Verdant Tea

"Jingdezhen porcelain has been prized for centuries across the world, inspiring envy and imitation, even giving us the English word ""china"" porcelai[...]

"What is an aroma cup, and how do you use it?Aroma cups - also known as fragrance cups, or wen xiang bei - are simply designed to capture a tea's aro[...]

"This Spring, artist Pan Yang was kind enough to show how he builds an Yixing tea pot body, completely by hand. Watch as he turns a brick of clay into[...]

It's been just a few hours since we returned from visiting artists in yixing and taking a peek behind the scenes in their workshops. We feel so lucky [...]

Sipping a cup of tea today is a connection to countless generations of tradition and thousands of years of history & folklore - from the first mythic[...]

"It is a crisp autumn day and the emperor’s cast bronze tripod is filled with sparkling spring water, slowly coming to a boil. The wind picks up and[...]