Why Taiwan?
Recently, I was asked, “Why Taiwan and not China for tea?”. My focus is Taiwan tea. That doesn’t mean I don’t sell tea from China or that I am not interested in tea from China. There would be no Taiwa…
Tea Blog
Welcome to the J-Tea Blog
I've been sourcing tea in Taiwan since 2004. This is where I write about it.
Not reviews. Not rankings. Stories — about the farmers I work with, the regions I keep going back to, and what twenty years of paying attention to one thing actually teaches you. If you want to understand why a Li Shan oolong tastes different from an Alishan, or what makes a raw puer worth aging, or how I ended up living in Taiwan in the first place — it's in here somewhere.
Start anywhere. Or browse the categories. The tea's already in your cup.