Understanding puer tea starts with exploring the distinctions within this class of tea, notably between cooked (shou) and raw (sheng) puer. These categories are fundamentally different in terms of processing and flavor profile. The term "cooked" come…
Tea processing is a serious art. Each step in the process shapes the type of tea produced and directly impacts its quality. The other day, while flipping through a book on Taiwan tea processing, I noticed something intriguing: packaging was listed as…
The Taiwan Tea Research and Extension Station (TRES) has developed several tea cultivars to enhance tea quality and adaptability.As of May 2020, TRES has released 24 cultivars, including:1. **TTES No. 1**: A black tea cultivar developed in 1969 by cr…
