Umi Tea Sets Blog

For next article, we conducted a blind, unendorsed review of nine teas from 1992. All of the participants received their samples in bags labeled only with the letters HAM through...

This will be an ongoing serial covering all the aspects of vintage Puerh from identification tips to history, and even production, development collection and appreciation. We will bring the greatest...

Think of a flavour, and the chances are you can buy a tea that incorporates it. There are numerous scented teas, including lemon-grass, lime, orange and ginger, cinnamon and even...

Chan Kam Pong is a lawyer living in Hong Kong. He has been an avid collector of Puerh tea for more than ten years. His personal experiences have benefited many...

In many parts of the world, beverages similar to tea, such as herbal, fruit or medicinal teas are called "infusions". The word "tea" is principally used only for beverages made...

PROFILE Zhou Yu was born in Chungking in 1945. He majored in foreign languages and economics. In 1981, he rebuilt his family home and created Wistaria Tea House, which he...

PROFILE Mr. Fisher was born in the U.S. He studied philosophy and anthropology. Afterwards he traveled to more than 40 countries, living in India, China, and Japan before finally settling...

Each issue we plan to offer one method of brewing Gong Fu tea by Gong Fu Tea Set. It isn't better than any other. After all, even the masters who...

Most of the various approaches to tea can be classified as either scientific or intuitive. Amongst the tremendous variation within these categories, most focus on either the production, history and...

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...

Master Potter Each issue we will offer an in-depth biography of a master Yixing potter - their life, work, recognitions and photos of their pieces. In this way, our readers...