Umi Tea Sets Blog

Have a cup The Daimyo of Seven prefectures, Lord Hideyoshi himself, presided over his annual Chrysanthemum viewing party. The guests included three other daimyos and lords, several high class merchants...

In ancient India, sages of all traditions referred to the phenomenal world as "Nama-rupa", which translates as "name and form". Different schools espoused a wide variety of interpretations on the...

Author: Zheng Xiang Ru/Photos: Xu Hong Wei How time flies - in the blink of an eye, nine years have passed since Taiwan's devastating 9/21 earthquake occurred at the end...

Article by: Liao De Ming/ Photography by: Chen Ming Chong It is an unforgettable experience for those who have witnessed a clay throwing demonstration by Lee Jen Yao. It was...

The Chinese love drinking tea. They drink tea to relieve thirst when thirsty, to sober up when drunken, to help digest after a meal, and to stay awake and fresh...

Black tea is a kind of fermented tea, originating from green tea after it is mixed, kneaded, fermented, dried, and otherwise processed The water of green tea is freshly green...

Oolong tea is also called green tea. It uses green tea's finishing technique as well as blade tea's fermenting skill, so it is a semi-fermented tea between green tea and...

Green tea is precious for its freshness and tenderness. People usually pick the shoot or one-shoot-one-piece leaves as material, because leaves become inferior or bad when they grow up. But...

Article by: Su Ying Chun, Photography by: Chen Ming Chong In March, spring is at its most pleasant. The land is burgeoning with new life and blossoming with flowers after...

Like dark tea, yellow tea was also found by chance when making green tea. People discover that if leaves are not dried in time after being finished, kneaded and twisted,...

White tea is slightly fermented, only involving adjustment and drying processes. "Three White" should be observed when picking white tea leaves. "Three White" means the one shoot and two leaves...

Speaking of tea apparatus, they were inseparable from eating apparatus before Tang Dynasty. With the popularity of drinking tea, tea apparatus were getting more and more delicate. Lu Yu alone...