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猜灯谜! Lantern Riddles!

如果会任何的灯迷,请在结账时解答获取小礼! Q1: 非得一口加一口(2 字饮料) Q2: 黑色真好看(2 字地铁站名) Q3: 搁置冒牌物(2 字学校用语) Q4: 老师!她的茶不见了!(英文字母) Q5: 十个兄弟,住在一起,各有长短,不会出去。(都在你身上) 如果会任何的灯迷,请在结账时解答获取小礼!   Solve our Lantern riddles and receive a small gift from us when you get your bill at the cashier! 1. Riddle: Ten brothers live together, each a different size, they never go out, but always work side by side. […]

Chinese New Year Myths and Traditions

Ang bao Chinese New Year Myths and Traditions

Tradition of Pineapple Tarts Not many people know about this, but Singapore was once an important centre of the global pineapple canning industry. Pineapples first originated from South America until Christopher Columbus brought them across the Atlantic to Europe by 1493. 100 years later, the well-travelled Portuguese then introduced this sweet and sour juicy fruit […]

Do you know what is the story behind mooncake?

liu bo wen zhu yuanzhang Do you know what is the story behind mooncake?

Tea is a spiritual refreshment. Usually, the moon during mid-autumn is the most beautiful and is well paired with tea. According to a Chinese legend, mooncakes were used by the Ming revolutionaries. It happened during the Yuan Dynasty where it was ruled by the Mongolians from the North. It was said that a Han Chinese […]

Health Benefits of Tea 茶的功效

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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 […]

How did the name tea and cha come about?

Japanese Tea How did the name tea and cha come about?

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 […]

Tea in the spotlight: Bi Luo Chun 简单茶介绍: 碧螺春

Bi Luo Chun Brewing Tea in the spotlight: Bi Luo Chun 简单茶介绍: 碧螺春

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. […]