I.The Japanese Tea Ceremony Chanoyu, Sado or Ocha in Japanese refers to the Japanese tea ceremony where green tea known as Matcha is served. It is a ritual that is almost like a dance – with each step and gesture from the host totally focused on the guests who are called Shokyaku. The ceremony is […]
The Six Classes of Tea and Terroir By studying the six classes of tea we’ve learned that there is quite a difference between one class of tea and the others and that a key factor in their differences is due to how the tea was processed. Further differences in tea come from its terroir – […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
We’ve just reviewed several avenues of research done in the East and in the West regarding the disease preventing and vitality raising health benefits of drinking tea. It seems obvious that tea should be an essential part of our diet if we want to maintain good health and vitality. As a matter of fact, whenever […]