05th July 2006
Even though tea is from a single plant called camellia sinensis, there are many varietals or cultivars of tea trees. Tea trees grown in China are different from those grown in India or Sri Lanka. Tea trees grown in China typically have smaller leaves tha...
05th July 2006
Even though tea has been enjoyed for about 5000 years since its serendipitous discovery by Chinese Emperor and "Divine Healer" Shen-Nung in 2737 B.C, White tea did not come to existence until at much later time. White tea has only about 200 years of histo...
29th June 2006
The word "Talk" begins with "T" or "Tea" for the matter at hand. It is not just coincidence. There is connection beyond the common alphabet. But before I go on to explain the subtle link between these two beautiful ingredients of life, let me first "tea" ...
25th June 2006
Tea and time have something in common. They both begin with letter "T". There is a reason for that. Under that commonality also lies a lesson of life.
To enjoy tea, we need to take time.
First of all, even before the steeping starts, we observe the ...
25th June 2006
I grew up in a tea farm about 20 miles from Taimu Mountain in eastern Fujian province of China. Fujian is one of the major tea growing regions in China. The famous Oolong tea Iron Goddess (aka Tie Kuan Yin) is from southern Fujian. Taimu Mountain is the o...
