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

Tea Times with Jing

Mountain tea fields in Jianyang, northern Fujian

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.

dancong oolong tea trees in fenghuang mountain

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...

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...

Part 10 : Oral Accounts of Qingcha Transmission in the Wuyi

Part 10 : Oral Accounts of Qingcha Transmission...

Oral accounts from a 1982 field investigation in Wuyi trace how qingcha techniques moved across regions. Family lineage and migration emerge as key channels in the transmission of tea knowledge.  

Part 10 : Oral Accounts of Qingcha Transmission...

Oral accounts from a 1982 field investigation in Wuyi trace how qingcha techniques moved across regions. Family lineage and migration emerge as key channels in the transmission of tea knowledge.