Taiwan
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NovelTea – Bubble tea
One of my favorite ways of enjoying tea may not be familiar among the British but it is beginning to sweep the United States by storm. Bubble Tea, or Pearl Tea and Boba Tea (boba is what bubble tea is called in the area I live in), is a Taiwanese variant of milk and tea… Continue reading
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Some History of Tea in Taiwan
Several major tea-producing regions have changed names since tea became a global industry. One of the most well-known examples is Sri Lanka, formerly called Ceylon—a name that still lives on in Ceylon tea varieties grown in Sri Lanka. Another example is Taiwan. Once known as Formosa, the island lies just off the southeastern coast of… Continue reading
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Some Popular Taiwanese Oolong Cultivars
The more I look into the details of tea, the more complex it is. My recent foray deep into the “jungle” of information about oolong cultivars revealed even more complexity. There is quite a variety of oolongs made from an array of cultivars of the tea plant Camellia Sinensis. So much for that outsider’s image… Continue reading
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What Is Dragon Tea?
Oolong tea, also known as Wu Long tea, has been widely touted as a weight-loss tea. This could be due to the result of caffeine on the nervous system and the increase of metabolism from the polyphenols. You could probably say this about all teas, that combined with proper diet and exercise, they aid in… Continue reading
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