We went to see Mr Ye's Taiping Houkui tea garden last month, out in the remote mountains we found tea thriving in an incredible natural...

Ye Liangjin was born in the late 60s, and his family have been living in Houkeng (the main region for Taiping houkui) for centuries. The...

I hope after reading this article, you will have a comprehensive understanding about green tea, and be able to easily identify and...

When we talk about Chinese green tea, there is one word constantly referred to —­­ “pre-qingming” (around 4th April). How important is it...

painted by Cheng Lixue 程立雪, a contemporary artist from Hubei province 臥遊,  or 'travelling while lying down', is a phrase that became...

I wanted to write something about what we call ‘tea soup’ in Chinese (茶湯 cha tang) - the resulting infusion of tea leaves steeped in hot...

The pine stands proudly, cloaked in snow, towering above the other trees in the forest, bearing the cold of winter year after year,...

Tonight we are drinking Liubao dark tea from the early nineties. Originally a lightly-fermented tea, today the leaves brew out a crisp,...

Over the past few years I've devoted myself to the study of Chinese tea. From the very first time I sat down and learnt to consciously...

After many months of planning and preparation, and with the gracious help and encouragement of friends and family here in the UK and back...