Cute Tea Pet

Tortoise

Share with you a new tea pet in the shape of a tortoise bought from Taiwan! 

Isn't it cute? :)

Let's travel around the World to explore about tea culture~

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival~~

Pu'er tea with mooncake

Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated in the Chinese community every year on the 15th of the eight month in the Lunar calendar. On this evening, the moon is the biggest and brightest of all days of the year. It is also a time for family to gather together and enjoy the festive delicacy- mooncake. Tea is often served along with this sweet and delicious snack, what is your choice of tea to go with mooncakes?

Hong Kong Tea Fair 2015

Highlights of Hong Kong Tea Fair 2015

It is good to meet tea suppliers and buyers from all over the world~ See you again next year!

Mid Summer Tea Experience

Tea cup from Taiwan engraved with the Chinese character 'Tiger'

A cup of tea is only perfect when brew and served with fine tea ware.
Treat yourself and enjoy a perfect cup in this mid-summer Sunday.

Traditional Tea Can from Hong Kong

A traditionally designed tea can found in an old, established tea shop in Hong Kong! It was quite surprising to see this still available in the market, as many of the old tea shops have changed their packaging into a more modern design to cater for the younger generation. The insistent of using the traditional package is much appreciated because it reminds us that tea is a living history that we are part of! 

THANK YOU!!!

Glad to share with people who appreciate tea as much as we do! Tea Blogger TEAWITHPOLLY recently participated in our Tea Tasting Event and wrote a review on the tea we shared!

Read the reviews at:

Oriental Beauty: http://teawithpolly.wordpress.com/2014/09/17/oriental-beauty-hancha-teahouse/

Qilai Mountain: http://teawithpolly.wordpress.com/2014/10/08/qilai-mountain-taiwanese-high-altitude-oolong-tea-hancha-teahouse/

Thanks TEAWITHPOLLY for featuring HANCHA TEA HOUSE~

(Photo courtesy: TEAWITHPOLLY)

Tea & Zen

A nice story about Tea & Zen, enjoy!

Nan-in, a Japanese Master during the Meiji era, received a university professor who came to enquire about Zen.

Nan-in served tea and poured his visitor's cup tea full and didn't stop even it was overflowing.

The professor watched until he no longer could restrain himself  'No more tea will go in! The cup is already overflowed!'

'Like this cup,' said Nan-in 'Your mind is already full of your own opinions and speculations, how can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?'

(Taken from: http://zencollage.blogspot.hk/2013/04/a-cup-of-tea_28.html)

Tea is more than a beverage (Part 1)

Check out what people uses tea for, besides drinking it!

Green Tea Concrete

They are not piggy banks, but blocks of Green Tea Concrete that can be used in building constructions. (Photo taken at the Institute of Hadong Green Tea)

Nice Tea House at Busan, South Korea

Tea is more than a beverage, it is about the experience from the tea preparation to the environment of where you enjoy the cup of tea. This tea house at the seaside has to be one of the best place for a tranquil journey of tea.
 #teahouse #busan 

HANCHA Summer Event 2014

We are proud to present our first Summer event!
Simply tell us what your favourite Summer tea is and why you like it so much by posting a comment on this post, ALL writers will be rewarded with our special tea sampler!

Event date: 1st July ~ 31st July 2014

The Magical Camellia Sinensis

The amazing Camellia Sinensis plant that makes Tea. It is hard to imagine how one plant can produce so many varieties of tastes and types of Tea. It's like Magic~~

Keep Calm and Make Tea