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Aged Oolong Tea: Premier Seminar in Taichung, Taiwan
We recently attended a seminar given by the head director of TRES (Tea Research and Extension Station) on his unprecedented research in aging Oolong Tea.
Taiwan Tea Competitions: A Comprehensive Overview
Here are some answers to questions about tea competitions in Taiwan. These regional competitions set a precedent of quality and value for all of the tea growing regions in Taiwan. The number of competitions alone is an impressive represenation of the specialty tea industry in Taiwan.
An Extensive Winter Tea Shopping Spree
Well, it has been a long season of winter tea shopping, and we are delighted to announce that we have procured all of our selections and they are up on the site.
Packaging Up The Inaugural Harvest: Organic Oolong Tea
The tea leaves have now been divvied up into all the shares that were claimed in our campaign and are on their way to Eco-Cha HQ to be paired up with other parts of the perk packages to be sent to our backers
Inaugural Harvest Tasting Notes
Well, here we are at long last, drinking the brewed tea leaves that grew, were harvested, and processed since we visited the farm with the organic certification inspectors three months ago.
Inaugural Organic Harvest: Oolong Tea Roasting Process - The Final Chapter!
In our experience, organic tea has a distinct consistency of flavor. There is simply more constitution in the tea leaves. We brewed that pot of tea ten times, and it still had substance and character.
Inaugural Organic Harvest: Oolong Tea Roasting Process - Part One
And the first batch of leaves are in the oven! Thus begins the long slow roasting process that will be carefully attended to
Aged Dong Ding Oolong Tea - An Impromptu Introduction
Freshly harvested High Mountain Organic Oolong and decades-old Aged Dong Ding Oolong Tea
Pei Ketron Visits Us In Dong Ding Oolong Country
We recently spent the day with Pei Ketron ( @pketron ) - a freelance photographer from the U.S.A. who has family in Taipei.
The view above is from the vista point that our local friend and tea artisan took us up to overlooking Qilin Lake (麒麟潭) and Phoenix Village (鳳凰村)
An Inspirational Tea Farmer
Mr. LIn is on a new mission to cultivate Organic Dong Ding Oolong Tea on an isolated mountain plot of land he inherited from his father.
Dragon Boat Concubine
June 2nd was the fifth day of the fifth month in the lunar calendar - Dragon Boat Festival - a national holiday here in Taiwan. I rode up to tea country and visited my friend and Dong Ding Oolong artisan who invited me to come and eat “zhongzi”.
This story was originally posted on the T Ching tea blog site.Lugu Farmers' Association Dong Ding Oolong Spring Tea Competition 2014 - Tea Fair and Tasting
There was an unpublicized occasion provided by the Farners' Association for local participants in the competition and a few select guests to sample the spectrum of this spring's competition teas