http://teaemperor.com Enjoy tea with a slice of ancient Chinese wisdom Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:43:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, my review was a long time coming as my wife so eloquently put it in the previous article - Tea Emperor’s own review post will come soon after mine. MAKERS OF THE TEA Small tea plantation in Japan under private ownership. Can tea get any more real? Not ... http://teaemperor.com/green-tea/second-opinion/ A few week ago we received two samples from Obubu Tea, a tea brand produced by local farmers from Kyoto region. Last weekend we started to try one of the samples: Sencha of the Wind. Following the clear instruction coming along with the sample, we brew it for altogether three steeping, respectively ... http://teaemperor.com/tea-reviews/tea-review-sencha-of-the-wind-by-obubu-tea/ Remember I have been looking for a convenient tea infuser with good design? Well, although not being my favorite, this one does catch my eyes: Designed by Pablo Matteoda from Argentina, Sharky tea infuser has won the 3rd price in the "Beyond Silver" competition organised by designboom. In designer's own words: INFUSION means to ... http://teaemperor.com/tea-designs/sharky-tea-infuser/ So far we have been existing on Twitter for about 1 month, but only started more actively twitting from this week, thanks to all the new friends and followers, it's been really nice to have you around! This week we are happy to find many interesting twitterers to follow, to read ... http://teaemperor.com/weekly-tea-tweets/tea-twits-of-the-week-jan-25-31-2010/ In HuaShan Culture Park , Taipei, the 1914 Connection Cool & Easy Tea is currently on exhibition until March 5, 2010. In this exhibition, a group of Taiwanese young designers born after 90', present their design works around the concept of "tea".  In contrast to the traditional tea ceremony and ... http://teaemperor.com/tea-designs/cool-easy-tea-tea-design-exhibition-in-taiwan/ During my visit to Taiwan in December 2009, I found this new fusion kitchen where Taiwanese afternoon tea is served. Taiwanese afternoon tea? you might wonder. Well, as well-known as English afternoon tea can be, the equally, if not more enthusiastic tea drinkers in Taiwan, surely should develop their own Taiwanese ... http://teaemperor.com/taiwanese-afternoon-tea/new-fusion-kitchen-taiwanese-afternoon-tea/ Actress Jodie Foster was spotted on a bubble tea break. As you can see, the answer is celebrity association. Now, the Taiwanese bubble milk tea has it made because it is tasty, sweet, possibly vegetarian, non-fattening, soft, milky and chewy - a perfect drink and cake combined. Has anyone else ... http://teaemperor.com/taiwanese-bubble-tea/how-i-know-that-the-bubble-tea-is-in/ BRAND TEAS LACED WITH BULK CTC TEA RUINS TEA FOR CONSUMERS Taiwan's authorities, namely Control Yuan, claim that some local tea brands are laced with imported leaves and sold under the name of Taiwanese tea, which hurts the interests of consumers. [caption id="attachment_217" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Tea farm on the beautiful island of ... http://teaemperor.com/tea-information/watered-down-tea-a-problem-in-taiwan/ OUT WITH THE BULK Tea Board of India has asked north-eastern states to focus more on orthodox specialty tea aimed solely at the international markets instead of the bulk "crush, tear and curl" tea, which they are mostly producing at present. [caption id="attachment_211" align="alignright" width="300" caption="A well-managed tea plantation in India ... http://teaemperor.com/tea-information/superior-indian-tea-in-demand/ DARKNESS Winter in Finland can be very dark and cold, and some years it is also very wet. It is only natural that every now and then Finnish people need hot tea to keep warm and happy. Now with the daily cup of tea we can also get rid of that ... http://teaemperor.com/videos/let-there-be-light-and-tea/