What is Chabanare?
Chabanare may be a “tea” word that you’ve never heard before. In Japanese, there...
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Category: Teas of the World
Milk Tea in Hong Kong Style Restaurants
Discovering Hong Kong Style Cafes on Yelp The restaurant rating service, Yelp.com, recognizes 200+...
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The Basics of Hosting a Japanese Tea Ceremony – Chado
Chado; The Japanese Tea Ceremony The Japanese tea ceremony is a get-together that can bring...
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Vietnamese Black Teas from Hoang Su Phi and Lai Chau
Vietnamese black teas can also be exceptional. Many are distinctive and pleasant.
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The Legend of Genmaicha – The Accidental Tea of Japan
Genmaicha (玄米茶, “brown rice tea”) is a Japanese brown rice green tea consisting...
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The Legend of Dragon Well Tea
Dragon Well is a Chinese tea is also known as Longjing. Pouring hot water into my cup, I watch...
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Empowering Kenya’s Small-Scale Tea Farmers
When you can get good orthodox tea from Kenya, it tends to be exceptional. I have enjoyed numerous cups of Tinderet and Millima, and the odd cup of Kamba purple tea over the years and always asked myself why…
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Mahjong Tea
The earliest version of mahjong originated in China. Tea and mahjong complement each other seamlessly.
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The History of Tea in Taiwan
If tea drinkers were asked to list their favorite teas and then told afterward that their tea choices provided a peek into their personalities, many would concede that there are plausible connections.
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Lisa Dong’s Korean Tea and Seon Journey
The main purpose of my trip to Korea this time was to study Korean tea and Korean Seon. The only worry was that I would miss my Korean tea friends.
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Top Tea Bloggers of India
Three tea bloggers in India have taken to the platform in their enthusiasm for tea.
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Why do Translations of Chinese Tea Names Differ so Much?
Iron Buddha, Iron Goddess of Mercy, Iron Bodhisattva, Tik Goon Yam, Tieguanyin, Tie Guan Yin, Tit Kwon Yin. These are different spellings of the same tea. Of course this same tea can have a huge spectrum in terms of grade, taste and quality but that is a story for another post.
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