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...

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

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...

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...