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• The Magic Of Direct Sourcing in the Tea Industry (April 15, 2023)
• Where did wulong tea come from? Where is it going? (March 10, 2023)
• The Two (or Three) Silver Needles (March 3, 2023)
• Black Teas of the East. (February 24, 2023)
• The Ruby Star of Yunnan (February 17, 2023)
• The sweet cold: In celebration of a long winter. (February 10, 2023)
• Recommendations from the heart: Staff favorites from 2022 (Part 1) (January 27, 2023)
• Happy Lunar New Year! Year of the Rabbit (January 20, 2023)
• Two teas from two Living Treasures: A lineage of mastery in Wuyishan. (January 13, 2023)
• The Personal Touch: Two tea makers and the rock wulong they make. (January 6, 2023)
• The Gift: All this year and the next. (December 30, 2022)
• It's time to take a pause. (December 23, 2022)
• Lion Food (Oranges, Cabbage, and Red Envelopes) for the Grand Opening (December 2, 2022)
• Black teas from the early origins: Three classics in top form. (November 4, 2022)
• 20 years old and still green. (October 28, 2022)
• Flowers from Exile: Dan Cong Wulong (October 7, 2022)
• How do you learn the difference between tea terroir, plant variety and processes? (August 26, 2022)
• The Favorite Daughters of Sichuan (August 19, 2022)
• Yixing and Yancha: A Natural Pair (August 12, 2022)
• Puer tea in your luggage, cellar, or teapot. (August 5, 2022)
• The Big Heat: White tea, tall grass, meadow shade. (July 29, 2022)
• The great teas of Wuyishan and their gaiwan best friend. (July 22, 2022)
• All black tea considered... (July 15, 2022)
• How to Cold Brew Loose-leaf Black Tea for Summer (July 14, 2022)
• Making tea is not a test. (July 8, 2022)
• A Yellow Tea for those in the know. (June 24, 2022)
• Spring still sings: Anji Baicha and Anji Hong (June 17, 2022)
• Fresh summer peaches and good black tea. (June 10, 2022)
• Strange Days, Strange Teas (May 27, 2022)
• The Tiny and The Strong (May 20, 2022)
• Single buds from two origins. (May 13, 2022)
• Even more spring tea just in time for Mother's Day. (May 6, 2022)
• Spring tea (at last.) (April 29, 2022)
• Scented teas for people who don't like scented tea. (April 22, 2022)
• 18 years ago, our teahouse opened its doors. (April 15, 2022)
• A new micro-lot from Yiwu and new developments in the spring harvest. (April 8, 2022)
• Humans and tea go way back. Sip a few millenia of flavors. (April 1, 2022)
• A new shu puer with the timbre of the Jingmai woods. (March 25, 2022)
• Teas from generational divide (and unity): The Zhang family's Anxi wulong (March 18, 2022)
• Shu Puer: The masterpieces of the tea mycologist. (March 11, 2022)
• In the grasp of your nose: The wulong teas of Liu Dexi (March 4, 2022)
• Meet Sweet Vermilion black tea from Tongmu. (February 25, 2022)
• What is the oldest style of pan-fired tea in the world? (February 18, 2022)
• Flowers and cakes - of tea. (February 11, 2022)
• A Tiny Lot of Something New: Young Sheng and Old Sheng (February 4, 2022)
• Happy Chinese New Year from Seven Cups (January 28, 2022)
• The Founders' Favorites of 2021 (January 21, 2022)
• Teahouse Team Favorite Teas of 2021 (January 14, 2022)
• Warehouse Staff Favorite Teas from 2021 (January 7, 2022)
• To a new year, new tea, and old friendships. (December 31, 2021)
• Everything it takes to bring you tea. (December 24, 2021)
• The last new micro-lot of the year is something colorful and different. (December 3, 2021)
• Chasing persistent excellence: 2021 Rock Wulong is here. (November 12, 2021)
• Puer tea from way off the beaten path (November 5, 2021)
• Two Zhejiang teas, 20 years of memories. (October 15, 2021)
