Special Features

• Tea and Cancers
• Fight Obesity
• Alzheimer's Disease and Tea
• Tea and Bone Health
• Choosing a Tea Low in Caffeine
• Japan's Finest: Uji Gyokuro
• Tea Polyphenols: Flavonoids & Catechins
• About Puer | Part 1: "Raw" or "Cooked" and other issues
• About Puer | Part 2: Origin, Blending, Maturing and Valuation
• Read Your Tealeaves: Matured White Peony and Semi-Black White
• Meaning of Organic Certification
• Ice Tea Special Feature: Health Effects and Preparation
• Adding Milk to Tea?
• Tea for Christmas
• Tea in Chinese New Year Special Feature

Tea Categories: the nature of tea

Catagorization of teas

• Catagorization of teas
• Semi-fermented Tea vs Oolongs?

Green teas

• The Nature of Green Teas
• The Production of Green Teas
  • Green Tea Production: Sun-drying
  • Green Tea Production: Steaming
  • Green Tea Production: Baking
  • Green Tea Production: Roasting
• Green Teas: A (Very) Brief History
• Green Teas: Tasting and Health Notes

Lightly oxidized teas

• White & Other Lightly Oxidized Teas
• White Teas: Health & Buying Tips
• Pu’er: “Raw” or “Cooked”?

Oolongs

• Oolongs: What are they?
• Oolongs: Tea Plants & Major Regions
  • Oolongs: Phoenix Varieties
    • Oolongs: Phoenix: Health & Buying Tips
  • Oolongs: Wuyi Varieties
    • Wuyi Oolongs: Tasting, Health & Buying Tips
  • Oolongs: Anxi (Minnan) Varieties
    • Anxi Oolongs: Health, Market & Storage Notes
  • Taiwan (coming up)
• Oolongs: Production
  • Traditional Oolong Production: A Live Showcase
• Oolongs: Tasting and Buying Tips

Black teas (Red teas)

• Black Teas: Can be so much Better
• Black Teas: Origin & Production
• Black Teas: Health Notes
• Black Teas: Tasting & Buying Tips

Post-fermented teas (Dark teas)

• Post-fermented Teas (aka Dark teas)
• From Crude Tea to Treasure — A Demystification
• Pu'er Special Feature 1 & 2
  • Puer, Pu-erh or Bolay?
  • Pu’er: Cooked or Raw?
  • Puer: The Myths of Origin and the Reality of Blending
  • Puer: Where do the Tealeaves Come from?
  • Puer: The Need for Honest Labelling
  • Valuation for Pu'er

Modified teas

• Modified Teas: Orientation
• Modified Teas: Crafted Teas
• Modified Teas: Scenting
• Modified Teas: What are Compressed Teas?

Tea Selection guide

Quality Matters

• Quality Basics 1: Various Plants, Various Qualities
• Quality Basics 2: The Production Process
• Quality Basics 3: The Myths of Grades
• Quality Basics 4: The Interpretation
• The Significance of Quality
• Why are We Responsible for Injustice in the Tea Field?
• Obscurantism: What Tea are You Really Buying?

Tea List Directory: Green Teas

Tea List Directory: Lightly Oxidized Teas

Tea List Directory: Oolongs

Tea List Directory: Black Teas (aka Red Teas)

Tea List Directory: Post-fermented Teas (aka Dark teas)

Tea List Directory: Modified Teas

Tea Preparation

Infusion

• About Water
• Infusion: What does it mean?
• Infusion: Basic Techniques
• Why use the word infusion instead of brewing?
• On Measurements
• Making Tea with the Mug
• Tea Tasing: A Step by Step Guide
• Gongfu Infusion/ Chapter 1: The Basics
• Gongfu Infusion/Chapter 2: Song Cultivar Phoenix Oolong using the Gaiwan
• General Measurements for Gongfu Infusion
• Iced Tea: Tea Choice and Infusion Approaches
• Iced Tea: Flavouring & TCM Character Balancing
• Ice-fire Technique
• Tea in the Thermos
• 3 Tea Recipes for the Festive Season

