Zhen Tea

It has been a few years since I attended the Toronto Tea Festival. So, with new and familiar vendors, speakers, presenters, and tea friends going, I knew it would be …

What drew me to this green tea is the name. I wanted to learn more about this “Not Long Jing” tea!

This lovely white tea, with its contrasting silvery buds and black leaves, made me curious to brew and taste it!

As a child, I grew up eating Zong, a rice-based dish wrapped in bamboo leaves, so when I saw this miniature tea version, I quickly added it to my cart …

I realized it has been a little while since I had a Chinese oolong so, I gravitated toward this sweet and floral sounding one!

I recall walking into my first tea shop and seeing all the rows of teas tins and I felt so overwhelmed! Therefore, in this post, I wanted to break down …

A month ago, I wrote an introductory post about pu-erh where I interviewed Zhen from Zhen Tea. She mentioned her Shu Pu’er Coins would be good for beginners as it …

As a child, I was first introduced to tea through afternoon dim sum with my family. I recall the dark murky bitter pu-erh liquor and I couldn’t fathom why anyone …

Tea is a beverage that has many complexities. Therefore, I wanted to break down one question spanning three countries (China, Japan and Korea) and answer why countries have such different teas! …