Chen Xueying from China, owner of Wuyi-rock tea, does extensive tea tests to make sure her teas are of the best quality for clients. “I will start drinking tea after lunch, and around 4-5 pm I will start testing the tea, since my taste is then at its most sensitive.” What is the story behind
Nicole Wilson loves to drink tea and share her knowledge with the rest of the world on the passionate tea blog Tea For Me Please. We asked her about the importance of pouring hot water onto the tea leaves. “Some people like to pour water on the sides of the
Rooibos, or ‘red bush’, tea is a herbal tea made from the rooibos plant (Aspalathus linearis) that exclusively grows in the dry, mountainous region of Cederberg in Western Cape, South Africa. Although the beverage has been around for a long time it has only risen to world-wide popularity in recent
In the most South-Western part of China, the mountainous Yunnan province bordering Myanmar and Laos, there are wild tea trees (Camellia Taliensis) that have stood there for thousands of years. As early as the Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE) these trees, or more specifically their leaves, have been
It might sound like something out of a movie, but in 1866 five of the best clipper ships of its age set sail from China on an almost 16.000 mile race around the world to see who would be the first to reach London with the first tea of the
When we think of Japanese tea culture we often think of high quality green tea in the form of Sencha, Matcha or for the connoisseur, even Gyokuru. However, before Sencha became the most popular tea in Japan during the Edo period in the 18th century, everyone in Japan was drinking
Bente from Tanzanian Kilimanjaro Specialty Tea shares her tea stories with us on a regular basis. Because her tea garden is a small one, she is always on the lookout for more space. “Two years back, we had bought tea from the Usambara Mountains, but had to stop, as the
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