Japanese teas are now more popular and well-known internationally than they were ten or twenty years ago. People who frequent sushi restaurants are probably familiar with sencha (煎茶), which has…
Posted by Miss Neddy at 08:37 AM on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
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Jasmine Tea
The most famous floral scented tea is probably jasmine tea. The Chinese name for jasmine tea is xiāng piàn 香片 “slivers of perfume”. Tea leaves are placed beneath a silk…
Posted by 醉茶生 at 08:30 AM on Monday, January 21, 2008 | Comments (4) | Permalink
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Timing
Lu Yü 陸羽 introduces the medicinal uses of tea in the first chapter of the Tea Classic《茶經》：「茶之為用，味至寒，為飲最宜」 ‘As to the usage of the tea leaf, its flavour is exceedingly cooling…
Posted by 醉茶生 at 08:30 AM on Monday, January 14, 2008 | Comments (0) | Permalink
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Longjing (龙井） and Bi Luo Chun （碧螺春）
As with the other types of tea, there is a multitude of varieties for green tea. Green tea is more popular among the Japanese, but there are still some widely…
Posted by Miss Neddy at 08:30 AM on Friday, December 21, 2007 | Comments (0) | Permalink
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