Tea Serving

• Tea Etiquette: Using the Gaiwan as a Cup
• Tea Offering as a Ritual: A True Chinese "Tea Ceremony"
• The Meaning of Offering Tea in a Ceremony
• Tea Etiquette for Chinese New Year

Tea Ware and accessories

• Teaware: The Teapot
• Teaware: The Cup
• Teaware: The Taster's Mug
• Teaware: The Gaiwan
• Visual History: The Evolvement of Gaiwan
• Teaware: Yixing Teapots, an Introduction
• Yixing Pots: When to Use a Really Small One?
• Teaware: The Increditable Chahai

Tea Storage

• Tea Storage: The Environmental Elements
• Tea Storage: Containers
• Maturing Puer

Tea & Your Health

Tea Health

• Tea & Your Health: An Orientation
• Health Benefits of Tea
• Tea: A Drink or a Supplement?
• Tea & Cardiovascular Health
• Burn that Fat!
• Green Tea Tips for the Slim & Post-Menopause
• Notes on Gyokuro and Longevity with Green Tea
• Defending against Cancers
  • Defending against Cancers: Basic Facts
  • Defending against Cancers: Natural Allies
  • Defending against Cancers: How Tea Works
  • Defending against Cancers: In the Long Run
• Tea & Bone Health
• Alzheimer's Disease and Tea
  • A Confession
  • Alzheimer's Disease: Dread of the Modern Society
  • Scientists: How tea may help to fight Alzheimer's

Tea Usage

• Tea: Usage Care and Cautions
• Tea Usage: 8 More Don'ts
• The Difference between Shengcha Puer and Puer
• How Much does it Matter to Use Certified Organic Teas?
• A Big Glass of Ice Tea? Some Second Thoughts...
• How Many Cups of Tea can I Drink each day?
• Nausea after Green Tea, but I want it for Health...
• EGCG (and other things) from Oolong, a sip at a time
• Teabags ≠ Whole Leaf Teas!
• What's Really in Bottled Tea?

Substance in Tea

• Major Health Contributing Constituents in Tea
• Polyphenols Special Feature
  • Tea Polyphenols: Powerful Health Guard
  • Tea Polyphenols: Are You Getting Enough?
  • Polyphenols in Green and Blacks
  • Tea Polyphenols: Tastes and Tea Choices
• New Developments in Using Tea Catechins to Fight Cancer
• Which Tea has the most Catechins?
• Caffeine
  • Caffeine: What it Does
  • Caffeine: How Much is Safe?
  • Caffeine: Maintaining a Balance
  • Choosing a Tea Low in Caffeine
• Fluorides: Are They Good or Bad?

About TCM

• TCM: What is has to do with Tea
• TCM & Your Physiology

All About...

About this Site

"Everything you always wanted to now about tea but were afraid to ask..."

• Is Tea Gourmet? Or is it Health?
• What is a first flush?
• What is a cultivar?
• What is a "chahai"?
• What are tea polyphenols?
• What are tea catechins?
• What is EGCG?
• Why blanch the tealeaves?
• How much of the EGCG content is retained with infusions subsequent to the first?
• What to do to a cup of tea turned cold?
• How many cups of tea can I drink each day?
• Nausea after drinking green tea, but I want it for health, what can I do?
• How do I take green tea so that I don't loose more weight?
• What are those hairy little patches on my Longjing tealeaves? Are they moulds?
• Is white peony flower from the tea plant?
• How much does it matter to use certified organic teas?
• Why is China keeping most fine teas to her own people, and exporting cheap ones?
• Tea suggestions for beginners?

Photo Standards & Viewing Requirements

On Names

Romanization of Names

Leo Kwan: My Tea Story

• How Tea Has Come to Me
• Cultural Revolution: Triggering My Connection with China
• Getting Serious with Tea
• Giving Up a Dream to Reach for Heaven

Going too far, too fast

Bibliography

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