Factors that affects tea quality | HOJO Online Speciality Tea Shop- Part 3

[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 …

[2014.08.25]

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 …

[2013.03.22]

Comparison is the best way to check the tea quality

• How to choose quality tea
• Factors that affects tea quality

Comparison is the key to inspect the quality of tea For tea quality aspects, it is quite difficult to put into quantitative perspective. If we could do so, our job becomes much easier, and one could find good tea regardless of one’s ability. However, this will make the tea becomes less interesting. In some way, …

[2013.03.21]

Tips on Tea Quality Inspection

• How to choose quality tea
• Agricultural Practice
• Factors that affects tea quality

There are many ways to judge the quality of tea. Among all, I would like to introduce one method: to check the unrolling speed of brewed leaf. The high quality leaf unroll very fast, while the poor quality leaf takes a long time to unroll, or sometimes it does not perfectly unroll. I would like …