Category: Art of Tea

Tea Interview: Ian from Obubu Tea

The third interview in our series is for Ian, Kyoto Obubu Tea Plantation’s Overseas Marketing Agent. If you’re not familiar with Kyoto Obubu Tea, they are a small farm based in the Wazuka valley of […]

Blending Custom Teas at Home

The possibilities of blending teas to create new and unique flavors and endless. It can be a great way to add a kick to a tea you’ve already got in your cupboard. I’ve been doing […]

Tasting Sakura Cherry Blossoms from Obubu Tea [includes PICS!]

I ordered the Obubu Tea sampler package several weeks ago and finally got around to a much-anticipated tasting of the Sakura Cherry Blossoms. photo by springben The sakura, or Japanese cherry blossom, symbolizes the intense […]

Happy New Year: A Tea Photo Odyssey

Happy new year everyone! It’s amazing how quickly 2010 has sped by. I love browsing around for beautiful tea photography and thought I’d take you on a short tea photo odyssey with me. Raising a […]

Tea Interview: Mary, Jazz Musician and Tea Entrepreneur

Happy holidays everyone! As part of my ongoing tea community interview series, this week’s is from Mary of @teaandjazz. She’s in the process of founding her own tea business and has been learning from the […]

Tea Interview: Stephanie Harkins, Chief Editor of the Tea Review Blog

This is the first of a tea community interview series that I’m hosting at LeafJoy. This week’s interview is with Stephanie Harkins of Tea Review Blog, an online community of tea lovers and tea reviewers […]

A Guide to Photographing Tea

Part of blogging is also about showing off the visuals, and tea photography is particularly tricky to get right. However, pictures are essential. It’s hard to accurately picture what a tea looks like from reading […]

Why I Write About Tea

There is a Blog Carnival of Association of Tea Bloggers hosted by Jason at Walker Tea Review going on about why bloggers blog about tea and I couldn’t resist adding my two cents on why […]

How Oolong Tea Is Graded

Each major type of tea has a unique grading system which may vary by the country or region in which it originates. For Oolong tea, there are assorted grading systems depending on the origin of […]

How Black Tea Is Graded

Each major type of tea has a unique grading system which may vary by the country or region in which it originates. The most common grading system is for black tea, which is graded by […]