Every tea has a story to tell. Our mission is to select those stories that are out of the ordinary. To be present in our collection, a tea story has to stand out for its quality, taste, and character.
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Huajuan Tea (花卷茶) is a variation of Anhua Dark Tea. The name means “patterned roll”. It is a description of the compressed tea logs, once they have been stripped from their protecting layers. What are its major production steps, which give it its unique taste? What are the meanings of Qianliang Tea, Bailiang Tea, and Shiliang Tea, its different names? These are the questions we will be answering in this post.
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Tippy tea is a tea grade, used for designating products made only with the youngest, thinnest, and smallest leaves. In this post, we will go through its impact on taste, flavour, and feeling. We will also list the different designations for tippy tea, within the various tea types.
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“Aged tea” is a much sought after quality for some types of tea. What exactly is aged tea? How does the maturation of tea work? Which tea does benefit from long time storage? These are the questions we will be answering in this article.
“Wild tea” is one of these notions which sounds good, but the meaning and benefits of which are not immediately clear. In this post, we explain what wild tea is, and what it is not. We also clarify why it is a sign for quality.
