How to Make Matcha: Traditional vs Modern

Learn how to make matcha with traditional and modern methods. Discover the tools and steps to find the right style for your lifestyle—a ceremonial ritual or quick matcha.

Tea Etiquette

Imagine we invited someones for tea or we’ve been invited out for tea, what do we wear? what do we need to prepare?Enjoy our tea time by following these simple afternoon tea etiquette rules.

How to raise Jian Zhan

Jian Zhan or Jian Ware, is a type of Chinese black porcelain originally made in Jianyang, Fujian province. This article will help you know more information about how to raise Jian Zhan.

The Methods of Plucking Tea

How is tea harvested? There are two main methods of plucking tea: plucking tea by hand and plucking tea by machine

DIY Homemade Kombucha

In China, Kombucha has also been called “Sea Treasure (海宝: hǎi bǎo )” and “Stomach Treasure (胃宝: wèi bǎo)”, which is a fermented drink made with sugar, tea, water and scoby (culture of bacteria and yeast).

How to Brew with a Gaiwan

A small Gaiwan embodies a small world, which contains the truth told by ancient philosophers “Sky covers it, earth carries it, and man nurtures it”.

Cook Chinese dishes with Tangerine Peels

This article is going to show you several Chinese home-dishes with steps of making for you to take advantage of tangerine pu-erh teatangerine peel’s potential benefits. If you are interested, you can try some of them for yourself at home.

How to Make Ginger Black Tea and Its Health Benefits

Ginger is often widely used as a very important ingredient in dishes, although it has a spicy taste, it sure does make food taste good. In addition, it also works well as medicinal material for health care, such as ginger fried rice, which is a good dish to promote appetite effectively.

How to Make Xinhui Orange Ripened Pu-erh Tea

Some people are curious about the making process of this interesting and delicious tea. Therefore, TeaVivre has specifically inquired Mr. Yang, the tea maker, about how to make Xinhui Green Mandarin Orange Ripened Pu-erh Tea.

How to loosen and pry Pu-erh Tea

As the traditional form of Pu-erh tea, cake Pu-erh, brick Pu-erh and Tuocha all take a lot of twists and turns before we drink them at the first time. So how can we loosen and pry Pu-erh Tea in a proper way?