Notes, observations, and traces from time spent with tea.

Tea Times with Jing

From Leaf to Flavour: How Processing Creates Tea

From Leaf to Flavour: How Processing Creates Tea

How tea flavour is created through processing, not found in the leaf. Explore withering, oxidation, and rolling in Chinese tea craft with Jing Tea Shop.

From Leaf to Flavour: How Processing Creates Tea

How tea flavour is created through processing, not found in the leaf. Explore withering, oxidation, and rolling in Chinese tea craft with Jing Tea Shop.

Part 11 : Where Oolong Began — and Why We Can’t Quite Say

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.

Bamboo basket in Anxi, Fujian Province

Wulong in Xiping : The Su Liang Account

In Anxi, Fujian, the story of Su Liang offers insight into the origins of oolong tea within Chinese tea culture. It traces how wulong evolved from a plant name into...

Wulong in Xiping : The Su Liang Account

In Anxi, Fujian, the story of Su Liang offers insight into the origins of oolong tea within Chinese tea culture. It traces how wulong evolved from a plant name into...

wuyi cha by jing tea shop

Part 3 : The Essential Differences Between Xiao...

Part 3 : The Essential Differences Between Xiaozhong Hongcha and Qingcha   Today, tea categories seem very clear: green tea, black tea, oolong tea. But historical tea making did not...

Part 3 : The Essential Differences Between Xiao...

Part 3 : The Essential Differences Between Xiaozhong Hongcha and Qingcha   Today, tea categories seem very clear: green tea, black tea, oolong tea. But historical tea making did not...

the legend of tie guan yin - Tea times with Jing

the legend of tie guan yin

In the mist-covered mountains of Xīpíng, Ānxī, two intertwined legends gave birth to one of China's most celebrated teas. 

the legend of tie guan yin

In the mist-covered mountains of Xīpíng, Ānxī, two intertwined legends gave birth to one of China's most celebrated teas. 

Aged Tea Chronicles : 80's Anxi Oolong tea

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...