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Tea Basics 108: What is White Tea?
Silver Needles Once the purview of only the Chinese elite, white tea has become popular across a wide spectrum of tea drinkers. It is now gaining a following in the West as a healthy and unique variet… more →
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Tea Basics 108: What is White Tea?
wrote 6 months ago: Silver Needles Once the purview of only the Chinese elite, white tea has become popular across a wid … more →
The Origins of Nepalese Tea
wrote 6 months ago: In many ways the tea industry in Nepal is only just beginning to realize its potential. Nepal has al … more →
The Origins of Ceylon Tea
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wrote 7 months ago: History Ceylon tea traces its roots back to British colonial times, even the term “Ceylon” hearkens … more →
Tea & Human Health: Where are we?
wrote 7 months ago: Mona Verma is a Quality Control specialist at QTrade Teas & Herbs. With a background in microbio … more →
Tea Basics 107: What is Oolong Tea?
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wrote 1 year ago: What is Oolong Tea? Oolong is one of the most complex categories of tea. It has the widest range of … more →
Tea Basics 105: What is Black Tea?
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wrote 1 year ago: What is black tea? Black tea is far and away the most popular variety of tea in North America. Ther … more →
Tea Basics 104: Stages of Tea Production
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wrote 1 year ago: All true teas (white, green, oolong, black, and pu’erh) come from the same plant, Camellia sin … more →
Tea Basics 201: Professional Tea Tasting
wrote 1 year ago: The difference between tasting tea professionally and brewing tea at home comes down to one thing: v … more →
Ever Wonder How Jasmine Pearl Tea is Made?
wrote 1 year ago: This video shows how Jasmine Pearl Tea is made. Hand rolled by workers in China. www.QTradeTeas.com … more →
Tea Basics 103: How to Make a Cup of Tea
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wrote 1 year ago: “How do you make a perfect cup of tea?” Though we have worked with tea for decades we st … more →
China Site Visit: Tea Color Sorter
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wrote 1 year ago: This is footage take from one of QTrade’s recent site visits to our producers in China. This m … more →
Tea Basics 102: Where Does Tea Come From?
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wrote 1 year ago: Tea is traditionally grown in a tea garden. A garden can vary in size from a few bushes to hundreds … more →
Why is My Iced Tea Cloudy?
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wrote 1 year ago: This question has confounded tea retailers, homemakers and scientists alike for generations. With t … more →
Tea Basics 101: What is Tea?
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wrote 1 year ago: What is tea, you ask? This question is both simple and complex. A Simple Definition Recently Harves … more →
Your perfect cup of tea: 3 things to forget, 3 things to learn and 3 things to respect
wrote 4 years ago: A while ago, I had a chance to participate here in Beijing in a workshop on how to write a magazine … more →
