Continued from Tea Shopping in a Market in Shenzhen, China – Part 2 I find that the more familiar and comfortable I am with a shop, the easier it is to get a good read on teas. Struggling with communication issues came into play there, of course. Initial starting points … Continue reading
Continued from Tea Shopping in a Market in Shenzhen, China – Part 1 Visiting the Shenzhen Tea World Terminal Market (WikiTravel page for location details) Language was a problem in that market, for sure. On the next subject of tasting reliability, I can’t blind taste teas for identifying a narrow type … Continue reading
I visited a wholesale tea market in China not so long ago — in Shenzhen — and this is about how it went. More than the actual outcome being “positive” it was more an interesting theme: Seeing how picking up tea would go differently in China. Beyond buying it at … Continue reading
Standing in a shop selling several varieties of tea from all over the world, I was amazed at the vast choice available to us in the form of various green teas, oolongs, iced teas, floral mixes and others. From the familiar Darjeeling and Oolong tea, there were some names I … Continue reading