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

L'heure du thé avec 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...

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.

Anxi oolong leaves ban qing ban hong by jing tea shop

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...

fermented leaves of anxi oolong by jing tea shop

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...

An Xi Da Ping Rou Gui

An Xi Da Ping Rou Gui

Le comté d'An Xi est réputé pour sa production de thé oolong de première qualité, la plupart des villages se spécialisant dans la culture du Tie Guan Yin. Cependant, de...

An Xi Da Ping Rou Gui

Le comté d'An Xi est réputé pour sa production de thé oolong de première qualité, la plupart des villages se spécialisant dans la culture du Tie Guan Yin. Cependant, de...