Deadline for Christmas airmail shipping to USA is set for Nov 19 ( HK time, ie EST – 13 hr ), that means you have to place the order on Nov 16 in order for us to pack it and…
As the clay mines in Yixing approach depletion, price of the raw materials simply rockets and people are looking elsewhere for high quality substitutes. Jianshui Zitao has gained popularity lately not as a replacement for the purple clay, however, but…
De facto tea for some, loathed by others None other tea category is as difficult to explain to a new tea drinker as pu’er. Too many tales have already populated pages and webpages. This is the de facto tea choice…
A versatile tea category Make it strong to drink with milk, or lemon and honey, or syrup with ice. Prepare it carefully in the gongfu style with a fine zisha Yixing teapot. Velvety and sweet with nothing added. Or steep…
Colour is not everything A cup of green tea may look much lighter in colour than a black tea, but, depending on the selection, it can taste stronger, fuller, or milder, or lighter, but surely a lot more potent in…
Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid — GABA — is a type of protein precursor that the brain naturally produces that affects various functions and general health of the nervous system. It also exists in minute amount naturally in processed tealeaves. There are other…
Why do they steep Longjing in the glass? Every single client I have ever travelled with to Hangzhou has asked: why do they all steep Longjing in the glass? The shortcomings to most are obvious: difficult to drink from a…
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Seasons greetings The Chinese Zodiac may mean little to you, but the New Year of the Rooster is surely coming in a fortnight. As the proud bird takes on high ground to announce its replacement of the Monkey, many are…
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