Oolong Tasting, January 22nd, 2012
Alishan Zhang Shu Hu & Shan Lin Xi: Our first tasting will be a comparison tasting of two different Taiwanese oolongs: 2011 Alishan Zhang Shu Hu and Spring 2011 Shan Lin Xi Long Feng Xia. we will use bowls and porcelain tasting spoons, and demonstrate “cupping” tea using the techniques used by industry professionals. You …
Holiday Tasting, December 18th, 2011
White Whisper: Tea production in Kenya was started by the British colonial occupiers at the beginning of the 20th Century, and the region quickly grew into a major source of production of CTC (cut-tear-curl) teas for the large low-quality tea bag industry. But in the past couple of years some of the many small farms …
Introducing Thyme Machine
Phoenix Tea is pleased to announce Thyme Machine, an exclusive blend of black teas with thyme leaf, invented and developed in our very own secret laboratories. The leaves used to produce our Thyme Machine Tea are picked from Camellia sinensis bushes in India and China by the delicate, strong fingers of brass, steam-fueled robots. After …
Canton Tea Co and Phoenix Tea Shop Announce Partnership
Seattle, WA– American fans of UK-based Canton Tea Co ‘s range of premium teas no longer have to wait for their orders to cross the Atlantic. Phoenix Tea Shop now ships select Canton Tea Co teas directly from its warehouse in Seattle to tea lovers based in the United States and Canada. Phoenix Tea Shop …
Review of Rose Pu’er Mini Tuocha
Lainie Peterson reviewed our Rose Pu’er Mini-Tuocha on her blog, Lanie Sips: Once infused to a lovely red-orange, the flavor is sweet, smooth, and ever so slightly floral. The rose is really subtle and, I suspect, is included to sweeten the tea and take off some of the characteristic shu “barn-yard “edge. Properly brewed, this …
Fujian green tea scented with jasmine flowers
As I’ve written before, I love the scent of jasmine, and I find it deeply evocative. But not all jasmine scented teas bear the essential jasmine scent that I really enjoy. Sometimes the teas are overbearing and cloying, too sweetly fragrant. Our Jasmine Green Tea, Xiang Hao Molihua Cha (香毫茉莉花茶), on the other hand, exhibits …
Simple black or white kyusu (side-handled teapot)
These teapots are small and simply designed. They’re stoneware and come in either black or white. Each has a metal screen filter basket that fits inside. Experiments have demonstrated that this teapot does just fine with sencha or gyokuro, or any other Japanese green tea in the filter. They’re not fancy or elegant, but for …
The Persimmon Pouch: a custom cover for your prized teapot
The “Persimmon Pouch” is a beautiful cover/carrier for your teapot. It is a Chinese design interpreted by Evan Draper, tea enthusiast and excellent seamster. Fabricated from high quality silk, each pouch is made to order, fitted to your particular teapot. The pouches are padded on the bottom and have drawstring closures. They can be custom …