T Ching Contributing Writer

A Taiwanese, Ifang (pronounced ee-fong) immigrated to the States at the age of sixteen. After receiving a degree in computer science and engineering, Ifang started her IT career as an analyst and later managed the development of online banking software. In 2008, Ifang decided to pursue a career change and spent eight months touring and living in Asia. Writing, traveling, current affairs, and operas are Ifang’s passions. The European continent is her favorite peregrination destination, and Jacques Offenbach’s “The Tales of Hoffmann” her favorite opera. Ifang enjoys visiting tea rooms internationally, especially those that offer an eclectic selection of teas and are whimsically decorated.

Posts by Ifang Hsieh

Milk Tea in Hong Kong Style Restaurants (10/28/2022)
Tea as a Side Business (8/4/2022)
Yum Cha and Dim Sum (7/22/2022)
Mahjong Tea (7/4/2022)
Tea Leaf Reading at the Wisteria Festival (5/31/2022)
Oolong Tea Eggs (5/9/2022)
Visiting the Theodore Payne Foundation (3/31/2022)
Pu’er City (3/11/2022)
Fountain Pens and Inks (2/4/2022)
Funko Pop! (1/11/2022)
Sansenke and Sen no Rikyū’s Descendants (12/27/2021)
Journaling With Tea (12/16/2021)
SoFi Stadium’s Wikipedia Page (11/8/2021)
A Very Brief History of Iranian Tea (11/2/2021)
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden (10/6/2021)
Unicorn Tea (9/3/2021)
Revisiting the Huntington in 2021 (8/10/2021)
Name Brands and Teas (7/6/2021)
Gardening with Teapots (6/7/2021)
Wu’s Teas; An Animated YouTube Series By Lego (4/30/2021)
Tea Trade Mazu (4/28/2021)
Tea in Newspaper Headlines (4/5/2021)
True Tea Crimes (3/10/2021)
Boterismo Still Life (2/16/2021)
A Dream of Red Mansions (2/1/2021)
Connecting Baseball With Tea (1/7/2021)
Random Acts of Kindness (12/16/2020)
Tea Along U.S. Route 66 (11/2/2020)
Green Tea: A Short Story (10/5/2020)
Some Tea and Food YouTubers And Their Videos (9/8/2020)
Matcha From Morning ‘Til Night (8/3/2020)
The Jewel Tea Company (7/2/2020)
A Tea Trading Company’s Daughter (6/15/2020)
How Are They Different? (5/18/2020)
Tearooms That WERE To Be Visited – Part 2 (4/16/2020)
Tearooms That WERE To Be Visited – Part 1 (4/15/2020)
Cumbersome Tea Wares (3/5/2020)
Hollywood Bowl’s Tea Room (2/10/2020)
Hello Kitty Grand Cafe (12/26/2019)
Tea Advent Calendars (12/4/2019)
Tea in K-Town and KCON (11/18/2019)
A Tea Event at SuiHo-En (10/10/2019)
Uyghur Tea; Unique Teas From A Persecuted People (9/18/2019)
Sri Lankan Tea Dance (8/8/2019)
More Tea-Themed Hotels (7/15/2019)
The Old Farmer’s Almanac (6/3/2019)
A Very Good Tea Dessert at 71 Above (5/9/2019)
Postage Stamps (4/9/2019)
Invitation To Tea: A Revolutionary Song (3/20/2019)
One Ton of Tea and Countless Teapot Spouts (2/11/2019)
Pairing With Durian Desserts (1/10/2019)
teaBOT Is Missing (12/5/2018)
Harding Intsik in Manila (11/5/2018)
Mangosteen Tea (10/4/2018)
Rose Tree Cottage (9/10/2018)
Ochazuke (8/2/2018)
Portable Tearoom (6/27/2018)
Magazine Covers (6/5/2018)
Glass Flowers (5/3/2018)
ChooArt Villa (4/4/2018)
