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I left you in the tea fields of Baiyunshan : from lunch we headed down to the factory.  As mentioned we were going to observe the process for the production of MaoJian green tea.  Green tea contains the youngest buds plucked from the top of the plant and the harvest season lasts for just a month so it was interesting to learn when discussing the grades and pricing of teas that they speak of the tea in terms of the day it was picked - and the price goes down with each subsequent day.  Pretty specific stuff.  We met the tea garden...

My last post gave an introduction to Hunan tea.  Now it is time to experience the real thing.  The journey to the first tea fields took over 7 hours taking us from the grey city to increasingly rural and lush high ground.  Arriving late we stayed at a hotel with still 2 hours ahead of us the next morning.  We were heading towards the Baiyunshan Organic tea farm in Shimen County. As is always the case the tea fields reveal themselves slowly.  First we stopped at the main tea buildings and were given flasks of the tea produced here.  A...

You know you are in a country that loves its tea when the Cafe at the airport serves these type of teas.....so it was with great excitement that I left the airport at Changsha yesterday and started my tea travels in Hunan. I have been lucky enough to spend today learning about the past & future of Hunan tea and meeting some wonderful people that work here in the tea trade - more on that later.  Its time to head to the gardens tomorrow - I am already 5 hours into that journey - but what I learned today is...

Yesterday we celebrated the first Birthday at the Tea House.  We offered our customers free tasters of Tea House Matcha Madeleines and Matcha Truffles & did what we love doing best - making & sharing tea.  It got pretty busy in the afternoon - thank you for your patience while we prepared your tea!   We have had many reflections on the year but the topic we come back to time and time again are the wonderful people the Tea House has given us the opportunity to meet and connect with over tea.  We were lucky enough to get lots...

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