Umi Tea Sets Blog

Metallic tea set is made of metallic materials such as gold, silver, copper, iron, and tin. In the pre-Qin period (before 221BG), bronze ware was widely used. In the Northern...

Porcelain tea set is made of porcelain clay (mainly kaolin). It was invented and used after ceramic tea set Porcelain requires a higher baking temperature than ceramics. At 1200 C,...

Utensils are the "father of tea". Our country is a civilized Nation, has a very rich food and beverage culture, there used to be a saying that "cuisine is not...

In the depths of winter, I drove to the Hakka town of Sanyi in Miaoli County, Taiwan. In recent years, Sanyi has gradually developed into an art town, and as...

Liu Fengxiong's pieces are commended for their plain yet magnificent forms, and for the transformations between subtle and gaudy colours realised in his glazes. Liu is a disciple to tradition,...

As the fashion for afternoon tea grew during the nineteenth century, silversmiths, linen manufacturers, and pottery and porcelain companies began to produce a wide range of tea wares suited to...

The first tea wares used in Europe arrived from China with the early cargos of tea in the mid-seventeenth century and it was at this time that the word "china"...

Sugar became popular in tea in Britain and the colonies, by the end of the seventeenth century. In those days, sugar was available in cone-shaped blocks that had to be...

Tea cozies need very careful use. If placed over a pot of tea that contains tea leaves and hot water, the tea is likely to over brew and taste "steweed"...

The Infuser Pot There are several elegant glass pots on the market today which have their own in-built infuser sitting in the neck of the pot. To brew the tea,...

In the earliest Chinese history of tea drinking, leaves were boiled in water in open pans. But the Ming Dynasty fashion for steeping processed leaves in hot water created the...