Tag Archives: puer
Sips at the 2017 International Tea Conference in Hubei
Tea sips in Hubei Province during the 2017 International Tea Conference. Continue reading
Tea Explorer Extended Run – On CBC’s Doc Channel
We’re delighted to announce that our documentary film The Tea Explorer film is getting an additional airing on Sunday Sept, 10th at 9 pm ET/10 PT on CBC’s Doc Channel in Canada. Best taken with a cup of leaves and water … Continue reading
Moments with an Aging Classic – Bada at 10 years
One of the many voices that have counselled and often chided me comes from Mr. Li from Guangdong. Buyer of exceptional teas throughout China for collectors for decades, he runs a teashop that specializes in teas that are simply out of most people’s price range. “Aged” teas was one of his great peeves and discussion points. He raged against pricing a tea simply based on an apparent age of tea. Continue reading
Interview with Love for Tea – The Tea Explorer
A conversation about The Tea Explorer film, favourite teas, and the Himalayan trade routes with Ruhani Sandhu. Continue reading
Puerh – The ‘Sort’
Tea ends up in nuggets and in twisted desiccated things of tangy beauty. Cakes and compressed forms line shelves and delicate curled buds are unveiled out of boutique bags and wrapping. It ends up with names and tales scarcely believable … Continue reading
Puerh – Age and Other Words
Age of trees or bushes is one of the questions particularly vital to any discussion or selection of Puerh (regardless of how you spell it). A ten-year old tea doesn’t tell the drinker anything about the age of the leaves when picked, and for many of us this is a more intriguing and more delicious question than it sometimes gets credit for. Continue reading
Pu erh’s Needed Basics
Mystification in Puerh’s world comes from some of its legitimate claims, but it also comes from regurgitated misinformation, marketing, and the intensely pretentious. Mystification, though, can also serve to hide or manipulate knowledge and create hype, and it is at this, that this little bit of writing is directed. Continue reading
Tribute Photos to a Year of Tea and Mountains – 7
A tribute to mountains, tea, their characters and the preservation of the mountain culture and environments. Continue reading
Southwest – Arriving to Pu erh Tea Central
Pu erh tea and its people and geography of southern Yunnan. A journey into sips Continue reading
Financial Times reviews our JalamTeas’ Tea of the Month Club…and loves it
Financial Times reviews (after significant sipping) our JalamTeas’ Tea of the Month Club offerings…and loves them. Sampling our rare Purple Leaf and the vibrant Bada Mountain Unfermented Puerh, the writer mentions that , “…the tea’s backstory was every bit … Continue reading