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Tea seasons, brewing notes, and stories from the mountain.
Tea Farming in Enshi: What a Year Actually Look...
Most people picture tea farming as one busy season: spring, baskets of fresh leaves, done by early summer. That's mostly true across China. It's not really true for us, and...
Tea Farming in Enshi: What a Year Actually Look...
Most people picture tea farming as one busy season: spring, baskets of fresh leaves, done by early summer. That's mostly true across China. It's not really true for us, and...
Best Chinese Tea for Beginners: A Farmer's Guide
People ask me this a lot: "I want to get into Chinese tea, where do I even start?" Usually they've already tried, and it went badly. Bitter cup, wrong water,...
Best Chinese Tea for Beginners: A Farmer's Guide
People ask me this a lot: "I want to get into Chinese tea, where do I even start?" Usually they've already tried, and it went badly. Bitter cup, wrong water,...
How Enshi Yulu Got Its Name: The Versions I Fou...
There isn't one story about how Enshi Yulu got its name. There are at least two, and they don't agree with each other. I went looking for a single true...
How Enshi Yulu Got Its Name: The Versions I Fou...
There isn't one story about how Enshi Yulu got its name. There are at least two, and they don't agree with each other. I went looking for a single true...
Vine Tea (Tengcha): The Caffeine-Free Herbal Te...
Most people have never heard of vine tea. It's not in any Western tea shop. It's not on Amazon's bestseller list. But in the mountains of Laifeng county, in the...
Vine Tea (Tengcha): The Caffeine-Free Herbal Te...
Most people have never heard of vine tea. It's not in any Western tea shop. It's not on Amazon's bestseller list. But in the mountains of Laifeng county, in the...
Lichuan Black Tea: The Honey Glow of Enshi’s Mo...
From the misty ridges of western Hubei, where clouds sit low over terraced fields, comes a tea that glows like amber in the cup. Lichuan Black Tea, locally called Lichuan...
Lichuan Black Tea: The Honey Glow of Enshi’s Mo...
From the misty ridges of western Hubei, where clouds sit low over terraced fields, comes a tea that glows like amber in the cup. Lichuan Black Tea, locally called Lichuan...
Enshi Yulu(Jade Dew): China’s Only Needle Shape...
Enshi Yulu is the only surviving steamed green tea in China.Its history goes back to the ancient Shennong era, when people in the region that is now western Hubei —...
Enshi Yulu(Jade Dew): China’s Only Needle Shape...
Enshi Yulu is the only surviving steamed green tea in China.Its history goes back to the ancient Shennong era, when people in the region that is now western Hubei —...
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