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The Darkness of Tea
As readers of this blog are aware, or soon will be, the world of tea is ancient, diverse, and deep. The same can be said of tea’s homeland, China, and as a result there is no one in China or elsewhere...
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Performing with Tea
If members of the audience were surveyed after the taping of the NBC special The Illuisionists which I attended a couple of months ago, they would likely elect Anti-Conjuror Dan Sperry as their...
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Review: Wendigo Tea Co.
This review has been a long time coming, and I hope to do this tea justice. Founded by Sky White, of the band Foxy Shazam, Wendigo Tea Company seeks the be a seller of high-quality teas while also...
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Blast from the Past: Aged Oolong Teas
My introduction to aged oolong tea was about six years ago when I first began drinking and appreciating tea. I moved to Taiwan to open a purchasing office / warehouse for a publications company and the...
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Review: Teabook
There are a lot of monthly subscription services in the world today. In an era of online shopping and Netflix, they aren’t going away anytime soon. Tea subscription services are becoming very common...
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Dragonwell: When it’s Good, it’s Really Good!
To be honest, I was not a fan of Longjing (A.K.A. Dragonwell) for quite some time. I knew what the profile was supposed to be and it seems like none of the samples we were sent for the store hit the...
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“Good Morning, Gentlemen…”
..and the ladies were forgotten inconveniently by me when I stood up to address the house on the morning of November 7th, the second day of the International Tea Forum 2015 in the city of Chi bi,...
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Illustrated Review: JasETea Liu An Gua Pian
Tealicious! The Liu An Gua Pian from JAS-eTea not only smells like roasted sunflower seeds, it boasts a rich, long finish with subtle floral hints. This beautiful, sip-worthy beverage is revered as...
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Tea Culture
If I divide my life into segments, then broadly speaking I can categorize the first twenty years for education, the second twenty for growing tea, the third twenty for selling tea and now the fourth...
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A Bridge of Tea
On January 11th, 2016 at the Delhi Book Fair a Dialogue over Chinese and Indian Black Tea was held where I and Prof. Wang Xufeng, Dean of Tea Culture College of Zhejiang Agriculture & Forestry...
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Weather and Tea
Cludy Munnar Panorama, Kerala, Western Ghats, India I’ve recently noticed articles on how climate change is affecting the production of tea. First, I noted an article on Assam’s tea production being...
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Top 10 Tea Towns: World’s Best Cities to Experience Tea Culture
Compiled by The Flavor Project & Eric Sensen Through sickness and through health, tea has and will always be the world’s beverage of choice. According to legend, in 2737 BC, the Chinese emperor...
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Facebook Finger….
World Tea Expo 2016 in Vegas witnessed a most dangerous disease. After a much-delayed six-flight journey through China, over incessant rain and torrential weather, my right index finger had blood...
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Tea Diplomacy
“Tea Diplomacy” would be an apt terminology when it comes to India & China, with their fast-growing interactions which shed light on the development of their two greatest...
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Tea-Related Guinness World Records
Several tea-related Guinness World Records were broken in 2016. On June 14th, 735 guests attended the largest ever cream tea party in Shanghai, China, which was organized by the British Consulate...
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Tea Is A Culture Bridge
The Chinese have many words for people who, like myself, have Chinese ancestry but are not from China. They range from the common and innocuous hua ren 华人 or “culture person”, to my personal favorite,...
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Mekong River
The mentioning of “Amazon” reminds me of a river’s length, volume, and environmental plight, not online shopping or stock price. The Amazon is Planet Earth’s most famous body of water. Many of us...
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Tea Traveler
Ever since time immemorial people traveled from the orient to occidental lands along trade routes to carry the stories of Tea for various causes of business, religion, and personal gains. Horses,...
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China Tea Fairs
China is not only the origin of tea but is the largest tea producer, consumer, and marketer in the world. Where the Western tea-consuming countries like the US have one or maybe two dedicated tea...
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Precious State: The Unusual and Obscure Teas of Guizhou – Part 1
Last spring I had the honor and privilege of accompanying my friend and LA-based tea sommelier Rebecca Razzall of TeaStream to the province of Guizhou, in Southwestern China. There we met up with her...
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