Pu-erh tea is a microbial fermented tea, hailing from the high mountains of the Yunnan Province, China. It is usually made from the leaves of ancient tea trees and sold in the form of cakes and other compressed shapes. However, what truly sets Pu’erh tea apart is that through its specific fermentation and aging process the tea continues to
High up in the Wuyi mountains in the Fujian province of China, on a steep cliff, there grows an Oolong tea that is so precious and rare that in 2002 it fetched a price that was 30 times more than the price of gold. To put this into perspective, during
While tea aficionados swear by the superior quality and taste of tea made from loose tea leaves, the fact of the matter is that the vast majority of tea-drinkers in the West simply use tea bags for their cups of tea. So does it really matter that much? To get
Chaminda Jayawardana from Lumbini Tea Valley Ceylon, who specializes in manufacturing tea in the Ruhuna region of Sri Lanka, foresees a crisis due to the ban on inorganic fertilizer by the government. ” We applaud this very good decision, but we want it to be introduced gradually, not this immediate measure.”
Japan is known for its prowess when it comes to green tea, in particular the brightly colored and powdery Matcha and the exceedingly popular infused taste of Sencha. Yet there is another green tea that originated in Japan that is oftentimes overlooked and now rising in popularity: the nutty, toasty
While the Darjeeling and Assam regions in India enjoy a great deal of recognition and prestige for their tea cultivating prowess, there is a third region within India that produces tea of equal quality yet is far less known to the common tea drinker: The Blue Maintains of Nilgiri. HistoryThe
Sara Shacket lives in Brooklyn and runs the wonderful blog Tea Happiness. The writer, blogger and tea consultant fills us in on how her own tea plants are developing. “I haven’t tried making tea from the leaves yet. The plants are still too young for plucking!” When did you start
