Some of the best things in life come from the East. For instance, the best tea comes from China. I am speaking of Pu-erh tea. Have you heard of it? Pu-erh tea is in a class of its own. Do you know that Pu-erh ages like wine? Yes. The older it gets, the better it tastes. The […]
How Polyphenols In Green Tea Work?
One of the compounds in green tea is called a phenol which is a very fragrant benzene ring with an attached hydroxyl group. This is why the polyphenols in green tea refer to a substance with many phenol groups. The phenols in green tea function react with free radicals creating potent antioxidants. The bright coloring […]
Culinary Teas Hojicha Gold Green Tea Review
First off: a warning. If you happen to be a tea purist, you’re probably not going to like this tea. However, if you do enjoy green tea with a bit of a difference, then this one might appeal to your sense of the unusual! Culinary Teas Hojicha Gold Green Tea is certainly not a typical […]
Dragon Water Organic Gunpowder Green Tea Review
Dragonwater Organic Gunpowder Green Tea is a very good example of a true, high-quality gunpowder tea. It has that distinctive, smooth flavor associated with gunpowder tea, and doesn’t contain any unpleasant bitterness. If you’re not familiar with gunpowder tea, it’s a variety of green tea from the famous Chinese tea-producing area of Zhejiang, its name […]
Chinese Tea Culture
China is the birthplace of green tea, and the beverage continues to enjoy an important position in the Chinese culture. Chinese tea culture is interwoven with everyday life, and has many different aspects, with each situation having its own clearly defined and strictly adhered to set of rules. Green tea is treated with extreme reverence […]
Bancha Tea: Basic Things You Should Know
Bancha is a Japanese variety of green tea, which is harvested from the same tree as sencha leaves, but later in the year (usually in the second flush, so between summer and autumn rather than in the springtime). Shincha the first sencha crop is the highest grade of sencha and is decidedly more expensive as […]
What Is Chinese Green Tea? Basic Things To Know
There are seven necessities of life, according to the Chinese. Sauce, salt, rice, firewood, oil, vinegar… and tea. Yes, tea is that important in China! It’s to be found at every single meal, where the Chinese drink it for health reasons as well as for their enjoyment of the refreshing taste. Tea is a big […]
