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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...

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Chinese 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...

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So 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...

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Tea + 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...

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Myths & 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...

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2 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...

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Ban 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...

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More 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...

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Why 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...

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Why 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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