Tea Pleasure - Cha Qu 茶趣

Zen Tea

2011-07-16T13:54:00.000-07:00

It finally arrived! A big shipment of tea from my brother, including the type of green tea produced in my village, so that when I opened the package, my entire apartment smelled like my home town. What a sweet feeling! But the most special thing he sent might be the tea from a temple close to my home, which is produced in only extremely limited quantities and only locally

How to store your puerh tea

2011-03-01T23:22:00.000-08:00

I was so excited! One of my friends invited me to taste a puerh tea produced in the 1980s. The cake had just arrived from China, and in a week we would meet to share it together. This week seemed neverending. When the date we set finally arrived, I raced to his place for a taste of something genuinely special. After eagerly opening the paper wrapper, I noticed some white spots spread unevenly

How to identify the differences between raw puerh and cooked puerh

2011-01-28T16:13:00.000-08:00

It makes me very glad to meet more and more people in the USA who enjoy drinking ripe/cooked (shu 熟) puerh. However, it seems to me that many people still fail to appreciate the depth and value of raw/uncooked (sheng 生) puerh. Moreover, many people are unable to distinguish cooked and raw puer. This confusion has prompted me to write about the differences between these two teas. Raw puerh is also

2011 Spring Harvest Tea Tour to China

2010-12-01T00:01:00.000-08:00

Nov 28, 2010 10 Freshly picked green tea leaves Longjing Xia Ren (龙井虾仁), or shrimp with Longjing tea - a local delicacy from Hangzhou Understanding tea needs experience. Little by little, as we learn more about tea, all of us also learn how much more we don't know. Tea is deeper, broader and more diverse than any one lifetime. It's an

Daily Itinerary of 2011 Spring Tea Tour to China

2010-11-30T15:45:00.000-08:00

The Special taste and aroma of fresh Chinese tea… A fascinating and sensual experience in the motherland of tea – China The 2011 Spring Tea Harvest Tour is specially designed for tea lovers, tea explorers and people who simply want to release their stress and discover Chinese culture. Daily Itinerary Day 1: After a long flight, we will relax in an historical area of tea farms in Dongting,

Green Tea: Production Process

2010-08-06T10:08:00.000-07:00

Baby tea buds and leaves on the tea bush Machine-picking hand-picking Fresh budsets after picking Machine production (1) Machine production (2) pan-firing Firing and shaping the tea leaves by hand Longjing (Dragon Well) tea ready to drink Would you like a cup? To be able to appreciate the aroma and flavor of tea from little sips is a great pleasure; to understand a little of the art of tea

Worldwide Pronounciations Of Tea

2010-07-24T17:11:00.001-07:00