Umi Tea Sets Blog

The Taiwanese are proud of their wulong teas, and many of them travel long distances to buy zisha teapot and tea from their favorite mountain garden. However; there has been...

As previously noted, it is the process of oxidation that determines which of the six families a tea belongs to. The wulong family of teas consists of semi-oxidized teas that...

Although the first cultivars to be grown on the island of Taiwan were of Chinese origin, over the years the Taiwanese have developed their own cultivars. Some, like the Si...

The Three Classical Aesthetic Disciplines The aesthetics of Chinese Tea Ceremony are deeply rooted in the Chinese Traditional Culture. There are many disciplines of Chinese classical aesthetics-the Confucians admire "harmony";...

By devoting themselves almost entirely to the production of wulong teas, Taiwanese growers have managed to develop a tea culture that is specific to their taste and their terroir. In...

The Chinese Tea Ceremony aesthetics mainly includes "harmony between human and nature; people and objects spiritually know each other"; "wisdoms know water, and the benevolent know the mountains"; "Eliminating the...

With several mountain ranges with peaks soaring to over 6,550 feet (2,000 m), a temperature that rarely drops below 55°F (13°C) and a mean rainfall of more than 79 inches...

Ms. Lin Mei Yen is a judge at the Lugu tea competition. How long have you been working in the world of tea?Actually, I have always worked in areas associated...

Excellent tea drinkers are not only good at discovering beauty, but also good at creating beauty, to appreciate and enjoy beauty. Without this aspect, a complete aesthetics theoretical system of...

In traditional Chinese culture, "Tao" and "Art" are essentially different from each other but are contradictorily united. In the tea practice activities, the Tea Ceremony and tea art match each...

ALTHOUGH TAIWAN IS A FAIRLY RECENT TEA GROWING COUNTRY COMPARED TO CHINA, WHICH HAS A 5,000 YEAR-OLD HISTORY OF TEA CULTIVATION, THE WEATHER AND AS WELL AS THE EXPERTISE INHERITED...

Translation: Shaded tea and the name of the growerProduction area: Shizuoka PrefectureHarvest season: Early MayCultivar: Yabukita Like Gyokuro tea, Kabusecha is a shade-grown tea cultivated in gardens that are covered...