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In my time surfing English-language online I forums for tea drinkers, I came across some I interesting reactions from tea drinkers in Asia who had browsed the site. I started...

PROFILE Chen Zhi Tong is one of the leading experts on Puerh tea in the world today. He is a renowned speaker and the author of several prominent books and...

It is said in Russia that if guests arrive unexpectedly, they can always count on being served tea. This speaks of the popularity of the drink in the country, where...

China is where tea was born. Chinese legends that speak of its discovery are so ancient it would be easy to believe that tea has always existed there. But if...

As happened in many countries that turned to tea growing in the 19th century, the establishment of tea cultivation in Africa was a direct result of European colonization. The first...

Just as in China, the cultivation of tea in Vietnam springs from a long tradition. Some local legends recount that the first tea trees were brought to Vietnam from what...

"The Nepalese believe that every morning and evening, Siva, who lives at the top of Mount Kachenjunga, blows a gentle breeze onto the gardens, giving the tea its exceptional quality,"...

The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri -Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, occupies entire tropical island situated 25 miles (40 km) off the southeastern tip of India. Although Sri Lanka is...

Dating back to the time between the late Mesozoic Period and early Cenozoic Period in South West China, in this legendary and beautiful land grew a sort of mysterious plant...

It is said that the Yellow Emperor and the Emperor Fairy were both admired tribal leaders by ancient Chinese people. That's why all the Chinese people have claimed to be...

In the Kaiyuan and Tianbao Years of the Tang Dynasty, the country was experiencing a most prosperous period. During this time, society was so positive and active that cross-culture communication...

The Chinese Tea Ceremony is a magnificent epic, a multivoiced part, with no conductor, it is an unaccompanied grand music of the Dong race, which has been played since ancient...