Tea Videos

Tea aroma can be classified into three types: species aroma, origin aroma and craft aroma. Taking Anxi Tieguanyin as an example, the most famous species is the red heart with a crooked tail. Only this species have the orchid aroma and a special taste that we call it Guanyin rhyme in China. The origin aroma…

Drinking tea at home, you feel casual and relaxed. Drinking tea at office, makes you strict. Drinking tea in a tea room, makes you dedicated. Drinking tea in a trip, makes you enjoy your life journey. Life has many different types of scenery and tea gives you health, happiness and peace all the way. Do…

China’s three great philosophy religions—Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism—sprouted toward the middle of the Zhou dynasty. Each of these religions embraced tea for its healthful virtues and powers of rejuvenation. Monks and priests who were introduced to tea found that this beverage would help them stay awake during long meditations. To these holy men, tea represented…

The Chinese character for tea is comprised of three parts: the upper part symbolizes “plant” or “grass”; the middle section refers to “man,” especially man’s locale on earth; the bottom portion represents “tree” or “being rooted.” The sum of this character’s elements creates the Chinese pictorial for tea as, “The revered plant that sustains man…

Today, I would like to introduce three tea-lover emperors in Chinese history. The first one, Emperor Huizong (1082-1135) of the Song Dynasty. He’s not only a tea master, but also the first emperor who wrote a book about tea. His book “Daguan Tea Theory” has less than 3000 words, but precisely summed up the origin,…

In 1972, during President Nixon’s visit to China, beside Beijing, he also went to Hangzhou, where is the origin of the Long Jing Tea or Drgon Well. Premier Zhou Enlai hosted a dinner at the a famous restaurant “Lou Wai Lou” in the city. There was a unique dish named “Longjing Shrimp” on the table….

You have a very good question. Before answering your question, let’s review a period of history. In 1972, there was an important event. President Nixon of the US visited China, which marked that the isolation between China and the US had finally been broken since the founding of New China. Chairman Mao sent President Nixon…