Rare Tea Tasting: Pearl Orchid Anji Baicha 珠兰安吉白
Through the trust of my tea mentor in Beijing I was able to acquire the contact for a woman who lives in Anji, and who is known to make the fines...
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"I wanted to know where the tradition of handling the teas came from, and who the people were that carried these traditions forward. This curiosity came to be the foundation for how I source tea for Cultivate, and has led me to discover incredible instances of care and craftsmanship in relation to nature – practices that produce truly beautiful and unusual teas. ."
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The Story Behind Our Tea Shop
"After four years in Beijing, we moved back to Vancouver in 2013. Our new place was fairly empty, but we had a tea set in the living room, and we would occasionally have friends over for a nice afternoon of tea over good conversations.
It was then that the idea of opening a tea shop first arose - we realized there was nowhere in the city for us to enjoy tea and try different teas in the company of others.."
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The Elusive and Endangered Yellow Tea
Yellow teas have been prized as Tribute Teas, and favored by emperors, for over a thousand years. Crafting yellow tea requires an intense amount of...
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