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Afternoon tea at Wuyishan & drawing divination sticks

ByDerry Liu 2022-10-172022-10-18

When I was trekking in Wuyi Mountain, I met a Buddhism temple called Huiyuan Temple. It was built during the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and rebuilt in Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). When I went in, there was nobody in the temple. I worshipped the Buddha then I came to the backyard. There was a hall with Guanyin…

The History of Chinese Tea

ByDerry Liu 2022-10-10

It’s a long history of Chinese tea.5000 years ago, in the Shennong era, tea was first used as medicine. 3000 years ago, the people who lived in the Zhou Dynasty began to cultivate tea trees for human consumption. 2300 years ago, people used tea to make soup and the primitive form of tea cake appeared…

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Three Essential Things About Chinese Gongfu Tea Brewing

ByDerry Liu 2022-10-102022-10-10

There are three essential things about Chinese Gongfu Tea brewing, which are tea-water ratio, the temperature of water and steeping time.First of all, the tea-water ration should be appropriate, it helps the tea to present its best taste. Generally speaking, when you brew green tea or yellow tea, the combination of 1 gram tea with…

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How to smell the aroma of tea in a Chinese tea ceremony

ByDerry Liu 2022-09-282022-10-18

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3 destinations to visit in China related to tea

ByDerry Liu 2022-09-272022-10-18

Where would you like to visit if you come to China? In relation to tea, I’ll recommend 3 most attractive destinations for you.The first one is Yunnan Province, where you can find tons of different Puerh tea. Lincang, Puerh and Xishuangbanna are all well-known tea growing regions. There are some ancient tea tree growing in…

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From Eating Tea to Drinking Tea

ByDerry Liu 2022-09-15

The way of using tea has been changing with time. When tea was first discovered, people ate fresh tea leaves directly and chewing them. Gradually people ate and drank tea after boiling it. Even now, the saying chi cha (吃茶), meaning eating tea, and the modes of eating tea still exist in many places of…

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Tea–An Effective Anti-obesity Agent

ByDerry Liu 2022-09-042022-09-15

Research has found that tea is a potent anti-obesity agent, despite differences in composition and mechanism of action between different types of tea.As we all know, tea polyphenols are the beneficial components shared by tea, and among all kinds, green tea is the most prominent. The main component of tea polyphenols, EGCG, can produce anti-obesity…

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Why Do We Use Fairness Cups?

ByDerry Liu 2022-09-04

Why do we use a fairness cup when drinking tea?It has 2 functions. First, it’s an intermediary between the tea pot or Gaiwan and your tea cup. In Chinese Gongfu tea, if teas are soaked in hot water for long time, it will be oversteeped and get much stronger in taste. The fairness cup works…

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Tea and Wu Xing

ByDerry Liu 2022-08-232022-09-04

Wu xing – directly translating to “five elements” – is an ancient Chinese philosophy that encompasses five phases of the universe’s ongoing existence and development.The five components are Wood (mu), Fire (huo), Earth or Soil (tu), Metal (jin), and Water (shui). Seen as transitional material forces that flow successively, these elements are an inherent part of…

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Meaning of Gongfu Tea

ByDerry Liu 2022-07-092022-10-18

@teawish.co Meaning of Gongfu Tea. #teaculture #gongfutea #kungfutea #kungfu #chinesetea ♬ original sound – Derry@TeawishWhat’s the meaning of Gongfu Tea?Hi guys. Today let’s talk about Gongfu Tea. Before interpreting Gongfu Tea, I must explain the term Gongfu first. When you hear gongfu, what do you link to in your mind? Maybe Bruce Lee, Jacky Chan,…

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