Black Tea’s Remarkable Journey from Raw Leaf to Tea Cup

Black Tea’s Remarkable Journey from Raw Leaf to Tea Cup

What is Black Tea? Based on the ancient Chinese system of defining tea by color, black tea was originally classified as red tea. That’s because the class of tea known as Pu-erh was originally called black tea. In determining how to describe the currently known black tea, tea makers may have considered the coppery-red color […]

Yellow Tea is Lush, Elusive and Totally Smothered!

Yellow Tea is Lush, Elusive and Totally Smothered!

What is Yellow Tea? Yellow tea is a class of tea that is little-known outside of Asia, and not even produced very widely there. Most Westerners have never tasted yellow tea and a good many have never heard of it. Even some tea experts outside of Asia are not familiar with yellow tea. It’s often […]

Exotic Pu-erh Tea Aged for Years Gets Better with Time

Exotic Pu-erh Tea Aged for Years Gets Better with Time

What is Pu-erh Tea? Pu-erh tea (Pu-erh) is the tea world’s answer to fine wine. The class of tea known today as Pu-erh tea – known in earlier times as black tea based on its deep, dark color; however, black tea is a completely different class of tea, and the name was changed along the […]

Traditional White Tea – Delicate, Expensive, and Mimicked

Traditional White Tea – Delicate, Expensive, and Mimicked

What is White Tea? True, traditional, white tea is uniquely defined as tea that comes from the first buds on a cultivar of a more than 200-year-old tea bush from the Fujian Province on China’s eastern coast. More specifically, about 95% of white tea comes from the Da Hao or “Big Sprout” variety of the […]

Green Tea – Thousands on the Market for Us to Enjoy

Green Tea – Thousands on the Market for Us to Enjoy

An extraordinary characteristic of green tea, as with many of the other five classes of tea, i.e., Yellow, White, Oolong, Black, and Pu-erh, is that it has several “subcategories” with varying tastes and aromas. The subcategories come about by unique differences in tea growing regions; climate and soil do much to change tea properties, which […]

Oolong Tea Great for New Tea Drinkers and Connoisseurs

Oolong Tea Great for New Tea Drinkers and Connoisseurs

What Is Oolong Tea? Oolong tea is one of the most delicious types of tea available on the market and is a prized drink in Asia, particularly in Taiwan and China, both major producers of this delectable liquor. Not as well known in the West, but Oolong tea is like a secret that, once revealed, […]