Aged Liu-an Appreciation - Interactive Dialogue with Zhou Yu July 31, 2021UmiTea Sets There are not many well aged Liu-an baskets left in the world. Some connoisseurs treat these well aged Liu-an baskets, which have the same great tastes and aromas as the...
Puerh Questions with Huang Chang Fang, master blender of Puerh tea July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets * What is the real difference between a blended (pin pei) tea and a single-region tea cake? Firstly, it's important to understand that Puerh isn't a single, uniform kind of...
Master Ke Tao Chun By Chen Zhi Tong July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets Master PotterEach issue we will offer an in-depth biography of a master Yixing potter - their life, work, recognitions and photos of their pieces. In this way, our readers can...
Enjoying the Diversity of Oolongs July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets By Guang Chung Lee PROFILEGuang has a PhD. in Chemical Engineering. He has been passionate about tea culture and Yixing since he studied in Taiwan. Now he lives in Houston,...
Finding a Cup of Puerh: Factors in the Expanding Instability of the Market July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets By Scott Wilson, Kunming Yunnan ProfileScott is an American from the west coast. After some traveling he settled in Kunming, China and founded the tea export company Yunnan Sourcing. He...
Q & A with the Tea Expert - Zhou Yu July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets PROFILE Zhou Yu was born in Chungking in 1945. He majored in foreign languages and economics. In 1981, he rebuilt his family home and created Wistaria Tea House, which he...
Chen Qi Nan - A Teaware Engineer; Design and Aesthetic Married - By Michael Yang July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets Most of the various approaches to tea can be classified as either scientific or intuitive. Amongst the tremendous variation within these categories, most focus on either the production, history and...
Yixing Purple Clay Master - Wang Yin Xian - By Chen Zhi Tong July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets Master Potter Each issue we will offer an in-depth biography of a master Yixing potter - their life, work, recognitions and photos of their pieces. In this way, our readers...
FROM TEA EXPERTS TO TEA MASTERS July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets The name "tea master" is most familiar from the Asian tea ceremony. In this centuries-old tradition, tea is celebrated as being the very core of community life, the fabric that...
A Meeting with Mr. Liu Xu, Industry Professional July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets Mr. Liu Xu is a national tea taster. He has also coauthored eight books on tea. Mr. Liu Xu, how long have you been working in the world of tea?I...
The Chinese Tea Industry July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets In China, annual tea production now exceeds a million tons (according to 2008 data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), and government initiatives designed to promote...
A Legendary Sage - The Saint of Tea, Lu Yu July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets After a long period of time since tea has been found by Shennong, tea was just a part of daily life or a way to cure people’s illnesses via our...