Umi Tea Sets Blog

PROFILE Mr. Fisher was born in the U.S. He studied philosophy and anthropology. Afterwards he traveled to more than 40 countries, living in India, China, and Japan before finally settling...

Each issue we plan to offer one method of brewing Gong Fu tea by Gong Fu Tea Set. It isn't better than any other. After all, even the masters who...

Most of the various approaches to tea can be classified as either scientific or intuitive. Amongst the tremendous variation within these categories, most focus on either the production, history and...

Many people collect Yixing all around the world, and several even have vast, museum-caliber collections, but none are like Lucas Goh of Malaysia. Lucas' passion for Yixing teaware glimmers in...

In the first issue we traveled to Yixing and interviewed clay master Jun Xin Chen about the way that the ores are mined from the earth and eventually processed into...

Master Potter Each 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...

All of these teas were provided by Henry Chou and Teacher He of "Hang Jia". Henry Chou has been selling tea and vintage tea sets in Malaysia for many years....

In addition to the traditional herbal and fruit infusions, tea makers have a long tradition of blending flavours to create bespoke teas. The result is a choice of tea for...

The old man sipped his tea. He had never grown weary of that flavor. His father had picked Oolong tea, as had his father's father and grandfather. And his young...

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...

All tea drinkers have a relish for life and a willingness to lose themselves in the enjoyment of this most complex of drinks. But there are two people in particular...

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...