 90: Why Shou Mei is A Great Introduction to White Tea

Hundreds/thousands of years ago, tea leaves were ground into powders or compressed into bricks for easier shipping. Tea merchants, who...

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Blog 89: Control the Caffeine Level in Tea

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Blog 89: Control the Caffeine Level in Tea

Many of our first-time tea customers are regular coffee drinkers. Naturally, we get a lot questions about the caffeine level in tea...

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Blog 88: Understand “Yan Yun/岩韵”

If you like Wuyi oolong (Yancha/岩茶), you must have heard Wuyi oolong’s “Yan Yun” (Chinese: 岩韵). Tea leaves are tangible, but “Yan Yun”...

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Blog 87: How to Differentiate Tea from Spring and Winter Harvests

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Blog 87: How to Differentiate Tea from Spring and Winter Harvests

In our last tea blog, we discussed the real differences between spring and winter harvests (please click here for Blog 86). Today, let’s...

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Blog 86: The Real Difference Between Spring and Winter Harvest

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Blog 86: The Real Difference Between Spring and Winter Harvest

As we all know, the price of a product is determined by the balance of supply and demand. Given a fixed demand, more the supply, lower...

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Blog 85: Door Threshold and White Tea Withering

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Blog 85: Door Threshold and White Tea Withering

I have to admit that the title is quite odd. How can white tea withering have anything to do with a door threshold? If you’ve visited...

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Blog 84: A Detailed Study of Rou Gui’s Cinnamonic Scent

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Blog 84: A Detailed Study of Rou Gui’s Cinnamonic Scent

If you ask a tea maker to choose “the king of oolong”, Rou Gui is probably the most popular choice of all. Rou Gui, or 肉桂 in Chinese, is...

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Blog 83: Understanding the Tea-Making Term “Waterway”

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Blog 83: Understanding the Tea-Making Term “Waterway”

Waterway is the literal translation of 水路 (Chinese pronunciation: shuǐ lù). In both English and Chinese, it means a river, canal or other...

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Blog 82: What Does Snow/Coldness Do To Our Tea Plants?

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Blog 82: What Does Snow/Coldness Do To Our Tea Plants?

On last day of 2018, we’d like to thank you for your continued interest in this tea blog. We started this blog earlier this year and have...

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Blog 81: Similarities That All Good Teas Share

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Blog 81: Similarities That All Good Teas Share

To tea makers, all teas begin as fresh leaves. Depending on where these fresh leaves grow and how they are processed, we have many kinds...

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Blog 80: Why The Size of Teaware Matters

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Blog 80: Why The Size of Teaware Matters

Tea and wine often share a lot similarities. To a true wine expert, different wines need different wine glasses. For example, there are...

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Blog 79: Why Does Your Tea Taste “Numb/Dry”? (Part II)

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Blog 79: Why Does Your Tea Taste “Numb/Dry”? (Part II)

In our last blog, we discussed one of the reasons why a tea might taste “numb/dry”. (see Blog 78 here if you haven’t checked it out.)...

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