Certain teas tended to make me burp… It is indeed rude, crude, and in all other ways… unacceptable to burp at a tea gathering. Was it something in the tea?

I’ve talked to people who suggested and outright told me that other heicha, besides Yunnan’s puer, are the “poor-man’s-heicha.”

Some tea folk aren’t just misguided, they’re wrong. But, are they actually wrong? Well yes, they are, in my un-humble opinion. Let us take a closer look.

I messed up and used boiling water for my green tea! Can I save it?

Why are coffee and tea so often served at the same place when they don’t go together?

The gaiwan has a short history in the US. How do we hold it? Pour it? Drink form it? And why is Charles making me nervous?

Teagotistical tē-gə-ˈti-sti-kəl (adj.) having an exaggerated sense of one’s knowledge of tea.

To master your tea game… knowing everything from dates to history to processing methods and even estates and farmers are essential… Or is it?

Don’t use boiling water for your green tea! It’ll scald it! … OR WILL IT ?!