• Where is your tea? It's on the way right now. (October 8, 2021)
• Infusion of Contradictions: Get to know Yunnan's black tea and its heroes (October 1, 2021)
• Who wrote the book on Rock Wulong? (September 17, 2021)
• Who plucks the best tea in China? Two exacting teas from the tea plucker’s homeland. (September 10, 2021)
• Jasmine, Puer, and memory: Remembering the life and friendship of Luo Shaojun. (September 3, 2021)
• Your (tea) flight is boarding. Introducing a new subscription service from Seven Cups. (September 1, 2021)
• You're alive during the golden age. (August 27, 2021)
• Can you taste a tea's origin? Silver Needle, Jasmine Pearls, and the local tofu. (August 20, 2021)
• Make good tea. Keep a cool head. (August 13, 2021)
• Have you experienced true yellow tea? Even for us, it’s hard to find. (August 6, 2021)
• What does it take to make the best Longjing tea? (July 30, 2021)
• Where were you 20 years ago? The modern journey of puer tea. (July 23, 2021)
• Meet Tongmu's newest oldest black tea maker. (July 16, 2021)
• What green tea isn’t green? A micro-lot from a family that returned to tea. (July 9, 2021)
• Where is the hardest place to source tea in China? (July 1, 2021)
• Missing our Friday tea tastings? Us too. (June 25, 2021)
• How does a whole mountain fit into a humble green tea? (June 18, 2021)
• A toast to the hard work of wulong tea. (June 11, 2021)
• Where would you go for love? (June 4, 2021)
• Meet the white leaf that launched Anji into the limelight. (May 26, 2021)
• Yellow tea and a micro-lot three generations in the making. (May 21, 2021)
• Getting weird with Tai Ping Houkui and Lu'an Gua Pian (May 14, 2021)
• Have you met Purple Bamboo and The Grandma Squad? (May 7, 2021)
• What spring tea are you dreaming of? (April 30, 2021)
• Have you tasted the real Junshan Yinzhen? Meet the rare yellow needle tea. (April 23, 2021)
• Why are we discounting the freshest tea in North America? (April 16, 2021)
• Meet the tea that started it all: Longjing green tea. (April 9, 2021)
• Remembering the father of Big Red Robe: One tea master’s lasting impact on the world of rock wulong. (April 1, 2021)
• Time for a haircut? Spring rain heralds the new harvest. (March 26, 2021)
• Spring is waking up. Can you hear it? (March 12, 2021)
• Teahouse Blues (December 3, 2020)
• How Chinese Black Tea Conquered the World (and then China) (July 3, 2020)
• How do Heirloom Tea Cultivars Affect the Price of Tea? (May 12, 2020)
• Spring Harvest 2020: Holding to Core Values in an Uncertain World (April 20, 2020)
• The Complex Identity of Yue Guang Bai "White Moonlight" (September 27, 2019)
• What's So Special About Aged Tea? (September 3, 2019)
• Trade War, Tariffs, and Tea (August 5, 2019)
• The East is Red: China's Red (Black) Tea Renaissance (July 15, 2019)
• 2019: A Bad Year for Puer Tea (May 29, 2019)
• Spring Teas Arrive In The Desert (April 14, 2019)
• How To Stay Alive in the Specialty Tea Business (January 6, 2019)
• The Tea Tour Moves Through Yunnan (April 12, 2018)
• How Are Puer Cakes Made? (December 4, 2017)
• Sign up here to become a Seven Cups Member (November 21, 2017)
• Can I Judge the Quality of My Tea by Taste Alone? (April 18, 2017)
• What Does the Aroma of My Tea Say About Its Quality? (April 13, 2017)
• What Does the Color of My Tea Say About Its Quality? (April 11, 2017)
• Why Does the Moisture Content of My Tea Leaves Matter? (March 30, 2017)
• How Does the Way Tea Is Processed Impact Its Quality? (November 3, 2016)
• How Does the Tea Maker Impact My Tea's Quality? (November 2, 2016)
• What Do the Genes of a Tea Bush Say About Quality Tea? (October 21, 2016)
