Best Tea for Beginners
Getting into the world of loose leaf tea can be overwhelming if you don’t know where to start. This article offers an overview of the best teas for a beginner.
Tag: Tea Education
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Why Are Chinese Teacups so Small?
In the Chinese Tea Ceremony, tea is usually served in small teacups. But why are people doing this? This article lists the main benefits of serving tea in small teacups.
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How Many Grams of Puerh Tea?
Using the right amount of puerh tea is important to brew the perfect cup. This article discusses how much puerh tea you need when brewing western-style or when following the Chinese Tea Ceremony.
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How to Store Puerh Tea
Puerh storage is a complicated topic but it’s important that you know what you’re doing if you want to store puerh tea to enjoy or sell in a couple of years. This article offers a detailed overview of how to store puerh tea.
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Can You Reuse Puerh Tea?
Reusing tea leaves seems a good idea at first, but is this actually the case? Is it a good idea to reuse puerh tea? Can you even reuse tea leaves the next day? This article offers a complete answer.
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What is the Difference between Black Tea and Puerh Tea?
Black tea, red tea, puerh tea, and dark tea are often used to talk about tea. However, not everyone knows what they refer to. This article offers a complete overview of the difference between black tea and puerh tea.
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Do You Need to Boil Water for Tea?
Water is a complicated when it comes to tea and water temperature can have a big effect on how the tea turns out. This article answers the question if you actually need boiling water to make tea.
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What to Do With Used Tea Leaves
Throwing away used tea leaves is a bad idea because there are several other things you can do instead. This article lists 9 things to do with used tea leaves.
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How to Use a Tea Kettle
A tea kettle is an important piece of equipment for making tea. This article explains how to use it and how to take care of your precious tea kettle.
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How Gyokuro is Made
Learn how gyokuro is made – gyokuro growing, gyokuro picking, gyokuro processing and gyokuro preparation.
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Different Types of Sencha
Learn about the different types of sencha – how sencha growing, sencha steaming and sencha blending affects taste.
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How to Break a Puerh Tea Brick
Not everyone knows how and why to break a puerh tea brick. This article offers a full explanation of how to break a puerh tea brick.
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Does Puerh Tea Have Caffeine?
Caffeine in puerh tea is up for debate because there is no straightforward answer. The amount of caffeine in puerh tea depends on several factors.
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What is a Tuo Cha?
A tuo cha is a traditional shape of compressed puerh tea. It’s a dome shape that looks like a bird’s nest and a bowl.
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Why are Yixing Teapots so Small?
There are several reasons why Yixing teapots are smaller than western teapots. They are one of the basic tools of the Chinese Tea ceremony for good reason.
