Umi Tea Sets Blog

The Book of Tea contains ten chapters. The first chapter deals with the origin of tea, the soil and climate suitable for its cultivation and its nature and functions. Chapters...

Chinese people always attach the same importance to the quality of their material and their spiritual lives. For instance, they eat and drink to satisfy their physiological requirements, and to...

Chinese tea culture is of long standing. People not only found out various ways of making, cooking and drinking tea through practice, but also summarized them and put them down...

Article/Photos by Fu Zhen It is May, when we bid farewell to spring and welcome the arrival of summer. Young seedlings in spring have matured into a field of green...

Article by: Liao Deming, Photography by: Chen Mingchong A two-storey brick house with a small pond amid an expanse of green under the azure sky - Xu Junxiang's ceramic studio...

Article: Huang Yijia Photos by: Tangren Gongyi On the morning of February 19th, I received a call from Zisha Master He Daohong. With his strong Yixing accent, he informed me...

Article: Guang-Chung Lee On may 30th 2008, I had the great honor and pleasure to present the topic "The Profound World of Puerh" to the Core Conference Program of the...

Zhang Ge Min is no ordinary celadon porcelain artist. Instead of immersing himself in the perfection of antique inspired and kilning techniques, this new generation Taiwanese ceramic artist has his...

By Zheng Xiang Ru Master Potter Senior art and craft master Wu Quan Xiang has been mentored by Zisha gurus such as Lu Yao Chen and Gu Jing Zhou. His...

by Geng Jian Sing and Jhang Yan Ren PROFILEGeng Jian SingGeng Jian Sing, former Article Contributor of Chinese tea magazine Puerh Teapot , coauthor of "Puerh Teapot", (in Chinese) [with...