The aroma of this tea is quite unusual: it may remind of the smell of fried seeds to one person or the flavor of a haystack in the meadow to another; it may even feel like something dried or smoked and some people will recall the smell of heated rubber. It is not similar to other teas. This also holds true for the taste: if you do not know in advance that it’s tea in the cup and not an unknown herbal infusion, then it’s difficult for a beginner to distinguish. People either fall in love with this tea or...

Who loves and knows Pu-erh tea, he is well acquainted with the special «Pu-erh» altered state of consciousness. It feels like a surge of vitality against a background of light euphoria. Special long fermentation and mountain origin of raw materials from large wild tea trees give Pu-erh unusual amazing properties. High-quality varieties of Pu-erh powerfully tone the body and clear the mind. Good Pu-erh has a dense meaty (Oh, the vegans, not what I had in mind!) rich taste without bitterness.  It can be simpler, but there are also very wide range of tastes.  High-grade Pu-erh gives itself a long...

Genuine Da Hong Pao is a famous and precious chinese tea.  A well-known illustration for it can serve as an example when in 1972, American President Richard Nixon came to the first summit in China. For both countries this was an important historical meeting symbolizing the resumption of diplomatic relations. Then there Nixon was given two hundred grams of tea Da Hong Pao.  He did not immediately understand the value of the gift, moreover, was unpleasantly struck by its nondescript appearance.  Nixon-not very well versed in chinese tea quaker, a christian sectarian of scottish origin when he was persecuting communists...

A genuine Yixing teapot or "cha-hu" is  a collectible item whose value is likely to only increase. It rises as the fame of the master who sculpted it grows, whose brand is necessarily emblazoned on every Yixing teapot both outside and inside.  Each year, the Yixing city municipality, with the support of local art associations, publishes a catalog listing all Yixing teapot makers and their students, with the current rank of each. At present, they number over five thousand people. Every year, someone drops out of the rating due to the transition to retirement or to the other world, someone...

  The brutal and sometimes slightly stale fish taste of inexpensive touristic Pu-erh tea with its inherent earthy aroma of abandoned moldy basement is known to many fans who should be recognized as victims. In the hope of experiencing some effect, they crumble the unyielding gray-brown chipboard wrapped in paper with hieroglyphs. In General, this experience does not strongly encourage the hunt to further acquaintance with the Pu-erh.   Buy a little, but Pu-erh of the highest quality, and you can enjoy the deep velvety taste of exquisite tea with a variety of notes of dried fruits, nuts, aromas of...