From Cupping to Gong Fu... What is Next?
From Cupping to Gong Fu: Porcelain and ClayA lot of times when we are talking about a Li Shan high mountain oolong the preferred method of brewing is gong fu brewing. What do we mean when we say prefe…
Oolong Tea Times Blog
Tea Brewing - Intuitive Magic
Evaluating tea or conducting a tea tasting is slightly different than enjoying tea. Though tastings are fun and enjoyable, when we are enjoying tea simply for the sake of enjoyment, there aren’t reall…
Tea Cupping
Tea cupping is our way of doing homework. Get to know what 3 grams of tea looks like or what 5 grams of tea looks like….Depending on how we do it tea cupping is also a method of extracting a slightly…
Tea Evaluation: The Art and the Science - Notes from our tea presentation
An educated tea consumer is the best kind of tea consumer. I am so happy to have the opportunity to share some knowledge about high-end tea with you!Kissed by the DragonKissed by the Dragon is wh…
On Sales, On Business, On Family
How much of our life are we counting down? Or are we counting upward? It’s a puzzle. Life is a mystery. The scholar who wrote "The Book of Tea" is so dignified, smoking his cigarette, both contemplati…