Welcome to the World of Engineered Teas!
The other day I visited some tea shops with one of my students. We really noticed how western marketing techniques have impacted how tea is sold. But more importantly, we noticed how this is affecting...
View ArticleChinese Tea Quality Versus Taste
Is it possible to tell the quality and taste of a tea without actually tasting it? In the previous The Chinese Tea Shop’s Blog post (“Welcome to the World of Engineered Teas“) I commented that there is...
View ArticleSo Many Teas! Which Ones Will You Like?
People coming to my tea shop are always amazed by all the Chinese teas they have never heard of before. As they walk around the shop checking out our oolong teas, puerh teas (or pu-erh teas), and white...
View ArticleTea + Health Benefits: What to believe?
People come to my tea shop every day asking for a tea (whether it’s oolong tea, pu-erh tea (puerh), or white tea, for example) that will help them with their medical problems. This is not surprising as...
View ArticleMyths & Facts About Caffeine
Which have the higher level of caffeine: coffee or tea, Indian tea or Chinese tea, green tea, white tea, oolong tea, pu-erh tea, or black tea? There are many opinions, and good facts are harder to...
View Article2 Secrets of the Tea Masters
Today, I am sharing two advanced techniques of tea-making and why they make your teas taste so much better. The first is a better way to use your teapots and the second is about water temperature. Tea...
View ArticleBan Zhang – A “New” Kind of Pu-erh Tea
Big Leaf Tea from an Ancient Hidden Forest Last May I was in Yunnan province in China buying new teas for The Chinese Tea Shop. At a visit to a Pu-erh tea factory I was given a tasting of a … Continue...
View ArticleMore About Ban Zhang Pu-erh Teas
What is the “real” Lao Ban Zhang Tea? Last week I wrote about the Ban Zhang Pu-erh Teas I have brought back to my store from Yunnan. These are a rare type of green/raw Pu-erh tea that many people were...
View ArticleWhy Tea Tastes Bitter & How To Get Rid Of It (Part 1)
Many people who visit me at the Chinese Tea Shop in Vancouver’s Chinatown say they would like to enjoy tea more but don’t like the bitter and astringent taste. I ask them to pick a tea (any tea! Oolong...
View ArticleWhy Tea Tastes Bitter & How To Get Rid Of It (Part 2)
In last week’s blog post “Why Tea Tastes Bitter & How To Get Rid Of It (Part 1)“, I promised I’d provide more reasons tea is sometimes bitter and how you can get rid of it. So here you go! …...
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