Umi Tea Sets Blog

1. What are the major factors influencing the quality change of tea during its storage?During the storage of tea, substances like tea polyphenols, amino acids, lipids, vitamin C, and chlorophyll...

1. What are the chemical components of tea?Over 700 different chemical compounds have been identified in tea. Fresh tea leaves harvested from tea plants contain 75%-78% moisture, and the rest...

1. What are the fundamental element for brewing a good cup (pot) of tea?The bowing of a good cup of tea will be affected by a variety of factor. Regardless...

1. How to Classify Tea in Modern Time?There are multiple classification methods for teas. Currently, the prevailing method is classifying the teas into "basic teas" and "reprocessed teas". Basic teas...

1. What is tea plant?The tea plant,an important cash crop in China , is an evergreen woody plant. Tea leaves are serrated and each consists of 7-10 pairs of main veins. The lateral...

Although they have been known and appreciated for several centuries, yellow teas are becoming increasingly rare. Only a few remain, such as Jun Shan Yin Zhen. One province, Hunan, still...

* Loop handle teapot, Jiajing Period in Ming Dynasty, unearthed in the eunuch Wu Jing's tomb at Majiashan outside of Zhonghua gate in Nanjing. This pot is the earliest purple...

Zhou Yu: This tea has had some wet storage, but It's still active. The liquor even tastes a bit active, though it didn't have much character to speak of. It...

Today, Taiwan produces some of the best wulong teas in the world, and almost all the production is consumed locally. To satisfy demand, and despite an 18 percent tax on...

The Yinzhen Tea from Mt. Junshan is a special tea variety with a high value in appreciation. With high-quality color, aroma, taste, and appearance, it is hailed as Jade with...

Tea is the most popular beverage in the world other than water and is enjoyed by over 3 billion people across over 150 countries every day. The average amount of...

Origin of Cha Dao China was the first nation to discover and start to use tea, and the first to put forward and develop the concept of Cha Dao. The...