• How Does the Timing of a Harvest Impact a Tea's Quality? (September 28, 2016)
• How Does Origin Contribute to the Authentication of Tea? (September 12, 2016)
• How Do the Plucking Standard and the Uniform Length of Tea Leaves Impact the Quality of a Tea? (May 19, 2016)
• How Does the Condition of the Leaf Impact My Tea's Quality? (December 8, 2015)
• Quality Standards for Specialty Tea | Part One (November 8, 2015)
• Quality Tea | Achieving Assam's Full Potential in Tea (August 20, 2015)
• A Brief Outline of Standards for Specialty Tea (May 3, 2015)
• Giving Meaning to the Term Specialty Tea (April 16, 2015)
• A Short and Handy Guide to Wulong Processing (March 3, 2015)
• Venture Capitalist Kevin Rose Adds Seven Cups Tea to Holiday Gift Boxes (December 24, 2014)
• A Call for Standards for Specialty Tea (December 8, 2014)
• The "Raw" Appeal of Puer Tea (August 6, 2014)
• The Radical Tea For the Anti-Establishment (July 3, 2014)
• Field Notes - Wuyishan Wulong II (June 13, 2014)
• The Price of Long Jing (May 28, 2014)
• Field Notes - Wuyishan Wulong I (April 25, 2014)
• Recipe - Zesty Orange Doughnuts with Black Tea Cream (April 19, 2014)
• Charles Grey, Earl Grey - A Peculiar Tale of Black Tea (April 10, 2014)
• The Niche of Yellow Tea (April 7, 2014)
• How Tea is Consumed in Some Other Parts of China (March 10, 2014)
• I'm pleased to be here writing about tea! (March 5, 2014)
• My Tea Blog is Ten Years Old (December 17, 2013)
• The Remarkable Beginning of Black Tea (November 29, 2013)
• Tea Trends 2013 (November 1, 2013)
• Lucky to be in the tea business (July 10, 2013)
• Tea, Pesticides, and The Sustainable Future (May 9, 2013)
• Starbucks buying Teavana will lead to better quality tea (November 27, 2012)
• Greenpeace and the Safety of Chinese tea (October 19, 2012)
• Transparency In The Tea Industry (August 27, 2012)
• Travel + Leisure Names Seven Cups One of Six Best Places to Drink Tea in America (April 22, 2012)
• Chinese Tea Trends in the Market (March 23, 2012)
• Choosing Sheng Puer Cakes (February 2, 2012)
• The Basics of Brewing Loose Leaf Tea (January 9, 2012)
• Are Cast Iron Pots Really Useful for Brewing Tea? (January 2, 2012)
• The Facts You May Not Know About Fair Trade Practices (October 20, 2011)
• Yunnan Black Tea and the Middle East (September 14, 2011)
• Plagiarism and Tea Ecommerce (August 22, 2011)
• Leadership in the tea industry? (July 27, 2011)
• Why am I writing this blog? (June 23, 2011)
• Jinggu, Cha Ma Shi Factory, and Old Puer City (May 29, 2011)
• Jingmai, Shui Alcohol, and a Princess (May 29, 2011)
• Loud Insects and an Eight Hundred Year Old Tree (May 29, 2011)
• A Cafe in Dali (May 29, 2011)
• Making Puer Tea Cakes, Enjoying Cha Guo, and Dai Minority Restaurants (May 23, 2011)
• Dealing with Tea Plant Myths (May 19, 2011)
• The 11th Puer Tea Conference (April 26, 2011)
• Wuyi Shan National Park & the Rare Bai Ji Guan (April 25, 2011)
• Huangshan and a World Tea Conference (April 23, 2011)
• Hangzhou's Claim to Famous Tea (April 20, 2011)
• The Seven Cups Tea Tour Becomes Local News (April 19, 2011)
• Anji County & Deep Fried Larvae (April 17, 2011)
• Lu Yu Tribute Tea Factory Museum & Yixing Pottery Museum (April 16, 2011)
• Buying Gu Zhu Zi Sun (April 14, 2011)
• Lincang County Yunnan Black Tea (April 7, 2011)
• First stop to get to 2011 black tea crop (April 5, 2011)
• Qing Ming Festival | Honoring the Ancestors (April 2, 2011)
• Late Tea Harvest Musings (April 1, 2011)
• Brewing tea for hardcore tea drinkers (February 28, 2011)
• 2011 Tea Trends: Seven Cups makes a major shift (February 1, 2011)
