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Below you can see the fifteen most recent blog posts in all categories of the Seven Cups website. To see the full list of our blog posts please visit our archive page here.

Below you can see the fifteen most recent blog posts in all categories of the Seven Cups website. To see the full list of our blog posts please visit our archive page here.
Here is a nice review of our Denver tea house that appeared on Cafe Society, the Westword Food Blog in Denver. I was in China during the grand opening, but by all accounts, it was very successful. Mikel is in Denver this week, it seems as if I will be the last one to get […]
Continue Reading >>Posted: October 1st, 2008 | Leave a Comment
We have won ‘The Best Of Tucson Award’ in two categories for the four years in a row. It is a great honor for us. Even though we sell tea in 35 countries, and have been honored multiple times in China this year, there is nothing like being honored in your home town. Thanks Tucson!
Best […]
Posted: September 29th, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I’m writing from our recently opened office in Changxing, in Zhejiang. Changxing just a short drive away from Guzhu Mountain where Luyu supervised tea production for the Tang emperor, while he composed the first book about tea, while he lived and died in nearby Huzhou. This area is very old in relationship to the growth […]
Continue Reading >>Posted: June 16th, 2008 | Leave a Comment
ALL Video Podcasts
Welcome to our weekly video podcast with Andrea Serrano on location in Denver, Colorado.
Today’s topic: Shi Feng Long Jing furniture Elhovo
Thank you all for your comments regarding our video podcasts. We would like to create future podcasts on topics you all are interested in, so please contact us with ideas.
Posted: June 13th, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Austin speaking at 2008’s International Tea Culture Seminar
Seven Cups has been honored by the China International Tea Culture Institute for our efforts to source and promote authentic Chinese tea worldwide. Tea experts at the Institute are the thought leaders on tea and tea culture in China, and oversee the […]
Posted: June 11th, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Sponsored by the China International Tea Culture Society and Huzhou city government, and organized by Changxing county government, the first Changxing Lu Yu Tea Culture Festival will last to May 30.???????? ????? ????????
[From Changxing tea festival steeps investment interest_English_Xinhua]
Things are noticeably quieter in our American office when Austin and Mikel are […]
Continue Reading >>Posted: May 29th, 2008 | Leave a Comment
We write this message with a heavy heart as we learn more about the destruction throughout Sichuan resulting from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit earlier this week. It is especially difficult as Sichuan is Zhuping’s home province. We appreciate the many calls and emails asking about the safety of our family and friends in […]
Continue Reading >>Posted: May 16th, 2008 | Leave a Comment
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Welcome to our weekly video podcast with Andrea Serrano and Zhuping Hodge, Tea Master of Seven Cups.
Today’s topic: Bi Luo Chun Green Tea furniture Elhovo
Thank you all for your comments regarding our video podcasts. We would like to create future podcasts on topics you all are interested in, so please contact us with […]
Posted: May 16th, 2008 | Leave a Comment
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Welcome to our weekly video podcast with Andrea Serrano and Zhuping Hodge, Tea Master of Seven Cups. Today we join Zhuping for Part 2 of her special tea tasting of this famous tea.
Today’s topic: Jun Shan Yin Zhen Yellow Tea Part 2
furniture Elhovo
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Famous Yellow Tea Tasting Part 2: Download (445)Posted: May 2nd, 2008 | Leave a Comment
ALL Video Podcasts
Welcome to our weekly video podcast with Andrea Serrano and Zhuping Hodge, Tea Master of Seven Cups. Today we join Zhuping for Part 1 of her special tea tasting of this famous tea.
Today’s topic: Jun Shan Yin Zhen Yellow Tea
Thank you all for your comments regarding our video podcasts. We would like to […]
Continue Reading >>Posted: April 24th, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Heres an article that urges us to do the unusual - to stop digesting our green tea in the name of preserving half of its antioxidant quality. I’d rather just drink twice as much.
“The anti-cancer effects of green tea was cut by 50 per cent when the extracts were digested. But the tumour-fighting abilities of […]
Posted: April 18th, 2008 | Leave a Comment
What do you do with used tea leaves? Chairman Mao ate them, my dad likes to compost them, and Japan’s green tea giant has a new suggestion.
Andrew
ITO EN, Ltd., a major manufacturer of green tea and tea beverages, and the Pack Corp., a package manufacturer, issued a joint statement that they have developed a new […]
Posted: April 16th, 2008 | Leave a Comment
At last, I feel more secure against terrorism. I think you coffee drinkers are still at risk, at least according to researchers in the UK. Hmmm, do I detect a bias towards English breakfast tea?
[From Is a cup of tea the answer to everything - even anthrax? | Laboratory News]
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Continue Reading >>Posted: April 14th, 2008 | Leave a Comment
It’s spring time and the early green tea has been harvested. Although the crop is very good, prices will be up this year for a number of reasons. The winter in China was a long and cold with a lot of snow. While the snow was welcome in some areas that did not get […]
Continue Reading >>Posted: April 14th, 2008 | Leave a Comment
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Welcome to our weekly video podcast with Andrea Serrano and Austin Hodge, owner of Seven Cups. Look for more video podcast with Austin entitled “The Business of Tea”
Today’s topic: The Business of Tea- “How We Buy Our Tea” -organic, traditionally made and high quality
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Posted: April 11th, 2008 | Leave a Comment