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[2019.11.07]

Do you know that organic tea does not mean healthy?

• Featured Articles
• How to choose quality tea
• Agricultural Practice
• Factors that affects tea quality

Have you heard of sustainable tea gardens? These gardens are self-sufficient and able to propagate naturally w …

[2015.05.28]

What Everybody Ought to Know About Pu-erh Tea

• Featured Articles
• Types of Tea
• China
• Fermented Tea
• Post Fermented Tea
• Pu-erh Tea and Dark Tea
• Raw Pu-erh Tea
• Raw Pu-erh Tea Processing
• Ripe Pu-erh Tea
• Ripe Pu-erh Tea Processing
• Yunnan

What are the criteria that define the quality of pu-erh tea? How do we choose the right quality? Every year, I …

[2015.04.06]

Selecting Suitable Clay for Japanese Green Tea

• Featured Articles
• Teapot and Tea Equipment
• Banko Teapot
• Green Tea
• Japanese Green Tea
• Japanese Teapot and Tea Equipment
• Mumyoi Clay Teapot
• Nosaka Clay Teapot
• Sado Red Clay Teapot
• Shigaraki Clay Teapot

I would like to explain the points on how to choose the right type of clay teapot for a Japanese green tea. Th …

[2015.03.18]

Iga Natural Red Clay from the Hometown of Ninja

• Featured Articles
• Teapot and Tea Equipment
• Iga Red Clay Teapot
• Japanese Teapot and Tea Equipment

I discovered very interesting clay in Iga, a place known as the hometown of Ninja in Japan. We are preparing t …

[2013.08.14]

Are not you choosing teapot just by color?

• Featured Articles
• Teapot and Tea Equipment
• Japanese Teapot and Tea Equipment
• Mumyoi Clay Teapot
• Nosaka Clay Teapot
• Sado Red Clay Teapot
• Science between the taste of tea and material

The colour and texture of the teapot varies a lot, where the same clay could turn red, purple or black based o …

[2013.06.15]

The Secret of Phoenix Dan Cong Oolong

• Featured Articles
• Types of Tea
• Age of Tea Tree
• Agricultural Practice
• Altitude
• China
• Chinese Oolong Tea
• Chinese Oolong Tea Processing
• Environmental factors
• Factors that affects tea quality
• Fermented Tea
• Guangdong
• Oolong Tea
• Oolong Tea Processing
• Phoenix Dan Cong Oolong Processing
• Phoenix Dan Cong Oolong Tea
• Season
• Soil Condition
• Tea tree
• Weather and Climate

Phoenix Dan Cong oolong is produced from Chao-zhou, Guangdong province. In Phoenix town, the oldest tea tree t …

[2013.03.20]

Do we have to use one tea pot for one tea?

• Featured Articles
• Teapot and Tea Equipment
• Science between the taste of tea and material

It often comes to the discussion whether or not we should use one teapot for one tea. I would like to share so …