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Brought to you by a group of tea lovers in Yunnan, China. You can find answers to your tea related questions here...

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  • Emerald Green Tea – a new star from GuiZhou

    Posted on Friday July 24th, 2009 at 20:31 in green tea, guizhou

    Although little known outside China, GuiZhou has long been the home of many famous Chinese teas such as DuYun Mao Jiao, GuiDing Yun Wu (Mist and Cloud). GuiZhou is the only low altitude, high elevation, low sunshine tea region in China. These unique ...

  • Zi Sha Tea Pet

    Posted on Thursday July 9th, 2009 at 18:49 in zi sha, purple clay

    If you do a tea tasting at your local tea shop, you may notice your host pouring teas over little Zi Sha displays while he/she serving you teas. Those little Zi Sha displays are called Tea Pet. Funny, right? Like the name suggests, tea pets are for y...

  • Taiwan Oolong – the Names and Types

    Posted on Wednesday July 8th, 2009 at 10:17 in taiwan, oolong tea, oolong, high mountain, dong ding

    I was at a Taiwan Oolong tasting last week. The host was very kind and showed us quite a few Oolong from Taiwan. “Four Season”, “Jin Xuan”, “Alishan”, she called out the tea names while pour the teas. Not before long, I could tell people ...

  • Oriental Beuaty Production May Be Impacted By Weather

    Posted on Friday June 12th, 2009 at 11:48 in oolong tea, oolong

    Recent news from XinZhu, the production region of Oriental Beauty, a highly fermented Oolong from Taiwan, suggested possible decrease in this year’s production. High temperature and lack of rain are all contributing factors to this year’s low pro...

  • Making Tie Guan Yin Cold Brewed Iced Tea

    Posted on Saturday June 6th, 2009 at 21:26 in oolong tea, iced tea, oolong, ti kwan yin, tie guan yin

    Another hot day today! I decided to make some iced tea for the hot day. I was in a mood for Tie Guan Yin and wanted something very simple. 5 minutes + 3 hr wait later, I am drinking my cold brewed Tie Guan Yin iced tea. Here is how I did it:Step 1: ...

  • Reading Long Jing Tea Leaves

    Posted on Monday June 1st, 2009 at 20:45 in dragon well, long jing, zhu ye qing, wu niu zao

    A friend of mine showed me a photo of Long Jing he found on the internet the other day. After carefully examining the photo, we both agreed that it was a faked Long Jing. The so called Long Jing was actually made from Zhu Ye Qing of Si Chuan. We pos...

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This blog is currently rated a 4.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Ashiro

4 stars Doug Bromley

Lots of very good specialist info about some unusual China teas.

Posted: September 9th, 2008 | More Reviews From Ashiro | Report This Comment

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