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Tea Times with Jing
Oolong Tea Roasting - Part 1
What actually happens inside an oolong leaf when heat is applied? Is roasting simply a matter of turning up the temperature — or is something far more precise at work?
Oolong Tea Roasting - Part 1
What actually happens inside an oolong leaf when heat is applied? Is roasting simply a matter of turning up the temperature — or is something far more precise at work?
Part 11 : Where Oolong Began — and Why We Can’t...
A final look at qingcha (oolong tea): origins, debate, and how craft, culture, and history shaped one of Chinese tea’s most complex traditions.
Part 11 : Where Oolong Began — and Why We Can’t...
A final look at qingcha (oolong tea): origins, debate, and how craft, culture, and history shaped one of Chinese tea’s most complex traditions.
Part 8 : The Origin Story of Anxi Oolong Tea
How did Anxi oolong tea come to be? Trace the quiet, hillside origins of zuoqing — the leaf-bruising technique at the heart of Chinese oolong tradition.
Part 8 : The Origin Story of Anxi Oolong Tea
How did Anxi oolong tea come to be? Trace the quiet, hillside origins of zuoqing — the leaf-bruising technique at the heart of Chinese oolong tradition.
Part 2 - Can the Documentary Evidence Support t...
The texts are familiar, the quotations circulated for centuries. Read slowly, the poems of Ruan Minxi and passages of Lu Tingcan show the evidence for Wuyishan as oolong tea’s birthplace...
Part 2 - Can the Documentary Evidence Support t...
The texts are familiar, the quotations circulated for centuries. Read slowly, the poems of Ruan Minxi and passages of Lu Tingcan show the evidence for Wuyishan as oolong tea’s birthplace...
Aged Tea Chronicles : 80's Anxi Oolong tea
In 2005, I made my second trip to Longjuan Tea Mountain in Anxi to delve deeper into the art of tea-making. My friend’s third uncle, a traditional tea farmer, was...
Aged Tea Chronicles : 80's Anxi Oolong tea
In 2005, I made my second trip to Longjuan Tea Mountain in Anxi to delve deeper into the art of tea-making. My friend’s third uncle, a traditional tea farmer, was...
From a tea journey to a quest (part 2) - tastin...
So far, the biggest impression this aged Tie Guan Yin gives me is a sense of ease and relaxation. If it was a picture, it would be one of Cantonese...
From a tea journey to a quest (part 2) - tastin...
So far, the biggest impression this aged Tie Guan Yin gives me is a sense of ease and relaxation. If it was a picture, it would be one of Cantonese...
