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Hadong brews Korean tea for the world
Secluded mountain region prepares for world tea exhibition An old folk song from Hadong County in South Gyeongsang Province evinces the importance of tea in Korean culture. It goes like this:…
Innovations pour new momentum into tea industry of China’s Huangshan City
Huangshan City is the origin of several famous teas and has a long history of drinking tea. Nowadays, innovative tea-making skills and alternative ways of drinking tea grow popular among local…
WhyNotDesign’s identity for The Tea Tips flips hot beverage branding on its head
With slanted type and colours inspired by sticky notes, the identity aims to create a brand that attracts a younger generation of tea drinkers. When The Tea Tips approached WhyNotDesign for a…
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Experience: I drink more than 50 cups of tea a day
The interview process for the role of professional tea taster was intense. There was a maths test as well as a tea testing, and I had to give a presentation on a beverage of my choice. You…
TMC LOVE STORY: how love and/for tea can make the world a better place
Tea Masters Cup is the place where a lot of people who are in love with tea meet each other to share ideas and knowledge. They inspire each other and fall in love with tea culture even more.…
Love, tea and jazzzz
A true story from a TMC winnerNow Florian is a world famous tea person who started his own tea shop in Lyon in September 2020. Well, this sentence should stand the last one in our true story…
How e-commerce came to the rescue of Darjeeling, Assam tea producers
Indian tea producers have been hit by challenges on the production and logistics fronts because of the Covid pandemic. E-commerce, especially for the domestic market, has helped several tea…
Tea Pilgrimage. Aliona Velichko’s Adventures
Aliona Velichko (Minsk, Belarus) has been studying tea culture for 14 years. Tea ceremonies, tea education and also tea travel. She calls herself a tea pilgrim — a person who travels across…
Turning Hobby into Profession. Dmitriy Filimonov’s Method
Dmitriy Filimonov is Head of the Tea Department at Goodwine company (Kyiv, Ukraine), winner of Tea Masters Cup International in Enshi, China (first in Tea Preparation, third in Tea Tasting).…
Basics of Vietnamese Tea Culture
Indigenous way of making and drinking tea The oldest way of preparing tea that exists in Vietnam till today is “nước chè tươi” (“nuoc che tuoi”, brewing fresh tea leaves). Families living in…
Three Kilos of Tea History. George van Driem’s Weight
George van Driem is a linguist, professor of historical linguistics, director of the Linguistics Institute at the University of Bern and author of the recently published book The Tale of Tea:…