The Chinese National Tea Museum is situated at the Double Peaks, one of the ten famous sceneries in West Lake, Hangzhou. With Jiqing Mountain to it's north and Wulao Mountain to its south and beautiful gardens throughout this serene setting hosts…

The Chinese people are extremely courteous and once again my trip has been made delightful due to the polite concern of Marco, the young man who ended up my bunk mate on the train. Mr. Fong and Will got on the train with me to be sure that my…

As I wrap up my stay in Huangshan, the Green Tea Golden Triangle, I am excited to move to the next stage of my trip in China. I always am looking forward to tasting new teas and food for that matter to experience the many regional differences. At…

Getting photographs uploaded to the blog has been a challenge. So here are a variety of photos from different parts of our journey. Processing Organic Green Tea at Mr. Fong's Tea Factory Once the fresh tea leaves have been harvested the first step…

This awesome spiritual place is full of natural wonders to numerous to count. When we started out this morning we weren't sure if we could visit the temple due to the awful weather conditions, constant rain with periodic thunder and lightening but…

Wuyishan Mountain is one of the five sacred mountains of China and is the most beautiful place I have ever seen at least to date. Yesterday upon our arrival we visited with a small independent tea processor who literally processes the dark oolong…

On the road again, after saying good bye to Mr. Fong we were off again on our way to visit Wuyan Village, an ancient village north of Huangshan. The drive was delightful, Mr Shaw our driver even offered us tea on the ride and the scenery was once…

Our first day in the Huangshan area was remarkable. They call this area the Green Tea Golden Triangle because of the quality of the teas produced here. Many of the organic green teas exported out of China come from this area. We spent the day with…

Everyday is full of new things to see and experience. Today we visited the West Lake area and Dragon Well Village the home of the famous Longjing, or Dragon Well, green tea. May 1st - 7th is one of the biggest holidays in China, Labor Day or Golden…

What a day, we left Shanghai and set off for Hangzhou and arrived in the city about 3 hours later. The trip over was uneventful with nothing much to see, although we were surprised by all the new construction and not many people.Once in Hangzhou…

We have arrived in China, Barbara and I. The flight was great, Japan Air was the longest leg of the trip and we both thought we might stay on the plane. The food, service and accomadations were all excellent, including the Sencha green tea!We are…

I have recently had some questions about Earl Grey tea and muscle cramps so I decided to share what I know. Earl Grey whether it is black or green tea or herbal is made by adding Bergamot Oil to the tea leaves. Bergamot oil is a citrus oil and…

I cant believe the Green market is already coming to an end! What happened to the time? The final market in West Palm Beach is this coming Saturday, April 22nd. I don't think I will be there but the booth will be set up and Nathan will be there to…

I wanted to share the amazing teas that we have been cupping in the past 2 weeks coming in from China, Taiwan and India. Greens, Whites and Oolongs are arriving almost daily, what fun. The new spring Darjeeling Whyte is awesome and should be at our…

This is the salad that we served at the last workshop that everyone loved and asked for the recipe - Vegetarian Wild Rice Salad w/ Green Tea Keep in mind that when I cook I reference a recipe but don't follow it exactly, hence the green tea in this…

I was shocked to see the article I wrote on the tea decaffeinating process appear in the India Daily! Yes India, the internet makes our planet a lot smaller that's for sure. To check out the article click this link…

Last Tuesday was another great tea workshop! The attendees were enthusiastic about learning more on the topic of tea and many have been long time tea drinkers. It is always fun for me to exchange information with a good group of tea people,…

Well it's about time that I started using my blog! I have so many ideas and opinions on the happenings in the tea world I am not sure why it's taken me this long. The real motivator is all the questions I have received over the last few days…

For me, this time of year is filled with anticipation of the fabulous spring teas. While the weather always dictates the precise timing of the harvest; Chinese Yinzhen or Silver Needle teas are going to be first out of the garden. White tea has a…

After receiving two excellent oolong teas from Taiwan, I thought it was a good time to share some insight on the history, production, benefits and wide ranging tastes of this frequently overlooked category of tea. Oolongs, some of the finest teas…