Taiwan has gained significant recognition in the world of tea for its expertise in the storage and aging of Puerh tea cakes. Puerh tea, renowned for its…
The Art of Taiwanese Storage: Preserving the Essence of Puerh Tea Cakes
Don’t Throw Away Your Black Tea
Lumbered with a pile of Black teas in the cupboard that isn’t quite your bag? Don’t chuck it, hold on to it, you might really enjoy it…
All About Aged White Tea
Aged White teas can be awesome flavour bombs, a worthy part of any veterans collection. Let’s learn more about the taste, how to store and how to…
7 Types Of Chinese Tea
On the start of your tea journey and slightly baffled by all the amazing tea available? This is a rough guide to the 7 types of Chinese…
Dayi: The end of an era
Dayi (Menghai Tea Factory) has a long and famous history in Puerh. It’s home to the most sought after cake for investors (7542). There’s a wholesaler…
Discovering Yellow Tea
Yellow tea (黄茶) is quite a rarity. I remember seeing it listed as a tea genre but you just don’t see much of it around. I really…
Vetiver
Fascination with vetiver essential oil I love Vetiver for a few reasons. Firstly its an oil that like oud, patchouli and rose ages well with interesting characteristics…
What Is Oud
Hello! So you’ve been wondering what this Oud oil is huh?? why is it so pricey, what does it smell like? All will be told here dear…
How to spot a fake?
Fake old sheng? Fakery follows all luxury goods in some respect or another. Unfortunately the tea world is not an exception to this. Have you been lurking…
Just as we thought we were out of the woods!
Tea lovers may have noticed that our regular spring offerings haven’t materialised in the store yet and there is a pretty good excuse. By now we would…
The Purist And The ‘M16’
The purist & the M16 Since I first ventured into tea Back in 2014 I’ve always had a minimalist approach to what I enjoy and what I…
Agarwood Tea
Agarwood Tea Agarwood tea, this is not camellia sinensis (tea as we know it) The dry leaf looks pretty dodgy, Mrs G said ‘’Are you sure…