Hi folks, I'd like to announce Agape Tea Company's new website at: http://www.AgapeTea.com/ You will find a wide range of unique and organic loose leaf teas...

I just returned from China and came across an anomaly/puzzle about which I'd like expert explanation. I know that in China what we term black tea is "red." At...

I've mentioned this in the past but each time I'm amazed. I get overheated and slowly hydrate over several hours by sipping pints of water. When the thirst...

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11786-green-tea-can-be-harmful-in-large-quantities.html / well, from an article in Chemical Research in Toxicology, vol...

I saw in the Boston Globe that there is supposed to be a Whittard of Chelsea store on Newbury Street in Boston. This is the first I've heard of this. Does...

Phyll et al: http://www.allbookstores.com/book/compare/0880014164 This seems to be a good source for this book. I got mine a while ago on eBay for $15.00...

I'm browsing around in Chinatown yesterday checking the Vietnamese packaging for the Sen and Lai characters. Its a mixed bag of characters with or without the...

I swapped my electric 1.7L plastic Kamjove for the same size stainless steel Cooks from JCPenney. Besides the plastic the other thing I didn't like was the...

A Chinese version of Cha Ching (Cha Jing) by Lu Yu is on gutenberg.org Uses Big5 encoding which Microsoft Word 2003 appears to handle. I don't read Chinese...

While shopping for cheap tea at my local asian grocery store, I bought some vietnamese jasmine flower tea for the great price of $1.29 for 80g. What I was...

Can someone recommend a good tea magazine? I would like some suggestions before subscribing. Thanks kindly! shan toronto, canada

An African dream but with skin of cream.

One often sees reference to Jincha or mushroom shaped tea referred to as 'Tibetan'. Why Tibetan ? Is is just that this shape was marketed at Tibetan...

I went to another Asian bistro that opened up nearby. I can count five within 5 miles. Besides Chinese you have to offer Vietnamese and Thai. On the menu...

Greetings, I been on the search for the website that makes the chinese tea table, simliar to the one from this site based in UK at this...

Three bad guys approach the hero who is drinking from a metal cup. "What are you going to do, kill us with a soup cup?" says one bad guy. The hero replies,...

My copy of 'The Classic of Tea' arrived today 8-)) ....so the weekend is looking up for me this week (sorry, had to share with someone who actually gives a...

Greetings, Have any of you that live in the U.S. done business with Thunderbolt Tea? They're located in India. I specifically interested in your shipping...

Any advice on what to look for in buying those glorious Yixing pots? I will be ther next week and can't wait to visit the factories.

Having trouble with a clogged spout in a small Yixing pot - it's about 80ml. Doesn't have the internal clay strainer. Have been drinking various tuo cha...

I'll be tea shopping in Hong Kong in early May. Recommendations for where to buy any (top grades) of teas welcome. Thanks!! White tea: Green Tea: Chinese...

There's been a lot of discussion in this group regarding which water temperature to use for which tea. However, I haven't been able to find any posts regarding...

Is there somewhere I can find out how much caffeine ther si in various teas? Is there an online vendor that reports the caffeine content for all or most of...

I visited my first tea field in Hunan province, an organic field of about 100 acres in the mountains about 3000 feet up, took five hours drive to get there but...

I have tried several varieties of jasmine pearl tea, small pearls , large ones and ones have a lot of nice tippy white color others more olive green, however I...