Umi Tea Sets Blog

Purple Clay Teaware Purple clay teaware first appeared in the Song Dynasty, thrived A in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and have remained popular among tea enthusiasts up until the...

According to most versions of the story, the Shogun Ashikaga Yohimasa (1436-1490) had been give a Song Dynasty Celadon bowl for tea and it had become his most prized possession....

There is no other ceramic art quite like Yixing teaware. Its birth coincided with a historic change in Chinese tea culture, when whole leaves replaced brewing teas in powdered form....

Many people collect Yixing all around the world, and several even have vast, museum-caliber collections, but none are like Lucas Goh of Malaysia. Lucas' passion for Yixing teaware glimmers in...

In the first issue we traveled to Yixing and interviewed clay master Jun Xin Chen about the way that the ores are mined from the earth and eventually processed into...

The Zhong Made up of a simple saucen bowl and lid, whose underside is used for inhaling aromas, the zhong is a Chinese container in which tea leaves can be...

Tea is an essential element of daily life in China, and, in a territory that includes almost 2.5 million acres (1 million ha) of cultivated land, it is not surprising...

Tea Set Suitable for Brewing the Green Tea Green tea features clear water and green tea leaves. The tea set for brewing green tea should be full of changes. Brewing...

Bamboo-Wood tea set is made of natural bamboo. It had a long history in China and first appeared before the Sui Dynasty (581-618). At that time, besides the ceramic and...

Lacquer tea set is made with natural lacquer tree sap added with the desired pigment. Lacquerware had a long history in China. Wood-based lacquer bowls were found from the Hemudu...

Enamel tea set has an enamel layer on its metallic surface. Normally, one or several layers plasm are applied to tea set's steel, iron, or aluminum body. Then, the tea...