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Change in China’s Ti Quan Yin
Changing tides in the business of tea helps usher in positive change and better tea.

October 14, 2012
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Chinese method of fixing green tea
How changes to fixing tea help preserve quality and taste.

Tinderet Tea Estate

Second Flush Darjeeling: Muscatel
The difference between first and second flush tea.

October 11, 2012

Teas on Tap 10/13 – 10/14
This weekend we will be featuring: Hunan Golden Twist is a Chinese black tea that has big leaves and golden tips that brews a malty, round cup of tea. Golden Monkey is a Chinese black tea with large leaves that produces a lovely round cup of tea with notes of honey and cocoa. African Autumn is [...]

Columbus Day weekend ‘Teas on Tap’ (10/6-10/8)
This weekend we will be featuring: Amba Ceylon‘s big leaves make for a light and slightly sweet brew that has floral notes from the rare tea flowers it contains. Lover’s Leap is a Ceylon black tea made high in central Sri Lanka. It is medium in body with hints of lemon. Cranberry Autumn is a [...]

October 6, 2012

Teas on Tap 9/29 – 9/30
This weekend we will be featuring: Brand new Darjeeling teas! Jungpana 2nd Flush and Thurbo 2nd Flush as well as… Herbal Hot Cinnamon consists of caffeine-free Rooibos flavored with three types of cinnamon, sweet cloves, and orange peel. And… Genmaicha, a traditional Japanese green tea with rice kernels, has a delicious roasted flavor. Come in [...]

September 29, 2012
Tinderet Tea Estate

Emeric Harney in Africa 2012
Flying over the Great Rift and all the way west to Lake Victoria really gave me the opportunity to appreciate the varieties of landscapes and terrains in this part of Africa

September 18, 2012
Darjeeling Gardens

Alex Harney in Darjeeling 2012
We arrived to Darjeeling eager to get to work filming the process of making the fabled and delicious first flush tea.

Dry Leaves of Tea

Dry Leaves
Tea leaves hold important clues to the quality of the eventual brew.

August 22, 2012
Flavors of Tea

Flavors
The final mark of a great tea is how long its flavor endures in the mouth after you’ve swallowed.

Body of Tea

Body
"Body" refers to a tea's heft or weight, how much substance or texture it has.

Liquor of Tea

Liquor
The technical term for brewed tea is "liquor". Knowing the ideal color of the liquor can also help you assess whether you’ve brewed the tea correctly.

August 10, 2012
Tea and Food

John Harney’s Suggested Tea and Food Pairings
The correct pairing of tea with food can make an ordinary meal much more delectable.

August 3, 2012
Gyokuro

Gyokuro
Like most great things Japanese, Gyokuro is a study in subtlety.

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Types of Tea
There are more than 15,000 varieties of teas produced in about twenty-five countries of the world.


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