We’ve all heard of the Amazon effect, and almost no business is immune, including the tea business. While it is platform to sell various types of tea, in 2017 Amazon announced it would enter some snack and ready to eat food markets, including selling their own house tea brand. What … Continue reading
What do you get when you mix a passionate tea lover, mad scientist, and an absolute disregard for anything traditional about what we think about tea? You get Andrew Richardson, owner of Liquid Proust Teas. Liquid Proust is a relatively new vendor in the tea scene that specializes in blended … Continue reading
Related to talking to a friend new to blogging, I’ve noticed some assumed rules to tea blogging. It’s always interesting to break one of these rules, to go in an unconventional direction, but I usually explain why I’m covering that scope in posts when I do. Don’t talk about price … Continue reading
News about a tea competition results awhile back started me considering what a tea competition evaluation and scoring process might be like. As my mind works it would be interesting to compare some of the methodology and evaluation processes to the very different but vaguely related process of judging teas … Continue reading
Savor a sip of your Pu-erh tea. Allow the rich, black liquid to swirl on your tongue and make your senses dance. Can you feel it? The connection to spirit? How your body communicates while drinking Pu-reh tea is what the Chinese call “Cha Qi” –– tea energy life force. … Continue reading
Released in 2015, this shou puerh tea cake is pressed and blended under the Yunnan Sourcing label and sold on both the US and China Yunnan Sourcing websites. Known for the tea-drinking goat on its label, this cake made quite a splash in the tea community when it was first released. For … Continue reading