Cult of Quality

Modern Culture Impositions of forest management and tea processing are not the only way the denizens of Menghai have experienced modernism; the Dai majority in the valleys and the upland citizens of Zomia[1] alike have both embraced the modernization of t…

Modern Production Origin Myths and Armchair Experts It has become common amongst educated pu’er drinkers to read deeply into the processing of tea, intuiting the definition of the class by its unique stages of production.

The more you know, the more you know you don't know… - Not Aristotle Jason & Pat on TTRT2026.

Dank Piles and Bitter Draughts Welcome, gentle reader, to our sophomore year of Yunnan spring pu’er research.

Listen to the Tea Technique Editorial Conversation podcast on this trip report: Back Again I said I’d be back – and so I am.

Here it is folks, my personal mecca of tea trips – Yiwu, Yunnan.

Listen to the Tea Technique Editorial Conversation about this Trip Report: Yunnan was the south western frontier of imperial China, populated by sinofied tribes, the gateway to Southeast Asia and India, the nexus of the southern silk road and tea horse tr…

A friend, a good friend, a conscientious friend knocked a teapot off my shelf.

Dear reader, you find me writing this from the comforts of Wistaria Tea House in Taipei where I end my travels reflecting on this year’s research trip over a 2003 Tze Ping sheng puerh, enjoying a moments peace before flying back to the US and returning to…

Listen to the Tea Technique Podcast on the 2024 Research Trip to Wuyi: Intro Wuyi may be the most mythical of China's tea origins, unique in history, environment, natural preservation, production process, and flavor profiles.

Tea is a window, a lens, a reflection.

Part 1 A year to the day since the last post - I don't think the wait has been in vain.

After a 9-hour high speed rail from Yixing and an hour-long taxi ride we made it to Chaozhou old town, which would be our home base for the next few days.

As I sit here in NYC, comfortably at my desk, writing my notes after a brief weekend of rest from 3 weeks in China and Taiwan, it all feels like a dream.

The Tea Technique Team's triumphant return to the origin of tea and tea culture is well underway - with half of the trip successfully accomplished.