How to choose quality tea | HOJO Online Speciality Tea Shop- Part 3

[2015.10.08]

What is the ideal tea for fermentation and aging?

• Tea constituents and functional effect
• Catechin
• Factors that affects tea quality
• Material Quality of Tea
• Mineral
• Quality component of tea
• Tea Constituents
• Theanine

The freshly-plucked tealeaf has green leafy aroma. When the fresh tealeaf undergoes appropriate fermentation or maturation, its green leafy aroma will becomes fruity or floral note. The fermentation of tea refers to the enzymatic oxidation, while the maturation means non-enzymatic oxidation. However, even if it undergoes fermentation or maturation, not all tea produces fruity or floral …

[2015.04.25]

Natural farming tea garden that is beyond agriculture

• How to choose quality tea
• Agricultural Practice
• Altitude
• China
• Environmental factors
• Factors that affects tea quality
• Pu-erh Tea and Dark Tea
• Raw Pu-erh Tea
• Soil Condition
• Tea tree
• Yunnan

As compared to other places in China, every year I spend a lot more time in Yunnan. The reason is simple. In the entire world of tea, besides Yunnan, it is hard to find another place that is so rich in the natural-farmed tea. In Yunnan, we have a bountiful opportunity to explore the tea …

[2015.01.28]

The reason to hunt for the naturally farmed tea

• How to choose quality tea
• Agricultural Practice
• China
• Factors that affects tea quality
• Material Quality of Tea
• Mineral
• Quality component of tea
• Tasting ability
• Tea Constituents
• Yunnan

In 2014 I went to Yunnan, China twice and stay there for about a month plus. For now, most of teas have already arrived and I am enjoying drinking it every day. The main purpose that I keep going to the Yunnan tea production site is to look for tea grown with the natural farming …

[2014.09.15]

Ironic relationship between muscatel flavor and the quality of tea

• How to choose quality tea
• Black Tea
• Character of Tea
• Chinese Black Tea
• Environmental factors
• Factors that affects tea quality
• Material Quality of Tea
• Quality component of tea
• Season

We have released 2 types of Yunnan black tea that gives muscatel flavour. The intensity of the muscatel flavour on these teas is not as strong as that of Mi Xiang Black Tea from Taiwan. These two teas are giving subtle extent of muscatel flavour that is acting like a back dancer that is to …

[2014.09.08]

Tea tasting practice using Coca Cola and Pepsi

• How to choose quality tea
• Material Quality of Tea
• Quality component of tea
• Tasting ability

For evaluating the quality of tea, there are 3 important criteria. It is the body, aftertaste and mouth feel. In particular, there are many people who can hardly understand and differentiate the body and aftertaste. Body and aftertaste is the essential criteria to define the taste The body and aftertaste is the criteria that is …

[2014.08.25]

How to identify the authentic Dong Ding Oolong

• How to choose quality tea
• Environmental factors
• Factors that affects tea quality
• Oolong Tea
• Soil Condition
• Taichung
• Taiwan
• Taiwanese Oolong Tea

The Dong Ding Oolong is a very popular tea in Taiwan. I think it is not too much to say that Dong Ding oolong represents the Taiwan tea. If you have ever travelled in Taiwan, you may run into the Dong Ding oolong everywhere. The same product name has different prices, and some of them …

[2013.11.26]

The Intimate Relationship Between Body and Calcium

• How to choose quality tea
• Environmental factors
• Factors that affects tea quality
• Material Quality of Tea
• Quality component of tea
• Soil Condition
• Tasting ability

One of the indexes to evaluate the quality of tea is the body. Body is a term often used to describe the taste, yet I think very few people precisely comprehended it well. The word “body” can be described as boldness, width, and heaviness. Basically, it is the term that describes the taste and flavour …

[2013.07.24]

What is “Lao Cong” Phoenix Dong Cong Oolong?

• Types of Tea
• Age of Tea Tree
• China
• Chinese Oolong Tea
• Guangdong
• Oolong Tea
• Phoenix Dan Cong Oolong Tea
• Tea tree

The Phoenix oolong tea is often called as Phoenix Dan Cong oolong Tea. The “Dan Cong” means a single tea tree, and Dan Cong oolong means that tea is produced from the selected tea trees. Usually, the manufacturers do not make a single batch out of one tea tree; they combine a few tea trees …

[2013.06.23]

Why do elderly people miss the tea they drunk before?

• Tea Column
• Agricultural Practice
• Factors that affects tea quality
• Green Tea
• Japanese Green Tea
• Quality component of tea

The elderly people sometimes mentioned that the tea they used to drink when they were young was much nicer. Some people may assume that it is just their nostalgic sentimentality. Somehow I do believe in what they say and would like to share some information. The usage of nitrogen fertilizers have increased 12 times since …

[2013.04.20]

Limited and precious Ming Qian pu-erh tea in Lincang

• How to choose quality tea
• Altitude
• China
• Environmental factors
• Factors that affects tea quality
• Pu-erh Tea and Dark Tea
• Raw Pu-erh Tea
• Weather and Climate
• Yunnan

  Qian Long Jing. In Chinese, Ming Qian means before Qing Ming (清明節, 4th of April). Although less people know, the word “Ming Qian” is also used for Pu-erh tea. Some people would think Ming Qian should not be associated with Pu-erh tea. In a way, it is YES but No. Regardless of whether the …