A tea ceremony is more like a ritual where culture meets degustation. It’s a specific set of processes done with the aim to unlock the maximum potential from the tea to taste it the way it was meant to be tasted. When you see someone doing a proper gongfu tea (or 工夫茶, gongfu cha) ceremony,Continue reading “What Utensils Do You Need for Gongfu Tea Ceremony?”
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History of Tea
Tea drinking may have begun in the region of Yunnan, where it was used for medicinal purposes. It is also believed that in Sichuan, “people began to boil tea leaves for consumption into a concentrated liquid without the addition of other leaves or herbs, thereby using tea as a bitter yet stimulating drink, rather thanContinue reading “History of Tea”
What does Tea Horse Road mean?
The Tea Horse Road or chamadao (simplified Chinese: 茶马道; traditional Chinese: 茶馬道), now generally referred to as the Ancient Tea Horse Road or chamagudao (simplified Chinese: 茶马古道; traditional Chinese: 茶馬古道) was a network of caravan paths winding through the mountains of Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet in Southwest China. This was also a tea trade route.Continue reading “What does Tea Horse Road mean?”
Tea Horse Road 