Author Archives: Maxime Triveri

Genmaicha – Tea and Legends

One day a samurai, in the fifteenth century, while studying a plan of attack with [...]

Otsukimi and the myth of Kaguya-hime: The Full Autumn Moon

The legend tells of an old bamboo cutter who came across a shining bamboo stalk [...]

Japanese Tea Ceremony

The Japanese tea ceremony is a traditional ritual. It involves the choreographic preparation of matcha [...]

The Chinese Tea Ceremony

LA CERIMONIA DEL TÈ GONGFU CHA – 工夫茶 Gongfu Chá, also known as “工 gongfucha” [...]

Kori-Dashi Cha, the incredible Green Tea infused in ice

Green teas have many varieties and facets of taste, the most particular one is undoubtedly [...]

Chatting with Tea #7: Black Tea Tasting from Yunnan

Let's taste together a black tea from Yunnan (China) with Marco and Camilla from Tea [...]

Matcha Tea Truffles

As you know, matcha tea is a Japanese green tea with extraordinary antioxidant properties. It [...]

Chatting with Tea #8: Black Tea from Taiwan

Episode #8 of "Chatting with Tea": let's continue the journey to discover black tea. Today [...]

Milky Wu Long Tea

This legend tells of a very special Wu Long tea (Milky Wulong), which originates in [...]

How to Store Tea

Let’s see together some useful advices in order to better keep tea leaves according to [...]

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