Meditation Kiln: Liou Jiun Lin & Yi Lin Jung<br>By Corren Kendrick July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets Some people and places are brimming with so much creativity that when you meet with them you want to pick up a brush and try painting, even if you don't...
Celadon Fit for the Royal Treasury By Ethan Thompson July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets According to most versions of the story, the Shogun Ashikaga Yohimasa (1436-1490) had been give a Song Dynasty Celadon bowl for tea and it had become his most prized possession....
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...
The Significance of Yixing Teaware in Chinese Tea Art By Guang Chung Lee July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets There is no other ceramic art quite like Yixing teaware. Its birth coincided with a historic change in Chinese tea culture, when whole leaves replaced brewing teas in powdered form....
Washing Publications and Puerh Tea July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets In 2002, Wushing Publications Company, Ltd. released the first issue of "Puerh Teapot" magazine. Over the course of the next five years, the magazine was destined to become the largest...
Taiwan Puerh and Purple-sand Teapots By Chen Chih Tung July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets While Puerh tea has been a feature of everyday life in Canton for centuries, the emergence of this once provincial, medicinal beverage, owes much of its recent explosion in popularity...
The Development and Prospects of the Contemporary Puerh Market By Chen Chih Tung July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets PROFILEChen Chih Tung is one of the leading experts on Puerh tea in the world today. He is a renowned speaker and the author of several prominent books and hundreds...
Introduction to the Three Ages of Puerh Tea By A. D. Fisher July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets It should be noted that most all the terms used to identify the families and eras of Puerh tea began for the most part with the scholarship of the 1990's....
Knowing the Parts of a Vintage Beengcha By Michael Yang and Guang Li July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets Learning to identify aged Puerh is a daunting task even for a Chinese person who has many books and teachers available. We have spent many years studying Puerh tea with...
Kunming Tea Factory July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets Kunming Tea Factory has a long history that has been very influential on the development of Puerh tea in general. Throughout its many decades of operation, The Kunming tea factory...
A Stroll Through Seven Decades at the New Xiaguan Tuo Cha Museum By Yang Kai July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets PROFILE Yang Kai designs the lenses for microscopes and telescopes. In his free time, he is a great scholar of many things, especially history. He has been studying the history...
Xiaguan Tea Factory July 30, 2021UmiTea Sets Xiaguan is one of the most well-known brands of Puerh tea in the world. Xiaguan products have been sold abroad for decades, and their tuochas and jin cha have become...