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Tie Guan Yin

Details: Category: Tea; Published on Friday, 01 March 2013 05:48; Written by Scott Tamas

Tei Guan Yin tea leaf Tei Guan Yin is a premium variety of Chinese oolong tea associated with Anxi in the Fujian province. Named after the Buddhist saint Guan Yin, it has also been translated as "Iron Goddess of Mercy" after the old translation for Guan Yin''''s name. Recently the tea has been grown in Nantou, Taiwan where it thrives. Other spellings and names include Ti Kuan Yin, Tit Kwun Yum, Ti Kwan Yin, Tie Guan Yin, Iron Buddha, Iron Goddess of Mercy, and Tea of the Iron Bodhisattva, which is probably the closest English translation.

The History of Tea

Details: Category: Tea; Published on Tuesday, 26 February 2013 18:22; Written by Scott Tamas

Tea is loved the world over for its refreshing taste and medicinal purposes. Particularly in the Orient, the origins of tea as we know it today have an interesting history and play a role in cultural myths and legends. The tea bush originated in the hot wet mountainous regions of the Eastern Himalayas, the region where present-day India, China and Myanmar meet today. Tea was originally eaten and drunk by tribal groups in this area. More than two thousand years ago, the Chinese used tea as a medicine. The expansion of Buddhism from India popularized tea drinking as an to aid concentration and to help maintain focus during meditation.

Qing Hua Blue and White Porcelain

Details: Category: Tea; Published on Tuesday, 26 February 2013 18:08; Written by Scott Tamas

Chinese qinghua tea cups are blue and white porcelain The blue and white Qinghua porcelain has long been associated with quality and exquisit taste. It can trace its origins back to the Tang Dynasty.

Following in the tradition of earlier qingbai porcelains, blue and white wares are glazed using a transparent porcelain glaze. The blue decoration is painted onto the body of the porcelain before glazing, using very finely ground cobalt oxide mixed with water. After the decoration has been applied the pieces are glazed and fired.

Oolong-tea

Details: Category: Tea; Published on Saturday, 02 February 2013 17:49; Written by Scott Tamas

Oolong tea (also known as wulong tea) is a traditional Chinese tea that has oxidized to somewhere between green and black teas. It ranges from 10% to 70% oxidation.

In Chinese tea culture, partially oxidized oolong teas are collectively grouped as "blue-green tea" (qingcha). Oolong has a taste more akin to green tea than to black tea: it lacks the rosy, sweet aroma of black tea and yet does not have the stridently grassy vegetal notes that exemplifies green tea. The best Oolong has nuanced flavor. It is usually brewed to be strong, causing the bitterness to dissipate, leaving a sweet and pleasant aftertaste. Oolongs produced in Fujian Province's Wuyi Mountains and in the Central Mountains of Taiwan are world famous.

Tea's Medicinal Value

Details: Category: Tea; Published on Friday, 01 February 2013 19:41; Written by Scott Tamas

Tea has a long history of medical benefits, first noticed in ancient times, and continuing to be discovered today.

Currently over 450 chemical substances have been discovered in tea, some of which are microelements capable of supplementing nutrient substances needed by the body and some other microelements can prevent or cure disease.