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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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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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The First Person to Plant Tea Trees

ByDerry Liu 2022-09-15

The first person who planted tea trees in the world was Wu Lizhen.During the years from 200 BC to 53 BC, one day Wu Lizhen felt exhausted for cutting wood, he randomly plucked some tea leaves and put them into his mouth. After eating tea leaves his tiredness was completely removed. His mother and neighbors…

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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 Personality

ByDerry Liu 2022-08-252022-09-04

You might believe it or not, one’s personality may be apparent according to the tea he or she likes.Those who like drinking black tea are easy-going persons. Black tea is fully fermented tea. The taste of it is quite mild and gentle, and pretty mellow, which are easily accepted by most people.Those who like drinking…

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Why Tea Makes Us Look Younger?

ByDerry Liu 2022-08-222022-09-04

What exactly is the antioxidant properties of tea?We all get older, and our face begin to wrinkle as time goes by. Actually, everything around us is being oxidized. For example, after we peel an apple, the apple will turn black soon and not being fresh. Also, the silver jewelry will turn dark after you wear…

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The Production Areas of Six Types of Tea in China (Ⅱ)

ByDerry Liu 2022-08-162022-09-04

Today, let’s learn about the production areas of the other three types of tea: oolong tea, black tea and dark tea.Oolong tea, called blue tea as well. It is mainly grown in Fujian, Guangdong, and Taiwan. And there are some types of oolong tea which are pretty famous such as Tieguanyin, Wuyi Rock Tea, Zhangping…

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Ladies Are Like Water, Men Are Like Tea

ByDerry Liu 2022-08-132022-09-04

Do You know why ladies usually brew the tea, while men drink the tea?Well, ladies are just like the water and men are like tea. So, without the brewing from the water, how a man could be a gentleman of good taste?

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The Production Areas of Six Types of Tea in China (Ⅰ)

ByDerry Liu 2022-08-10

Today let’s talk about the production areas of green tea, yellow tea and white tea in China.Let’s start from green tea. Green tea is the earliest tea in Chinese history, because the process of making it is simple, almost every tea-producing area in China is producing it, from Shandong to Hainan, including Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui,…

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Five Common Shapes of Black Tea

ByDerry Liu 2022-08-082022-09-04

Among the six major types of tea, black tea is the most consumed one in the world, but the shapes of its leaves are quite diverse. Today, let’s take a look at the five common shapes of black tea.The first one is strip shaped, it’s pretty common among all kinds of black tea such as…

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The Difference between Men and Women Holding Tea Cups.

ByDerry Liu 2022-08-072022-09-04

Ladies and gentlemen, how do you normally hold a teacup in an elegant way? I’ll let you know there are some differences in between, coming from Chinese custom.For ladies, it’s better to use your thumb and index finger to hold the teacup, meanwhile hold the bottom of the cup with your middle finger, and the…

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