View photos of ancient tea trees growing in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan in the region acknowledged as the indigenous root of the tea plant.

View photos from a unique place where you stay amongst tea fields in Moganshan in Zhejiang Province a formerly glamorous getaway for the glitterati of Shanghai in the 1920’s and 30’s.

A quick glimpse at the tea trading history of Xiamen aka Amoy.

Exploring the Ancient Tea Horse Road, an 1000 year old trading route, we will illuminate the exciting adventure and travel elements of Pu'er tea’s long history.

Why Qimen is also known as Keemun, how it ended up being a black tea made in a region mostly known for green teas, and how it became a global superstar of black teas.

Learn the relationship between the spring tea harvest and one of China’s ancient holidays to honor ancestors and the dead.

Celebrating an ancient Chinese cultural holiday in the 21st century.

Tea and Caffeine is a big topic, but we start with debunking the top two myths surrounding the topic.

Watch a video where I make green tea and discuss the traditional Chinese medicine concept of heating and cooling foods and how hot tea can be a cooling drink.

Traditional Chinese philosophy defines health as balance and harmony. This is a discussion of how tea fits into that and can contribute to helping us achieve balance and harmony in our bodies.

Read to learn what terroir means in relationship to tea and why it matters.

The three factors that to me, make Chinese tea special and distinctive from other tea cultures.

Watch a video where I discuss single origin teas vs. scented and blended teas while brewing a cup of Phoenix Honey Orchid oolong tea in a gaiwan.

View photos to glimpse some of the process in designing and crafting a teapot with artisans in Jingdezhen.

A mini scientific experiment to see how pH levels in water used to brew tea affect the final cup.

Listen to me discussing the differences of tea-growing regions and especially how they manifest in Chinese vs. Japanese styles of green tea production on KCRW’s Good Food radio show and podcast.

View a photo gallery to see the differences in Japanese and Chinese tea growing and production styles of green tea.

Read about the little known story of how a tea industry and style of making tea represents a history of displacement in Mae Salong, Thailand since 1948.

Discover the taste of a tea’s natural flavors. I explain why this will give you a more exciting and more fun tea drinking experience.

You don’t need a fancy or complicated ceremony to brew tea optimally.  You don’t even need a teapot.  You just need to respect these basic principles for brewing the perfect cup of tea