Wudang Daoists and Tea – Chen Tuan and Liu Daoming

Posted on 20. May 2019 by liu-tea-art.com

Chen Tuan, one of the most famous daoists had lived in secluded Wudang mountains to cultivate himself, <History of Song 宋史> recorded that Chen Tuan liked to drink tea, the Zhou Shi Zong emperor had rewarded him 30 Jin tea according to <History of Song · Chen Tuan Biography 宋史·陈抟传>. Chen Tuan had written <Memorial of thanks for emperor’s autograph edict, Tea and Medicine 谢手诏并赐茶药表> to Song Tai Zong emperor, which was included in <Whole History of Song 全宋史>.

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Wudang Daoists and Tea – Laozi and Yin Xi

Posted on 5. May 20195. May 2019 by liu-tea-art.com

Chinese family has a tradition of serve tea to guests, regarding to the Daoist Scriptures, this tradition is from Daoism. In the Spring and Autumn period, when Laozi (Lao-tzu) left Hangu strategic pass, he asked the pass guard Yin Xi to welcome him at home and could serve him tea firstly “首献茗”, Laozi said, people who appreciate tea as food, they should be all disciples of Daoism “食是茶者，皆汝之道徒也”. ——《道经·天皇至道太清玉册》

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Yixing Zisha Artists back to the Ming Dynasty

Posted on 17. April 20195. May 2019 by liu-tea-art.com

The oldest Zisha teapot, the loop handle teapot was excavated from the Wujing tomb, which has been considered made before 1533.

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Fu Brick (Wudang) – the Mystery tea of ancient Chinese Silk Road

Posted on 19. March 20195. May 2019 by liu-tea-art.com

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.

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German Teagarden – Tschanara

Posted on 14. February 20195. May 2019 by liu-tea-art.com

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..

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DIY – Homemade Sicily Mandarin Imperial Pu’er Tea

Posted on 13. January 201921. January 2019 by liu-tea-art.com

Green or yellow mandarin, orange, pomelo and lemon, all could be chosen as peel materials; black tea, strong-fermented oolong tea and dark tea as filler materials; dry flowers are also considered as proper fillers, rose, jasmin…; here we used ripe mandarins from a friend‘s home garden in Sicily and our Gong Ting Pu’er- Imperial Pu’er. Cut mandarins open and remove all inner parts, then put loose Pu’er tea inside,

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Hubei/ Anji white tea – a white tea or a green tea?

Posted on 12. March 201820. May 2019 by liu-tea-art.com

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

Posted on 7. February 201811. February 2019 by liu-tea-art.com

Nowadays, tea farms use many physical ways for manual weedings and disinsections, […]

High Mountain Tea from Wudang Mountains

Posted on 26. January 201814. October 2018 by liu-tea-art.com

The kind of teas could be called High Mountain Tea 高山茶, the tea fields‘ height above sea level must be higher than 800 meters. Comparing with other teas growing at lower see levels, high mountain teas are much more special:

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