A series of conversations with people who are lovers of tea or complete tea addicts. This episode I am chatting with Pascale of Travelling Samovar – tea education, tea practitioner, tea student. We look at her love for Yixing pots, Puerh and then onto Gaiwans...
China is the home of green tea. Japan has developed a beautiful and unique style of green tea. In this episode, Chinese and Japanese green tea is discussed through flavour differences, brewing styles, harvesting and manufacturing styles. Each of these variables...
A kettle review episode between Fellow and Brewista electric kettles. The gooseneck kettles are elegant and fun to use but they are made for the pour over coffee industry. In this episode, I look at differences between Fellow and Brewista which I used in tea brewing...
How to brew Gyokuro Japanese Tea. It’s time to try the new green tea espresso – Gyokuro. Full of sweet and salty flavours with no astringency this Japanese tea is a pure delight. Harumi from Okei-san join me to explain Gyokuro and gives us all the hints...
How do they make Oolong? What is Oolong tea? Why are there so many colours, flavours and aromas? The Oolong tea family has the largest breadth and depth in the spectrum of flavours and aromas. Use this video as your springboard into the insanely brilliant world of...
Ever wondered why Oolong tea is more expensive than your standard off the shelf supermarket variety? Watch the skill and time involved to create that beautiful award winning Oolong...
Time to ask your tea supplier some questions about their tea. Find a list of questions in the blog that any good tea supplier should be able to answer...
Teabags have been part of the tea industry for a long time. The ugly truth is that there is a number of reasons to not use them which I discuss in this video. Change to a sustainable infusers and use loose leaf pure tea!...
How to Tea Cupping – Green Tea and Oolong Tea is a demonstration video. Cupping tea is a very important activity conducting weekly by tea professionals. Cupping is a the process used to understand and know the tea. Tasting is for enjoyment. Cupping is used...
What is Green Tea? There are hundreds of different types of green tea! Lets start with the basics and learn to identify quality tea. The 6 families of tea are covered in our Introduction to Tea Education...
What is White Tea? Black tea with milk? Not anymore, it is the least processed of all teas! The 6 families of tea are covered in our Introduction to Tea Education series....
