Chinese Teas 101

Tea is an unseparable element of Chinese culture, so you can bet there are everyday Chinese saying involving tea. Let's learn some of them. Translation is not easy as with...

Compressed tea is common in the West and South-West China.Compressed tea cake should be stored in contact with air at room temperature to allow continuous fermentation. Pu'Er tea ages like wine and...

Yellow tea is most similar to green tea but has a slower drying process.Yellow tea is made by allowing damp tea leaves to sit and become yellow before it's dried.The...

Red tea in Chinese is sometimes translated to English as "Black Tea". Could be that the degree of fermentation for Chinese red tea reaches the international standard for black tea.Red tea...

White tea is similar to green tea except that it's roasted.White tea has the lowest caffeine content and is very light in color and aroma. Tea ClassName in ChineseMandarin Pronunciation (Place of...

Black tea is a fully fermented tea class.Black tea is the everyday tea of the West and Northwest China.Black tea is good for cleaning up the digestive channel because it's...

Oolong is a class of tea as well as a kind of tea.Oolong tea is half-fermented and thus is relatively thick in flavor.Oolong tea is very popular in South-East China...

Green tea is the most natural tea class.Green tea is only dried or heated slightly (to get rid of the grassy taste) and undergoes no fermentation process.Green tea has the...

Flower tea is translation of "Hua Cha" from Chinese. It means tea with flowers or tea infused with floral (scents).Flower tea is sometimes also called scented tea.The base of flower...

You feel like a water drinker when fellow Chinese tea drinkers talk in Chinese tea jargon that you don't understand. It's not trying to be cool, you simply have to learn the...

Many of us may have heard of green tea, but how many of us know about how many claimed health benefits there are? Green tea has been around for hundreds of...

McDonald's coffee comes out pretty much the same every time you order. But when you brew Chinese tea, it's a different story. A couple of degrees' change in temperature or...

The Four Basic Types of Tea There are many ways to clasify teas. Generally teas are categorized as white, green, oolong and black based on their color, method of processing and the color and flavor of...

First of all, there is not a class called "tea bag". Tea bags are great for convenience but it's not the subject of discussion on Chineseteas101.com. Here, we talk about loose...

What classes of tea goes into kettles? Some Pu'er and compressed teas need to be boiled to have their flavor fully extracted. So using a kettle is the way to...

Thirst quenching! Right. But there wouldn't be a ChineseTeas101.com if Chinese tea drinking were that simple. Chinese tea has many health benefits Chinese tea is healthy in a lot of...

So how do I know I have: good quality Chinese tea leaves?made a good cup of Chinese tea? Or a bad cup of Chinese tea? Attributes to Look For in...

In casual occasions, there is tea; in serious occasions, there is, again, tea. The Chinese world would almost not function if tea is taken away from it. Chinese Tea in...

Brewing methods of Chinese tea are closely related to everyday life. On this huge piece of land called China, 1.3 billion people use more than a couple of brewing methods...

Before Kung Fu Tea Starts: The Preparation Before entering this heavy duty topic, let's get entertained by some basics first. What is "Kung Fu Tea"? Kung Fu Tea()(also interchangeably called Kung...

Before becoming one of the most popular beverage as we know today, Chinese Tea was discovered and used as medicine by our ancestors. Since it has been around for more...

What classes of tea are appropriate for Glass brewing? Green, flower tea. Good or high quality, tender tea that can be appreciated visually. What classes of tea are appropriate for Gaiwan...

What on earth is Gaiwan? Gaiwan is the Chinese word for a "bowl with a lid". Gai means Lid, Wan means Bowl (see picture on the left). In the southern...