Growing conditions, harvest, processing, storage, brewing and culture all play a role in the quality of tea. Browse the following articles for more details on how to make a perfect cup of tea.
Many people store green tea at room temperature in a kitchen cabinet, but is it keeping your tea fresh? If you are to get the maximum health benefit, you ought to know a few things to keep your tea fresh. First, we need to know what fresh tea is and how tea is affected in […]
There are many ways to prepare tea from traditional leaf style tea to tea bags to more ceremonial cha no yu, or tea ceremony. Even for leaf tea there are various instruments you can use to achieve the best result. Tea pot, mug strainer, some automated tea server, etc. When I choose a tea pot, […]
So many tea enthusiasts claim that certain type of water is better than others. I have heard some people mention that certain type of filtered water makes it better tasting. I remember seeing a water filter company at the world tea expo and they were very convincing. Of course,.that’s their product, they have to sell… […]
Which flavor of tea you like is often subjective, but I would like to briefly walk you through “objective” understanding of tea quality. This is general idea and not necessarily all true in specific applications. Harvest This is mostly visible in loose leaf tea before and after brewing. Take a look at your tea leaf. […]
Tea has been a dominant beverage in Japan for centuries although recent years they have experienced major shift in styles of tea consumption. I had an opportunity to visit famous tea regions in Kyushu and Okinawa to learn their way of tea production, quality control and tea as part of food culture. Japanese are known […]
Much like roasting vegetables, roasting tea by hand gives it an extra sweet and toasty flavor. Buy hand tea roaster from Mauna Kea Tea. Made of heat resistant ceramic, this roaster withstands high temperature and direct contact with the heat source. The high walled shape of the roaster prevents spilling as you agitate the tea […]
We hope that the following charts and descriptions give you easy comparison of the grades of our Green Teas and Oolong teas. Green Tea Name Harvest Processing Theanine Caffeine EGCg (antioxidant) Premium Green – Estate Reserve Hand Picked, first harvest of the year Traditional pan-fire processing and open basket fire finish n/a n/a n/a Premium […]
Since this is my first post of my teaware, I decided to write about how I and ancesters got involved in tea through teaware. I like to think that we all have our free choices to decide what we become of, but sometimes how I reached the path of tea makes me feel that it […]