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Oolong teas represent the bridge between green teas, with do not go through any oxidation process and black teas which are 100% oxidized with oxidation levels ranging from 12-80%. Thus Oolongs represent one of the most varied and diverse styles of tea with flavors profiles ranging from bright...

White Tea is one of the most subtle of all teas. Traditionally grown only in the Fujian province of China it is now also grown in parts of Nepal, India, Thailand and Taiwan due to its increased popularity in the Western world. Most tea aficionados agree that the best white teas still only come...

In Part I of this series I introduced you to the world of tea. In this part we will explore the basics of tea; purchasing, storing and brewing. Of these topics, brewing is the most complex, and this is where many opinions can be found, many of which claim that they are the best, or only way to...

If you had told me 1 ½ years ago that I would be writing a Beginner's Guide to tea, I would have laughed. To me, tea wasn't a "thing." Sure I drank it when I went to Chinese or Japanese restaurants, or I'd brew up a fruity, herbal tea when I wasn't feeling well during the long, cold winter...

Just a quick post for this one. Pretty low on focus and energy reserves these days... Sometimes, all you want need is a slice of something is undeniably chocolate, without being cloyingly sweet. And if you can hide some veggies in it, why not? Especially if those veggies help to make the loaf...

Tea tasting is at its elemental level nothing more than the act of consciously assessing a tea's quality, or if one is doing a blind tasting it's identity as well. It is most important to state here that tea tasting is in no way to be thought of as the ever enjoyable act of drinking tea. Here we...