Category Archives: tea and its surroundings

How much tea is too much tea?

What can happen if you drink too much tea? What the Chinese never do is [...]

Types of tea: how many and what are they

Comprehensive guide to types of tea: how many and what they are, preparation methods, trivia, [...]

Insights: Comparing Oolong Tea, China vs Taiwan

Oolong tea, mainly spread in China and Taiwan, is also known as blue tea or [...]

Tea vs Coffee

These two drinks are very different. Both very well known, but with very different consumption [...]

Lin’s Ceramics Studio

THE STORY Founded in 1983 in Taiwan, today Lin’s Ceramics Studio is an important brand [...]

Dan Cong, the curious “mime teas” – Tea and Legends

Dan Cong teas are world-famous for their incredibly special aromas-some people call them “mime teas,” [...]

What is rooibos?

Rooibos, or Aspalathus Linearis, is a South African shrub plant with a sweet, vanilla flavor. [...]

From Hong Pao – Tea and Legends

“Great Red Robe“: this is the literal meaning of Da Hong Pao, one of the [...]

Taiping Houkui – Tea and Legends

Taiping Houkui is a historic Chinese green tea, produced as early as the Qing Dynasty. [...]

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Tea in the desert with Touaregs

The blue men of the desert have a wealth of traditions thousands of years old, [...]