Verdant Tea

Although loose leaf tea is not perishable, tea does expire. Luckily, expired tea is something you can avoid if you know what to look for and how to st[...]

The best value in porcelain teaware comes from De Hua, the site of dozens of ancient kilns that rivaled Jingdezhen. While Jingdezhen porcelain’s fir[...]

In tea, "minerality" is our way of understanding a unique texture and physical sensation on the palate that is tingling and precise while being soft a[...]

Water. Tasting water? So, that must mean I’m looking at different spring waters, tap water set ups, etc right? Nope. Not even. We have one w[...]

Jian Zhan is a Song Dynasty ceramics tradition featuring stunningly deep & dark glazing. Jian Zhan kilns produced the very first bowls designed specif[...]

"Our partner, tea farmer and master craftsman Zhang Rongde sums up tea as 天地人 (tian di ren) or sky, earth and human. His meaning is that the qua[...]

"This year marks the second ever offering of Dragonwell Black Tea, moving it from experiment to canon. Let’s stop and reflect on just how momentous [...]

"We believe that the best teas in the world comes from small family farmers. While different agricultural models each offer this own benefits, in tea,[...]

"Tieguanyin is one of the most popular and beloved teas in China and across the world. Its production process makes it one of the most difficult teas [...]