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Origin At the beginning of The Classic of Tea, Master Lu Yu wrote: 'Tea, the fine plant growing in the south.' He explained that tea is a Chinese plant species,...

Purple Clay Teaware Purple clay teaware first appeared in the Song Dynasty, thrived A in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and have remained popular among tea enthusiasts up until the...

By Chen Zhi Tong PROFILEChen Zhi Tong is one of the leading experts on Puerh tea in the world today. He is a renowned speaker and the author of several...

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...

PROFILEThe Executive Editor of (The Art of Tea) , (Puerh Teapot) , (The Art of Crafting a Teapot), (Ceramic Art). In the deep autumn of Xishuangbanna, I sampled fourteen different...

Tea ceremony is the foundation of Cha Dao practices. The eight teachings of Taetea ceremony were created by Taetea based on Fu'er tea brewing skills that separate the tea brewing...

PROFILEJames Norwood Pratt published his first book on tea in 1982. He is widely recognized as 0ne of today's leading authorities on tea and tea lore. His most recent book...

Through its union with Chinese civilization, tea gave birth to traditional Chinese Chadao and the myths and mysteries associated with it Chadao is the sublime crystallization of human tea-drinking, an...

They say that the flavor of tea is the flavor of Zen, and without an understanding of one, there is no mastery of the other. Throughout the ages there were...

"I am the spring that the northern region couldn't wait for." The blossoms in full bloom from this beautiful poem by Zheng Chou Yu make their punctual appearance at plum...

The Eight Teachings of the TAETEA System are both a set of elegant and procedural skills to brew tea and are self-motivating methods of self-introspecting Chadao studies. It consists of...

The best way to understand the essence of tea culture in a region is to look at how local people establish tea as a hobby, and not just a beverage...