It's All About Tea — wuyi
Wuyi Tea: Da Hong Pao Vs. Shui Xian Oolong
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Both Da Hong Pao and Shui Xian are highly revered Wuyi Oolong teas. They share similar qualities of yan yun, a robust mineral taste, and pleasantly lingering sweetness. Perhaps in the modern tea world, Da Hong Pao rings more bells than its cousin, Shui Xian. Nevertheless, they are both teas worth trying. So what exactly makes them different? (Read more)
Monkey Picked Oolong — The 5 Legends
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Years before tea became a standard beverage in Europe and North America, Chinese tea merchants created the myth of "Monkey Picked Tea." At the time, tea for westerns was a wonder. They loved the unusual and exquisite taste. However, tea took so long to make its journey from China to Europe and North America. Most people were utterly clueless about how tea was grown and processed.
One myth that did prevail and kept tea drinkers interested and craving more tea was that the tea was picked by brilliant and well-trained monkeys. (Read more)
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Make Your Own Tea Blend: Russian Caravan Tea
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A Russian Caravan tea blend is described as the ideal melange of woody, smoky aroma and velvety sweet taste. It originated over years of loose leaf teas being transported over the harsh wintery Russian steppes. Finally, the tea would arrive to Russia’s elite, fully smoked out from the numerous campfires lit along the way. Today we can enjoy a perfect blend of loose-leaf Chinese teas creating the taste that was once so craved, centuries ago. (Read more)
- Tags: black tea, history, lapsang souchong, oolong, russian caravan, tea blend, wuyi, yancha
Oolong Tea Processing: The Roasting Of Yancha in 5 Steps
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One of the things that makes Wuyi Rock Tea different from all other oolongs is the roasting process that it goes through. This process is not only one step, but a few distinguished steps. When yancha is only in the first stages of processing it's still quite vegetal and floral, much like a green tea. Only at the end of the processing will it gain its characteristic taste that we all love. (Read more)
- Tags: chinese tea, da hong pao, oolong, tea processing, wuyi, yancha
Describing Yan Yun: The Elegance Of Wuyi Rock Tea
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Similarly with Cha Qi, as many gongfu-ers that exist, the many definitions of Yan Yun you may hear. In Chinese Yan means rock, which is also where the name Yan Cha comes from — Rock Tea.
Yun, on the other hand, is much more abstract and is more of a feeling, or a knowing, than it is anything of the physical realm. (Read more)
- Tags: chinese tea, da hong pao, gong fu cha, oolong, rock tea, wuyi, yan yun, yancha