Umi Tea Sets Blog

Tea has a well-established place in Chinese medicine, where it is used for healing and holistic treatments along with other natural ingredients like lime blossom, chamomile and fennel. As it...

Think of tasting something and you'll almost certainly assume the taste buds do all the hard work. These relay information along nerve cells to the brain, in categories such as...

PROFILE Guang 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, TX, USA and...

It is said that Anna Russell, the Seventh Duchess of Bedford (1783 -1857), established the British custom of afternoon tea. The Duchess reportedly found the time between lunch and supper...

You don't have to be a qualified tea master or tea taster to enjoy the complex flavours associated with tea. It is possible for anyone to train their palate so...

Malaysian Tea Master Ling Ping Xang has been such an important part of the tea world for so long that it's difficult to describe his contribution concisely. He has studied...

Jasmine tea is also called jasmine scented tea. It is the treasure in scented teas and also the best seller in scented tea market. It is loved by northern people....

White Pekoe Silver Needle is renowned as Beauty among teas because of its unparallel elegant shape and silver white, shinning appearance. It is sun-withered or dried without stir fixation or...

Unfermented Pu'er tea requires a long time of natural fermentation, whereas fermented Pu'er tea can get a good quality and flavor after storing 2 to 3 years. It is more...

Pu'er tea is the specialty of Yunnan. It takes Yunnan large-leaf sun-cured tea leaves as materials. There are the fermented and unfermented teas. Tea made through natural fermentation is unfermented...

Preparation of tea sets / goblet, tea basinPreparation of water / about 100℃ boiling waterSelection of tea / Butterfly flower (modeling scented tea) 1. Prepare tea sets and butterfly flower....

Preparation of tea sets / purple sand teapot, tea tray, tea holder, tea cups, tea caddy, and tea props.Preparation of water / about 100℃ boiling water.Selected tea / unfermented Pu'er...