Notes, observations, and traces from time spent with tea.
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Tea Times with Jing
Fuzhou: A City That Learned to Hold Fragrance
In Fuzhou, jasmine flowers are at their most fragrant for only a few hours. Tea makers learned to work within that window. No flowers remain in the finished cup —...
Fuzhou: A City That Learned to Hold Fragrance
In Fuzhou, jasmine flowers are at their most fragrant for only a few hours. Tea makers learned to work within that window. No flowers remain in the finished cup —...
Early History of White Tea: Jianyang, Nankeng B...
Before Fuding became the dominant name in white tea, an older style was already taking shape in Jianyang — mountain-grown, heirloom-based, and deeply tied to the Wuyi landscape.
Early History of White Tea: Jianyang, Nankeng B...
Before Fuding became the dominant name in white tea, an older style was already taking shape in Jianyang — mountain-grown, heirloom-based, and deeply tied to the Wuyi landscape.
Ya Shi Xiang Dan Cong: Name, Origin, and Flavou...
Why can two Fenghuang Dan Cong teas sold as Ya Shi Xiang taste almost unrelated to one another? Behind the famous “Duck Shit Aroma” name lies a Fenghuang oolong cultivar...
Ya Shi Xiang Dan Cong: Name, Origin, and Flavou...
Why can two Fenghuang Dan Cong teas sold as Ya Shi Xiang taste almost unrelated to one another? Behind the famous “Duck Shit Aroma” name lies a Fenghuang oolong cultivar...
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 4 : Ban Qing Ban Hong — what does it mean?
Half green, half red. The phrase drifts through centuries of tea writing like smoke through a mountain valley — familiar, evocative, and just out of reach. But what if it...
Part 4 : Ban Qing Ban Hong — what does it mean?
Half green, half red. The phrase drifts through centuries of tea writing like smoke through a mountain valley — familiar, evocative, and just out of reach. But what if it...
Part 1 : Half Green, Half Red. Where Does the Q...
Before anyone asked where oolong tea began, someone had to decide what the old texts actually meant. Words written without knowing they would one day become evidence. This is where...
Part 1 : Half Green, Half Red. Where Does the Q...
Before anyone asked where oolong tea began, someone had to decide what the old texts actually meant. Words written without knowing they would one day become evidence. This is where...
