Umi Tea Sets Blog

Requirements on Tea Utensils Four crystal glass cups, alcohol burner, one set of tea utensils, one tea caddy, one teaspoon, one water tank, one stick of incense, one fragrant stove,...

China has 16 Provinces that produce tea, including Taiwan. From boiling tea as soup, to making it into tea cakes, and to make tea with full leaves, Chinese people have...

Guidance : Liang Xiangtian,Author : Zheng Xiang , Photos: Xu Hongwei In this article, we visit the Taizhumiao district. Its environmental conditions for growing tea axe less favorable than the...

In August 2007, Mr. Liang, the Chief Editor of Puerh Teapot Chinese Magazine, phoned and told me that he discovered some very aged Liu-an tea baskets in Hong Kong. He...

In the past, the Chinese restaurants in Hong Kong only provided two kinds of dark tea for their customers, i.e., Anhui (安徽)Liu-an (六安) tea or Yunnan loose-leaf Puerh tea. In...

We could never describe all the varieties of tea in a single book. So here are just a few of the better-known types of tea you're likely to come across....

Translation: Name of the growing cooperative and the name of the cultivarRegion: Thai NguyenHarvest season: March to NovemberCultivar: LT Tan Huong LT tea comes from the Thai Nguyen region north...

Region: llamHarvest season: April to JuneCultivar: Yabukita (Japan) and AV2 (Darjeeling) The Nepalese tea industry produces mostly black teas. This plantation is entirely devoted to the cultivation of organic green...

Translation: Shaded tea and the name of the growerProduction area: Shizuoka PrefectureHarvest season: Early MayCultivar: Yabukita Like Gyokuro tea, Kabusecha is a shade-grown tea cultivated in gardens that are covered...

Translation: Roasted rice tea, and Sencha-and-Matcha baseProduction area: Shizuoka PrefectureHarvest season: From spring to fall, depending on the type of tea desiredCultivar: Yabukita Genmaicha tea is a mixture of tea...

Translation: Infused tea, long dehydration and the name of a hillProduction area: Shizuoka PrefectureHarvest season: Early MayCultivar: Yabukita In Japan, there are two major styles of Sencha tea: Asamushi and...

Translation: Third harvest tea and name of the prefecture where it is grownProduction area: Shizuoka PrefectureHarvest season: June for the best-quality teas and September for the nestCultivar: Yabukita Bancha was...