Pop-Up Dining (3/12/2018)
Tea Towel & A Yayoi Kusama Exhibit (2/12/2018)
Craft Tea (1/29/2018)
The Old-Fashioned Flavor (12/20/2017)
The Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden (11/15/2017)
Mekong River (10/26/2017)
Burmese tea leaf salad (10/3/2017)
A Tea Surprise at the SENA (9/13/2017)
Yunnan: a board game (8/28/2017)
DunHuang Tea (8/8/2017)
So Unrelated To Tea (6/26/2017)
Asian Goods Store Wing Hop Fung (6/7/2017)
MILK+T – An L.A. Boba Truck (5/4/2017)
Store Opened! (4/17/2017)
Bingsu – Korean Shaved Ice (3/6/2017)
Brief Encounter with Tea in Denmark (2/15/2017)
Lucky Bags (1/16/2017)
Tea-Related Guinness World Records (12/5/2016)
Canned Green Tea (11/3/2016)
Herbacious Cocktails (10/12/2016)
The “Heavenly” Teapot (9/27/2016)
The 2016 Malmö Garden Show (7/6/2016)
Mason Jar (6/20/2016)
No Deciphering Needed (5/2/2016)
Open-Mindedness (4/4/2016)
Backyard Teahouse (3/9/2016)
Tea at Work (2/18/2016)
More Inscrutable Tea Quotes (2/1/2016)
Tearooms in Sierra Madre, CA (1/5/2016)
Converted Spaces (12/23/2015)
Performing with Tea (10/6/2015)
Tea Holidays Throughout the Year and Throughout the World (9/3/2015)
The Japanese Green Tea Cafe Project (8/4/2015)
Sen no Rikyū in Cinema (7/3/2015)
LA’s “Restaurant Week” Features Tea Desserts (6/11/2015)
The Huntington Revisited (5/19/2015)
Tea at sea? (4/30/2015)
NPR launches tea Tuesdays (3/24/2015)
Hello kitty con 2014 (2/19/2015)
Topping choices (1/13/2015)
Hot pot by any other name (11/24/2014)
Tea poetry: radio’s contribution (10/21/2014)
Cooking programs (9/30/2014)
To the storefront (9/2/2014)
A brief history of boba (8/6/2014)
Ukiyo-e (7/9/2014)
Elegance and simplicity (6/9/2014)
The wrap dress as a metaphor for tea (5/12/2014)
Cast iron teapots (5/1/2014)
Toothsome tea is boba tea (3/18/2014)
UNBAG the green tea Kit Kats! Uji Matcha celebrated (2/25/2014)
Bone China (1/28/2014)
My brother’s first afternoon tea (12/30/2013)
Tea Dyeing & Staining (11/27/2013)
Modern Taiwanese teaware (11/1/2013)
Heard of this Chinese tisane beverage? (9/16/2013)
New findings or old information rehashed? (8/14/2013)
The last teahouse? (7/19/2013)
Tea mysteries (6/21/2013)
Two Japanese Gardens in Northern California (5/29/2013)
Tea-picking ballads and operas (4/4/2013)
Tea manga (3/7/2013)
Tournament of Roses Parade – decorating with tea leaves or ti leaves? (2/12/2013)
Reviews of two more “tea” movies (1/14/2013)
Tea toys and collectibles (12/17/2012)
An online contemporary teapot exhibit (11/30/2012)
Depictions of tea in art (11/26/2012)
The importance of staying connected (11/15/2012)
Tea on the Space Shuttle? (10/17/2012)
Another famous Chinese tea – Huang Shan Mao Feng (9/21/2012)
Naming a tea: Duyun Mao Jian (8/17/2012)
Mission San Miguel – A hint of tea (7/13/2012)
European tea tour – A proposal (6/14/2012)
Rankin Ranch (5/16/2012)
Say “Cheers” with tea (4/18/2012)
Tea and skin care (3/19/2012)
Salty tea (2/20/2012)
Tea gowns are not for tea parties (1/19/2012)
Sen no Rikyu’s tea rooms (11/11/2009)
PingLin Tea Museum in Taiwan (1/2/2009)