Are More Tea Trichomes Better or Worse?
When brewing tea, we often observe tiny white or golden fuzzy hairs attached to the tea leaves, floating in the tea liquor.
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Tea Journal & Cultural Notes
Tea notes, mountain context, brewing records, and manor updates.
Are the Strength and Thickness of Tea Liquor the Same Thing?
Are the Strength and Thickness of Tea Liquor the Same Thing?
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Reading Color to Know Aroma: A Pre-Brewing Lesson for Raw Pu-erh Tea (Part 1)
Truly understanding Pu-erh tea and enjoying the pleasure of tea appreciation is not easy. Beyond requiring long-term personal experience and accumulated knowledge, it also demands a rich intellectual framework and an appreciation for the art of living.
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Tasting Flavor and Resonance: A Pre-Brewing Lesson for Raw Pu-erh Tea (Part 2)
Yesterday, we began with color and aroma, giving an overview of the key points for appreciating raw Pu-erh tea. This can be considered the first impression of a tea.
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When We Talk About “Aged and More Fragrant”…
The reason Pu-erh tea has maintained such vigorous momentum over decades, even recovering quickly after several setbacks, lies in one of its characteristics that completely distinguishes it from other tea types — "the older, the more fragrant.
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Fragrance and Resonance: Appreciating Ancient Tree Tea
Appreciating a cup of ancient tree tea often carries an atmosphere of solemnity and slight tension, after all, one is facing tea from ancient trees that have grown in the forest for over a hundred years.
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How to Taste the Ever-Changing Mid-Aged Tea?
Coming from the "collecting market" and heading toward the "drinking market," mid-aged tea has won the favor of many seasoned tea lovers with its cost-effectiveness and quality aging foundation.
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Rich and Viscous: Understanding Pu-erh Tea
There are many dimensions to understanding Pu-erh tea.
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What Do You Savour in Raw Pu-erh? Aroma, Freshness, and Mountain Character
What do you savour in raw Pu-erh tea?
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Want to Collect Tea? Here is How to Appraise It
Brewing tea for the purpose of collecting is different from brewing for daily enjoyment. With daily drinking, one can brew and taste casually.
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Soup Fragrance: The Unique Drinking Value of Pu-erh Tea
At the end of the day, Pu-erh tea is still a tea: a daily beverage, not a medicine. Even though it boasts fine ecological geography and traditional wellness associations, without strong drinking value it would be hard for it to gain widespread popularity.
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