Archive for January, 2007

I have heard many stories about people buying tea during their visit in China and got cheated. One of my customer bought back the famous tea Xi Hu Long Jing Green Tea(Dragonwell) and only realized that he got cheated with a fake Long Jing Tea. He apparently tried a tea in a teashop and requested to buy the […]

Few links to reports that shows Oolong/Wulong Tea helps in loosing weight.
2003 Study - Journal of Medical Investigation
A  study published in 2003 in the Journal of Medical Investigation by entitled “Oolong Tea Increases Energy Metabolism in Japanese Females” which studied the effects of Wulong tea drinking on women showed a high correlation of weight loss and […]

What tea is that?

 I get rather annoyed *quite laughable* when people come telling me they would like Da Hong Pao, a very expensive Oolong Tea (Big Red Robe Scarlet Oolong) but are actually refering to other cheaper Oolong tea like Shui Xian Oolong Tea (Water Sprite Oolong), Rou Gui Oolong Tea (Cassia Bark Oolong) or worst Lapsang Souchong Black Tea. When I offer them Da […]

Oolong Tea of Wulong Tea? I get this question all the time. Once I explained to a customer about Oolong Tea, she replied back and asked whether I have “Wulong Tea.” *smiles* They are both the same tea, just spelt differently. Both are the famous Chinese semi-fermented tea from Fujian, China or in Taiwan. But it is also now cultivated […]

Can I have Green Tea?

Over the past years I have experienced so much that I can’t spill out everything in one single entry. I will start off with green tea. It amused me when people come to me and tell me that they would like to buy green tea, thinking green tea is green tea. But it is merely just a tea […]

Welcome to my first blog

Welcome! This is the place I will share with you my experience on tea drinking. I definately have a lot to share with all tea lover out there and I do not know where to start. Before, I go on rambling..a little history about this blog..previously someone has suggested to me that since we have an online tea […]