It's All About Tea — hei cha

People all over Asia have used Pu-erh tea since ancient times as a medicine for poor or insufficient digestion and as a precious addition to their daily menus. 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)

Tea has earned a highly respected status among other TCM remedies as “a cure for 10,000 illnesses”.

While preferences towards one or another tea are strictly based on personal taste, each of the six main tea types has unique properties that can be experienced at their best in a particular set of circumstances.

As most of us living in the Northern hemisphere are amid wintertime, let’s dive deeper into the Chinese teas that hold the most benefits for the human body during wintertime. (Read more)

While butter tea usually causes confusion in most not familiar with it, it actually has a rich and interesting history. It has been a staple for people living in the Himalayas for centuries and continues to be so.

Butter tea has many names in different languages, but is commonly known as po cha. It originated in the Tibetan Himalayas but is now commonly enjoyed throughout Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, India, western China, and Mongolia. To make butter tea, four ingredients are needed: tea leaves, butter, water, and salt. (Read more)

Hei Cha is a post-fermented tea from China (and Shou Pu-erh is one of its forms), that underwent microbial fermentation - a process distinct from oxidation.

Hei Cha (黑茶) translates as "Black Tea." We also sometimes refer to it as "Dark Tea" to not confuse it with what we call "Black Tea" in the West. That's right, Hei Cha is China's 'real' Black Tea. The history of this tea goes back to the late Ming / early Qing dynasties. Although processing methods of Dark Tea have evolved over time, people throughout China still highly revere this tea as a regional specialty and historical attribute. (Read more)

Liu Bao is a tea of history. It is one of the oldest styles of tea preparation still enjoyed today. It is believed that Liu Bao's processing methods of Liu Bao served as the basis for modern-day Ripe Pu-erh preparation. In fact, the two teas undergo very similar processing, partly because they are both part of the Hei Cha category. (Read more)