Yixing Zisha Artists back to the Ming Dynasty
The oldest Zisha teapot, the loop handle teapot was excavated from the Wujing tomb, which has been considered made before 1533.
Category: Tea-Blog
Fu Brick (Wudang) – the Mystery tea of ancient Chinese Silk Road
Fu Brick 茯砖 [fú zhuān] tea is a very special dark tea, people call it, the mystery tea of ancient Chinese Silk Road. Fu Brick has been made firstly in 1860s, dark tea crude materials were pressed into big bamboo baskets and transported from Hunan province to Shanxi province to make further processes at that time. Fu Brick was also called Hu Tea “湖茶” as it from Hunan province, Fu Tea “伏茶” as the tea process during hottest days- Fu Tian 伏天 in Summer, and Jingyang Brick “泾阳砖” as bricks formed in Jingyang.
German Teagarden – Tschanara
Teagarden – Tschanara has been the very first tea garden since 1999 in Germany, Odenthal-Scheuren at an altitude of 200m, there are many different varieties from all around the world, China, South-Korea, Japan, Nepal, India, Vietnam, Turkey, Germany, Netherlands and England etc..
DIY – Homemade Sicily Mandarin Imperial Pu’er Tea
Mandarin Peel Pu’er 柑普 [gān pǔ] Tea is made of tangerine peel (Citrus reticulata Blanco) from Xinhui of Guangdong Province and ripe Pu’er tea from Yunnan Province, through special producing processes. It combines the fruit flavor of Xinhui tangerine and the taste of Yunnan Pu‘er tea, which makes peel and tea absorb each other’s essence, forming a unique flavor and a unique taste. Its health care effect naturally has both advantages. My husband went to Sardinia Italy on a working trip. He mentioned to me that there was a citrus orchard near his residence. Unfortunately, the fruits did not ripen yet, they were still green. I was inspired and asked him to bring some back for me. I then made the green mandarin Pu’er tea by myself, after tasting it, I found it was quite fresh and tasty. Recently, my friend gave me the ripe mandarins from her orchard in Sicily. I can’t miss such good materials, so I started to process again, and take photos to share with you.
Hubei/ Anji white tea – a white tea or a green tea?
White tea 白茶 [bái chá] is a kind of very light fermented tea, the special tea kind of the six big Chinese tea kinds, which are white, yellow, green, oolong, black and dark teas. After a harvesting, fresh leaves need to withering, dry in the sun or dry with a gentle heat, unlike other tea processes, white tea leaves is lack of rolling processes. The good manufactured white teas are mainly buds with white hair as snow or silver, white teas in China are always used as herbal medicines. […]
Wudang Tea Farming
Nowadays, tea farms use many physical ways for manual weedings and disinsections, […]
Why is High Mountain Tea more special?
The kind of teas could be called High Mountain Tea 高山茶, the tea fields‘ height above sea level should be 500-900 meters, the best higher than 800 meters. The temperature decreases by 0.6 degrees for every 100m increase in altitude. Above 900 meters above sea level, the temperature is too low, it is not easy for tea plants to grow, if go through the clouds, ultraviolet light is too strong, and it’s also not good. Comparing with other teas growing at lower see levels, high mountain teas are much more special, especially famous high quality green and white teas.