365 Days 365 Teas Challenge
Everybody knows that China is where tea originated from while very few of us appreciate Chinese teas deservedly. Having lived in the UK,...
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Not Just A Cuppa
- Dec 31, 2022
- 5 min
Tea Buyers Guide in Five Questions
Buying tea could be overwhelming. You want to get the right thing and pay a fair price. You don’t want to be ripped off. You may not be...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Feb 15, 2021
- 3 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 365 - A Special Sheng Pu-erh from 2000
It is kind of surreal that I’m writing the last post of the 365 teas challenge. It still has not sunk completely that I am finishing this...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Feb 15, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 364 - Roasted Black Tea from Laos
The penultimate tea of the 365 teas challenge. It is a roasted black tea from Laos. I have to say it is roasted because I’ve already...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Feb 14, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 363 - Award-winning Da Hong Pao
The final oolong of this challenge. It’s an award-winning Da Hong Pao. I have reviewed a few Da Hong Paos and to be perfectly honest, I...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Feb 13, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 362 - Wild Fuding White Tea 2020
The last white tea of 365 teas challenge. And I think it is the ideal tea for that. It is a fresh tea from 2020 and comes from Fuding....
Not Just A Cuppa
- Feb 12, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 361 - Wuyi Black Tea by Madam Qin
I rarely got a chance to drink tea with its master. Madam Qin offered me this Wuyi black tea, and afterwards, I found out that it was her...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Feb 11, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 360 - Hua Zhuan (Flower Brick) Tea 2004
I got hold of this tea when I went to Hunan. In a humble tea shop, I was told that this was the oldest tea they were selling. They only...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Feb 10, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 359 - Lishan High Mountain Winter Oolong
Taiwan today grows around 20% of the world’s oolong teas, where oolong production has started about 150 years. The Taiwanese tea makers...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Feb 10, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 358 - A Better Xinyang Maojian
My first encounter with Xinyang Maojian was not satisfying. Given this tea’s reputation and history, I thought I’d give it a second...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Feb 8, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 357 - Gushu White Tea from Laos
It is not common to taste a white tea that comes from 1000 years + tea trees. This white tea comes from Laos. I have already reviewed a...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Feb 7, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 356 - Raw Pu-erh from Lincang 2007
This was one of the tea experiences that I value. It is because it shows me how lucky I am to access great quality teas. This tea is not...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Feb 6, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 355 - Black Tea from Hainan
I visited Hainan at the end of December, but I did not have a chance to see their tea growing areas. I found out quite late that Hainan...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Feb 6, 2021
- 3 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 354 - Fuzhuan (Fu Brick) Dark Tea 2012
I remember my first encounter with fuzhuan brick tea, it was in a tea expo. I was still learning about teas, and I had no idea what I was...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Feb 4, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 353 - Moonlight White Tea 2019
Another great tea from Chaochatea. This time it is a white tea from Yunnan known as moonlight tea. I did try it before and liked it. The...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Feb 3, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 352 - Ducksh*t Oolong 2020
This famous dan cong (single bush) tea has been featured under this challenge a few times. Most of my experience was positive, but I had...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 351 - Qianliang Hei Cha 2012
I discovered this tea not long ago and reviewed already one qianliang from 2017. This one has been aged more than eight years, and in...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 350 - Taiwanese Golden Tips Black Tea
This black tea puzzled me at first sight. Because I had never seen before a Taiwanese black tea that had golden tips. A Taiwanese tea...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 349 - Fresh Green Tea from Yunnan 2021
I wanted to include a tea from 2021 in this challenge, and I could source fresh green tea from Yunnan. It comes from tea fields (sadly...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Jan 30, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 348 - Liubao Hei Cha 2000
Liubao is a famous dark tea that comes from Guangxi. Its name come from the town where it is produced. It is from 2000, and I was really...
Not Just A Cuppa
- Jan 28, 2021
- 2 min
365 Teas Challenge > Day 347 - Sun-dried black tea from Laos
I reviewed a raw (sheng) tea from Laos made from tea trees that are more than 1000 years old. It was very aromatic and not too astringent...