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...

My first encounter with Xinyang Maojian was not satisfying. Given this tea’s reputation and history, I thought I’d give it a second...

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...

Oh well! By the time I drank this tea, I only knew that it was green tea. Later I found out that it is from the Shandong Province, the...

Hainan is China’s smallest province, and it is at the same time a tropical island that belongs to a tropical monsoon climate. The...

Written by our guest blogger Laura @teanswaps My body does not take coffee well, so I have always had tea and tisanes. At first, I think...

Hubei is not a famous tea growing region in China, and it means that you can get an excellent quality tea for an excellent value for...

I have the pleasure of introducing Not Just A Cuppa’s first flush green tea from 2020 Spring. This tea has been hand plucked and then...

Until very recently, I was not at all familiar with the idea of “aged green tea”. A few days ago, our guest blogger @journeywithacup...

Written by our guest blogger @journeywithacup @thebrewlab.co Hi! I'm Elan from Malaysia. I've been into tea as a hobby for 10 years....

The previous green tea I reviewed was a Selenium Rich Green tea from Guizhou that I tried in a tea shop. Today, I am reviewing the same...

The first tea I am reviewing from Guizhou! I came across this tea in a tea room and went for it. It was served in grandpa style (leaves...

This tea comes from Fenghuang Ancient City in Hunan province, which is not at all known for their green teas. When I was travelling in...

This is the first tea from Sichuan Province that I’m posting about as part of this challenge. However, it won’t be the last. Meng Shan...

Written by our guest blogger @thatgaiwangirl @thatgaiwangirl is the Instagram handle of Nat, a Singapore-based tea enthusiast. Her first...

I know this is my third Bi Luo Chun and I think it has a decent quality as I can see, smell and taste it. Bi Luo Chun literally means...

Anji Bai Cha means White Tea from Anji. However, although it’s green tea. Its cultivar is ‘Bai Ye 1’ as the unprocessed leaves are white....

I have been reading about this tea as it made it to the list of top 10 Chinese teas. I found three grades of it in a reputable teashop...

Last autumn, I went to Pu-erh Town in Yunnan for a tea sommelier course organised by the International Tea Academy. We have covered some...

This tea is an uncharacteristically a Japanese green tea. It has been pan-fried, unlike most Japanese teas which go through steaming. I...

I do not usually refer to tea suppliers. Still, for this tea, I will make an exception because I know the person who runs the business,...

When I first tried the Taiwanese Bi Luo Chun, I was impressed. This is the second Taiwanese green tea I have tried, and it is good stuff....

Written by our guest blogger Martin @teapath Introduction and reasoning behind my tea diary During my university studies I came across...

Does shape matter? As far as tea concerned, the answer is not straightforward. Some shapes in the tea world were produced for practical...