This is a drink that helps me make it through the winter. I picked up the recipe in Taiwan and of course it includes tea. This is a strong ginger tea with high mountain oolong and some black sugar. Th…

I left off at the part where I was describing the values of cupping tea.I had one tea teacher tell me that cupping tea is like doing your homework. You have to know what 5g of tea is, you have to know…

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…

Having guests for tea is a very worthwhile activity. It is interesting that in Taiwan, the host is the person that makes tea for their guests. In so many other countries, the making of tea is delegate…

Welcome to a blog series listing the tools I use every time I brew gong fu cha. Another small but essential tea tool for an awesome gong fu tea session is the tea cloth. There are two types of cl…