It's All About Tea — hei cha
Liu Bao with Tiffany. Interview with an expert on Hei Cha
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Discovering Delights: A Tea Tasting Experience at a Tea Market
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We enter a place with a charming atmosphere imbued with old-times charm. A collection of antique tea items, including various Zisha and Nixing teapots, graces the glass window, and the heaps of medicine-flavored tea promise a memorable experience for a tea lover's palate. This is a company dedicated to the exclusive sales of Liubao - a fermented tea from China. The owner greets us and starts preparing one of the exclusive teas we will try in today's tea tasting experience (Read More)
On Tibetan Tea: Interview With a Tea Master And Brewing Tips
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Today, we invite He Jin – a local producer of Tibetan black tea, and our proud supplier – for a chat. She will teach us on the various types of this Chinese fermented tea, and will share tips and tricks on storage and brewing methods in order to get the most out of this artisan tea.
He Jin lives in Ya'an city, where she's been engaged in Tibetan tea production for quite a few years now. She creates fine-quality Yaxi Tibetan tea in loose-leaf form and the region's signature Tibetan Jasmine tea. (Read more)
Hei Cha: Tibetan Black Tea – a Thousand Year Old Treasure
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Today, we'll discuss in detail a real treasure in the world of tea – Tibetan tea. It has a thousand-year-long story, dating back to the times of the Tang dynasty. Tibetan black tea started the history and culture of tea drinking in Tibet and the border area of the Chinese empire. It was the main reason for setting up what we know today as "The Southern Silk Road" and left a legacy that remains uninterrupted today, even after over a thousand years.. (Read more)
Pu-erh and Kombucha – Match Made in Heaven (Tea for Digestion)
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People all over Asia have used Pu-erh tea from ancient times as a medicine for bad or insufficient digestion and precious addition to their daily menu. On the other side of the globe, Kombucha is a traditional-turned-modern remedy for effectively supporting the digestive system's work.
Today, we'll explore the benefits of tea for digestion in a first-of-its-kind product - the Kombucha Pu-erh tea. We'll see how the joint forces of the traditional Asian remedies, Pu-erh and kombucha, can enhance our digestion and overall gut health. Let's dive in! (Read more)