Chinese Tea

Types of Tea - Poo Poo Puerh

By William Lengeman III
Puerh - a variety of Chinese tea produced in Yunnan province - has become considerably more popular in recent years with tea enthusiasts and collectors in the West. Many aged varieties of puerh tea can be very rare, with a price tag to match, but there may be no more unusual one [...]

Tea Blends

The tea taster’s job is a science, but the taster must have a bit of an artistic flair as well, a receptive palette and a keen sense of smell. Like the expert noses in a perfumery, tea tasters create new and fragrant aromas by blending garden varieties of tea together in perfect proportion to yield [...]