Eco-Cha Teas

Taiwan Tea Competitions: A Comprehensive Overview

February 17, 2015 2 Comments

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.

New growth on tea plants awaiting harvest

Eco-Cha's Top 5 Teas of 2014

February 05, 2015

A great year for tea, 2014 was filled with fantastic oolong and inspiring tea farmers. From the smooth and floral tea grown on Li Shan Mountain to rich and roasted Traditional Dong Ding Oolong from Phoenix Valley - here are our favorite, responsibly produced oolong teas from 2014.

Tea from this winter's tea sourcing trip

An Extensive Winter Tea Shopping Spree

December 20, 2014

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.

Finished packing some organic oolong tea

Packaging Up The Inaugural Harvest: Organic Oolong Tea

December 09, 2014

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

December 05, 2014

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!

November 29, 2014

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.

An Inspirational Tea Farmer

July 30, 2014

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.

The making and cooking of "zhongzi" or rice dumplings is a common practice during the Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat Concubine

June 26, 2014

June 2^nd 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.