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

L'heure du thé avec 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...

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.  

Part 9 - The Anxi Evidence Chain and Technical Logic

Part 9 - The Anxi Evidence Chain and Technical ...

The origins of qingcha are best understood through zuoqing — a technique first documented in southern Fujian and spread through generations of migrating tea farmers.

Part 9 - The Anxi Evidence Chain and Technical ...

The origins of qingcha are best understood through zuoqing — a technique first documented in southern Fujian and spread through generations of migrating tea farmers.

Part 8 : The Origin Story of Anxi Oolong Tea

Part 8 : The Origin Story of Anxi Oolong Tea

How did Anxi oolong tea come to be? Trace the quiet, hillside origins of zuoqing — the leaf-bruising technique at the heart of Chinese oolong tradition.

Part 8 : The Origin Story of Anxi Oolong Tea

How did Anxi oolong tea come to be? Trace the quiet, hillside origins of zuoqing — the leaf-bruising technique at the heart of Chinese oolong tradition.