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Author,Photos: luo Ying Yin Bring up Yunnan, and Pu-erh immediately comes to mind. Mention Wuyi, and we immediately think of Cliff tea. Speak of Anxi, and course it'sa Tieguanyin. Anxi...

Text by: Aaron Fisher One of the many facets of the Leaf that has ever. endeared it to the spiritual traditions of the East is the way that it connects...

With 40,000 square meters and 1,000 booths, the 2008 Guangzhou Tea Expo, China's most influential expo, will sparkle with charm from 20-24 November af the Continental International Exhibition Center, located...

A tradition of Buddhist temples in Beijing is to entertain visitors with tea. In imperial times when a provincial official came to the national capital he would often stay in...

Inscribed on the panels of a corridor in the main hall of Lao She Teahouse are the names of celebrities who have visited the teahouse since its founding in 1988....

Text by: Heidi Kyser It's satisfying to see your dreams come true; especially when that means they're coming true for a lot of other people too. That's the case for...

By Peng Chiu Ping Photography by Despite the fact that Dali has always been a frontier town, it has sustained the political, economic and cultural center of Hunnan people for...

Liulichang is a famous street of antiques and culture. In the middle of the 1990s Feng Jianhua opened on this street a teahouse with the purpose to promote Beijing traditional...

Document Collated: Guan Zhi Liang During a period of about 150 years up to World War II, cast-iron teapots with handle and spout, called "tetsubin", were popular in Japan both...

Article by Dai Zu Xi Photos by Chen Ming Tsung Tea has spread its influence throughout history, far and wide. Having been the favourite beverage among scholars, means that there...

In the 1990s teahouses of a modem sense sprang up in Beijing. Called tea art house, they are elaborately decorated with an atmosphere blending Chinese traditional culture with modem life....

Article: Bian Zheng Photo: Chen Ming Tsung Pitchers, which were hardly seen at the early stage of tea art development in Taiwan, have since become a very important part of...