Notes, observations, and traces from time spent with tea.
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Zuo Qing: How Movement Opens the Leaf
Zuo qing (做青) is the stage where internal compounds within the leaf begin to enter reaction. First recognised through repeated handling of fresh leaves, it became a defining part of...
Zuo Qing: How Movement Opens the Leaf
Zuo qing (做青) is the stage where internal compounds within the leaf begin to enter reaction. First recognised through repeated handling of fresh leaves, it became a defining part of...
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...
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...
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.
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...
