Exploring Taiwan’s Tea Mountains: A Guide to the Island’s Finest Growing Regions: if you’ve got a few days to spare after touching down in Taipei, Consider a…
Exploring Taiwan’s Tea Mountains
Category: Tea Study
How to Brew Pu-erh Tea Like a Master
A ‘Gong Fu’ Guide for Puerh from The Tea Guru There’s something quiet extraordinary about brewing Pu-erh tea. Especially the raw, aged varieties that unfold slowly, steep…
The Art of the Session: Creating a Gong Fu Tea Ritual at Home
In a world that rarely slows down, Gong Fu Cha offers something radical: time. Not just the minutes it takes to brew tea—but time to pause, observe,…
Blending Tea
With the upcoming release of our FIRST EVER blended Ripe Puerh Tea cake I thought it would be a nice idea to share my thoughts on blending,…
About Puerh Tea
I’ve noticed a few questions going around on the internet about this fantastic tea and this blog is here to answer them! Before we do, let’s quickly…
Taiwanese Tea Deep Dive!
In this blog we will guide you through a brief history of tea in Taiwan and take a look at the different types of Taiwanese tea available…
The History Of Raw Puerh Tea
Ancient Roots: Raw Pu Erh tea (AKA Sheng), make no mistake, this is an ancient tea, in fact the cultivars from Yunnan were the 1st to have…
The Foundations Of Tea Tasting:
Here I will share the foundations of how to assess your tea. In most cases a GREAT tea will be either extremely balanced or (even better), being…
How To Evaluate Your Gushu Tea
Before I go into the intricacies of evaluating gushu and what makes the material better than lesser aged trees let me start by passing some wisdom I…
Yancha Tea Focus
Ok, Let’s discover Yancha! The most famous of all Chinese oolong teas! What is a Yancha oolong (wu long)? Yancha tea, also known as Rock Tea, is…
Tie Guan Yin Oolong Focus:
Tie Guan Yin (鐵觀音 , Tieguanyin , Iron Goddess Of Mercy) Oolong is renown these days for its super fresh green taste, although this style of processing isn’t traditional at…
Dancong Oolong Tea Focus
Dancong oolong (单枞), with its rich history and diverse flavors, has captivated the hearts of tea heads around the world. Among the myriad of tea varieties, Dancong…
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