Category Archives: tea making techniques

Chocolate Shou Pu-erh

Posted on March 29, 2017 by

The idea behind this experiment began to take shape after I read this article on Oolong Owl’s excellent blog about Tisano chocolate tea. Advertisements

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Ikea Upphetta French Press

Posted on February 22, 2017 by

We were at Ikea the other weekend, and I happened to notice that the blue and yellow gargantuan now labels their “Upphetta” cafetières as both a coffee and a tea press.

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2013 Jing Mai Sheng Cha Gao

Posted on December 18, 2016 by

Having read about instant Pu-erh tea paste (Cha Gao) in a book I have, I thought it sounded like something that would be interesting to try.

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Goji Berry Shou Pu-erh

Posted on December 7, 2016 by

I happened across the idea behind this experiment when I was reading the Wikipedia Pu-erh page.

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Great Uncle Style

Posted on November 20, 2016 by

This is a tea making technique I like to call Great Uncle style.

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Cardamom Tea

Posted on October 6, 2016 by

Once upon a time clan Teaist were visiting a shop that specialises in foodstuffs from the Middle East and North Africa.

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Grandpa Style

Posted on September 16, 2016 by

If the gong-fu style of tea preparation, with its elaborate equipment, detailed methodology, and precise amounts and temperature control represents yin, then its yang can be thought of to be the “Grandpa style” method of steeping tea leaves.

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