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5 Refreshing Homemade Iced Tea Recipes to Beat the Heat
A refreshing glass of iced tea made from freshly brewed loose-leaf tea is a delicious and satisfying way to beat the summer heat, and it's easy too! You can use your leftover hot brewed tea and shake it up in a cocktail shaker. Here are five spontaneous gourmet iced-tea creations that we've recently concocted, and enjoyed immensely!
Alishan High Mountain Jin Xuan Oolong Summer 2020: Buttered Love
This batch of Alishan High Mountain Jin Xuan Oolong summer 2020 harvest has a very pronounced buttery character. Starting with the leaves put into the pre-heated tea judging cup, they exuded a pronounced buttered toast/popcorn aroma. But the flavor profile is replete with an uncanny buttered popcorn note, it's almost unbelievable! How can tea leaves do this?! It's not only buttered popcorn either! There are distinct floral and vegetal notes that balance out the incredulous and delicious buttered popcorn flavor. OK, enough repetitive description! Click here to get your share.
Tie Guan Yin Oolong Spring Tea Is Here!
Over the course of our chat, catching up on spring harvest, competition, and other tea related topics, we realized that this artisan of Traditional Tie Guan Yin Oolong is the single most patient and painstaking tea maker we know. The amount of time and serious labor he puts into making a very minimal amount of tea is just so far off the charts of any other type of tea production we've seen. Oh, and he won first place prize a year and half ago, amidst top 2% and top 10% prizes that he is awarded consistently in the Muzha Farmers' Association Traditional Tie Guan Yin Oolong Tea competition.
Li Shan High Mountain Oolong Spring Tea Is Here!
Our spring Li Shan High Mountain Oolong Tea is now in, completing the final installment of our spring 2020 Taiwan high mountain teas! Read on to find out more about this spring batch of Li Shan High Mountain Oolong!
Wenshan Baozhong Tea Back in Stock!
We kept in close contact with our source of Wenshan Baozhong through the harvest, so that we could show up at his doorstep as soon as he was done processing his spring tea.
What's Special About Taiwan High Mountain Tea?
Wonder what makes Taiwan high mountain tea special? Find out as we take you behind the scenes in our latest sourcing trip for Shan Lin Xi High Mountain Oolong!
5 Easy Cooking with Loose Leaf Tea Recipes
With a lot of people stuck at home due to COVID-19, many folks are now cooking their own meals. To help out, we've compiled a list of five easy cooking with loose leaf tea recipes to add a different flavor to your dining experience.
How High Mountain Oolong Tea is Sourced
How do we source our sustainable tea? Out of all the tea that's produced in Taiwan, how do we decide on what batch to buy? Find out as we take you along on our latest sourcing trip of spring Alishan High Mountain tea!
10 Things Tea to Do at Home During COVID-19
Looking for something to do because you're stuck at home due to COVID-19? Well, it's never been a better time to learn about tea! We've compiled a list of things to do to learn more all about tea from the comfort and safety of your home!
Bi Luo Chun Tea Early Spring Harvest | Eco-Cha Teas
Freshly picked early spring Bi Luo Chun Tea is here! We added Bi Luo Chun Green Tea to our menu just last September and it has gotten a great response. So we planned ahead this year, and took a trip up northern Taiwan to visit the farms and factory as soon as the spring harvest season began to get more.
What Does Oolong Tea Taste Like: You'll Love This Interactive Tea Tool!
What does oolong tea taste like? With this fun and interactive tool you'll scroll through tea types to see tasting notes, region, roast levels, and where your tea falls on the scale from fresh and light, to rich, roasted, and mellow.
Charcoal Roasted High Mountain Oolong Tea is Back!
At long last, our Charcoal Roasted High Mountain Oolong Tea is back! Our last batch proved very popular and we quickly sold out of it a few months ago. We scouted the local circuit for a replacement, and we finally found one we like!