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Kyoto goes Kawaii: Traditional tea shop puts pop art twist on teapots to cater to young
The Ujitawara-Seichajyo Co. tea shop, founded in 1926, has teamed with popular Kyoto-based brand Sou Sou to produce tea sets that feature pop and modern Japanese designs. The collaboration is…
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To the Azores for tea
Tea is still grown in the center of the Atlantic Ocean, 1,500 kilometers from the mainland. The oldest tea plantations in Europe are located there. Tea production is thought to have been…
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An Assamese Duo Is Elevating The Instant Tea Narrative Dip By Dip
Seeds of a revolution can be planted even during a mundane chore. Two Assamese childhood-friends — Upamanyu Borkakoty, and Anshuman Bharali, who have minted the world’s first…
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Taiwan’s not just bubble tea, say these tea houses coming up with new drinks and innovating on the country’s drinking culture
From bottled cold brews to cocktails, three tea entrepreneurs are combining a reverence for Taiwan’s traditions with drinks that will appeal to younger people. While Taiwanese tea has always…
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Us Two Tea: Maggie Xue Is On A Mission To Make Tea Culture Accessible
Us Two Tea makes full leaf, loose-leaf tea for on-the-go occasions, situated in 100% biodegradable corn fiber tea sachets. The brand sources directly from small, family owned tea farms in…
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Brad Pitt is helping launch a line of organic sparkling cold brew teas
Brad Pitt is known for many things and while his taste in tea might not be one of them, that might be about the change. The award-winning actor helps to found a brand of sparkling…
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Video about Tea Masters Cup Russia 2021
Couldn’t attend the Tea Masters Cup Russia? Don’t be upset, just watch the video here! This time, young, creative and talented tea masters have brewed the future of tea in Moscow.
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The Path of Restorative Travel Starts With Tea
Tea grows among the rocks And along Jade Spring’s ceaseless flow. Root and stem exude a rich fragrance; One whiff nurtures flesh and bone. From Li Bo (701-762 C.E.), Immortal’s Palm Tea As the…
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Tea Masters Cup Russia 2021
The first, and so far the only, national Tea Masters Cup championship of the 2020-2021 cycle has been successfully held in Russia. The winners in the Tea Preparation and Tea Tasting categories…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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).…
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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…
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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:…
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Polyphenolic Composition in Leaves of Camellia Irrawadiensis
Japanese scientists conducted a comparative analysis of three camellias — C. sinensis, C. irrawadiensis and C.taliensis — to determine or clarify the differences between their polyphenolic and…
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Do Not Smoke, Do Not Snore, But Drink Tea Instead
For more than five years, Chinese scientists have observed the health and lifestyle of 34,825 Shanghai men, trying to find the correlation between the risk of diabetes and the duration of…
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