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Processing of semi-green tea from the Phoenix region + VIDEO

Ondřej — Mon, 30 May 2016 16:00:43 +0000

How are oolong teas actually processed (specifically in the Phoenix area around Chaozhou)? How much skill, time and technology does a freshly picked leaf need to become a great tea? That’s what I want to show you today 🙂 The process of semi-machine processing of oolong phoenix tea: Hand picking is the key – pick...

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Last mini trips around Chaozhou and cheers to the phoenix plantations

Ondřej — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 14:03:15 +0000

In the end, the tea culture in Chaozhou won’t be so bad – everyone drinks over-cooked Phoenixes, but you’ll see tea seas with tea ready everywhere – in any small or big shop, stall, on benches… there’s tea ready everywhere. And here specifically with the help of small ceramic stones. They have an interesting custom...

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We actually only drink tea once a day – we start in the morning and finish in the evening…

Ondřej — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 15:36:50 +0000

Last time yesterday, last tea market in Huangzhou, last shop round, bought heaps of trinkets, gifts, a couple of kilos of tea (liubao, Lapsang reds, one exclusive specialty from Wui mountains), great greens (fresh Well, White Peony) and 2 nice 350 gram cakes of white teas = these ironically made me the happiest…. We’re already...

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