Tea plays a significant part in the Chinese wedding ceremony for the Chinese people. A tea tree cannot be transplanted from another adult tea tree; it only can be grow from a tea seed. Therefore, the Chinese people took tea to symbolize love, loyalty and the expectation of a happy married life. It is difficult to […]
According to ancient records, tea was mainly used for medicinal purposes before the Qin and Han dynasties. As stated in Shennong’s Materia Medica records: “Tea is bitter, drinking it enhances one’s cognitive ability, less tired, more energetic, and improves eyesight.” After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, tea gradually became widely regarded as a beverage, rather […]
Tea not only can benefit your health, but it also acts as a lifehack. You might find it wasteful to throw away the teabag after drinking 1 time or more. Why not utilize the power in the used tea bags in your daily life? Reduce dark eye circles No eye mask or eye cream in […]
From China to Japan, India to the United Kingdom, tea is an essential to many people like a country’s identity. Though every country has its own word for tea, almost all pronunciations stem from just two root words: ‘te’ and ‘cha.’ Here is the story behind the world’s words for tea. Ancient ChinaIn the early […]
Bi Luo Chun, one of the top ten famous teas in China, became famous as early as the Sui and Tang Dynasties, with a history of more than a thousand years. It is produced in Dongting Mountain where the environment is unique and blooms in four seasons, so the tea has a special flower fragrance. […]
Tea egg is a boiled egg that is boiled again in savory liquid with spices and tea. It is a popular savory snack among the Chinese communities. Not to forget, it is also one of our Tea Chapter’s specialty that has satisfied many customers’ taste buds. The process of cooking tea eggs sounds simple but […]
The basic manufacturing method of China’s six major teas is to select and combine the following processes to form different teas. Green tea: fresh leaves -> fixing -> Shaping -> dryingChinese Red tea [Black tea]: fresh leaves -> withering -> Shaping -> oxidising -> drying.Oolong tea: fresh leaves -> withering -> bruising -> fixing -> […]
(i) The most expensive teas in China cost more than gold by weight! In Year 2002, a wealthy man indulged in 20g of China’s famous Oolong tea – Da Hong Pao tea for the eye-watering sum of US$28,000 (SGD $39,000). (ii) The Ritz Carlton of Hong Kong has the world’s most expensive High Tea meal, […]
Water is considered to be the mother of tea, while the teapot is the father of tea. What this sentence says is to drink a cup of good tea, not only tea leaves are important, water and tea utensils are very important as well. If you want to make the most of the tea, the […]
For those who love to drink tea, usually, after you have finished drinking the tea, don’t you just throw away the used tea leaves. Why not reuse these tea residues. You will be amazed by the effectiveness of the used tea leaves. (1) Mop deodorization – Pour the tea residue into a bucket filled with […]