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Welcome Oolong & Taiwanese tea lovers!  This blog follows up from our Instagram Live session that focused on the diversity that exists in Taiwanese Oolong - we also touch on Taiwanese black tea here.  Join us as we explore TAIWANESE TEA THROUGH STYLE, CULTIVAR & TERROIR - a journey only possible due to the kindness of our partners in sharing so much of their knowledge with us in our exploration and travels around this topic. Lets start by talking about Cultivars : The choice of cultivar is one of the elements the tea maker plays with when making any tea.  It is part...

Following Michelles trip to South Korea this Spring we are delighted to offer you two new teas from  Wanjun Kim in Hadong.  The first is this Jungjak green [Grassy, nutty and clean] & the second this Jungjak Black tea [Rich, Honey, Fruity].  Many of you may not yet have had the pleasure of enjoying teas from this region  - so before you do we are glad to bring you a little insight.  Thank you very much to  Wanjun Kim for sharing this with us.  KOREAN TEA GRADES In Korean tea, the grades are classified based on the time of harvest, with the main categories being...

Welcome to the eleventh in our series of blogs documenting our tea & teaware sourcing trip to China & South Korea.  At Comins we are very fortunate to have friends all over the tea world.  When we visit them on our trips we promise to share what we learn & in our recent survey you shared that our blog is one of the best ways to do that.  So we hope you enjoy the journey! In our last blog we were in Huoshan, Anhui County exploring Yellow Tea and after that incredible experience it was time to once again board the train and head off to...

Welcome to the tenth in our series of blogs documenting our tea & teaware sourcing trip to China & South Korea.  At Comins we are very fortunate to have friends all over the tea world.  When we visit them on our trips we promise to share what we learn & in our recent survey you shared that our blog is one of the best ways to do that.  So we hope you enjoy the journey! In our last blog we shared the rare & wonderful opportunity we enjoyed to visit the Jiangxi Wuyuan vocational college.  From there we were to head to Huoshan, Anhui...

Welcome to the ninth in our series of blogs documenting our tea & teaware sourcing trip to China & South Korea.  At Comins we are very fortunate to have friends all over the tea world.  When we visit them on our trips we promise to share what we learn & in our recent survey you shared that our blog is one of the best ways to do that.  So we hope you enjoy the journey! In our last blog we were in the historically important area of Wuyuan.  Today was to be a little different but no less special.  We were to...