• The Canadian Tea Guild and Single-Origin Chocolate Pairings (January 21, 2011)
• New Year's Musings on Tea (December 31, 2010)
• Dahongpao, A New Chinese Tea Bubble? (October 21, 2010)
• Cold Winters, Floods, and the Price of Tea (August 2, 2010)
• 2 Years, Too Much: Perspectives on the U.S. Tea Industry (June 30, 2010)
• A Game Changing Book About Tea (May 28, 2010)
• Gu Zhu Zi Sun (Purple Bamboo Shoot) (May 25, 2010)
• Early Spring Green Tea Arrivals (April 30, 2010)
• Harvest in Anji in Early April 2010 Bai Cha (April 26, 2010)
• Huangshan & the Invention of Display Teas (April 16, 2010)
• Before the Harvest in Hangzhou (April 13, 2010)
• The Ancient Town Nanxun (April 5, 2010)
• Mo Gan Shan & Rare Female Tea Makers (March 30, 2010)
• Jiangsu Province, famed Bi Luo Chun, & Dong Ting Mountain (March 24, 2010)
• Song Dynasty, Anji Bai Cha, & Song Hui Zhong (March 23, 2010)
• Silk Origins & Golden Ages (March 22, 2010)
• Mediocritea (March 2, 2010)
• Famous Tea Master Mr. Liu Explains How Wu Yi Rock Wulong is Made (January 18, 2010)
• The Safety of Chinese Teas (December 29, 2009)
• An Update on Fair Trade in Tea in China (November 7, 2009)
• Soon, Bloggers Must Give Full Disclosure (October 7, 2009)
• Interviews on Rock Wulong Production (August 24, 2009)
• Bai Ji Guan - One of the Four Famous Rock Wulongs (August 8, 2009)
• Anji Bai Cha - Famous Since the Tang dynasty (July 28, 2009)
• Gu Zhu Zi Sun and Our Visit to Tang Dynasty's Tribute Factory (July 24, 2009)
• Zhuni Pots & A 4th Generation Chaozhou Potter (July 15, 2009)
• Tempest over tea: What is the true Puer? (June 19, 2009)
• Shi Feng Long Jing - Dragon Well country (March 27, 2009)
• Seven Cups Owner Awarded by Chinese International Tea Culture Institute (February 5, 2009)
• China's Tea Regions-Video Podcast (January 27, 2009)
• EMBARGO: In Once-booming Tea Region, a Bitter Reality - International Herald Tribune (January 12, 2009)
• National Standard of Puer Tea Put into Practice (December 2, 2008)
• Midtown Tucson Shop Sells China's Finest, Which Isn't Always Easy to Find (November 18, 2008)
• Article by Karen Attwood of The National Newspaper (October 20, 2008)
• Economic Times Reports on Darjeeling Tea Joining EU (October 17, 2008)
• News From China (June 16, 2008)
• Bi Luo Chun (Spring Green Spiral) (May 16, 2008)
• The Jun Shan Yin Zhen Yellow Tea Podcast with Zhuping | Part Two (May 2, 2008)
• The Jun Shan Yin Zhen Yellow Tea Podcast with Zhuping | Part One (April 24, 2008)
• The Business of Tea | How Seven Cups Buys Their Tea (April 11, 2008)
• Gong Fu Tea Ceremony with Keiko (March 24, 2008)
• History of Matcha | How to Make Matcha (March 14, 2008)
• Dan Cong Oolong (January 25, 2008)
• All About Black Tea (January 18, 2008)
• All About Puer Tea Part II (December 14, 2007)
• All About Puer Tea (December 7, 2007)
• How to Brew Tea with Different Types of Teaware (November 30, 2007)
• Scented Tea Video Podcast (November 16, 2007)
• How to Brew Your Tea Using a Gaiwan (November 2, 2007)
• The Hindu Writes on the Assam Government Taking Measures Against Tea Estates (October 31, 2007)
• For Lu Yu, Tea, a Monumental Museum (October 10, 2007)
• Difficulties in the Puer Market (August 7, 2007)
• Dangerous Tea in The Taiwan Tea Supply (August 1, 2007)
• General Information on Wu Yi Shan Rock Wulong (July 12, 2007)
• The Bubble Bursts for Pu’er Tea (July 8, 2007)
• Puer City Earthquake (Update) (July 1, 2007)
• Earthquake in Puer City (June 7, 2007)
• Puer Cake Goes Back Home to Visit Family (May 17, 2007)
• Switch to Organic Crops Could Help Poor (May 6, 2007)
• Don’t be fooled by ‘fake’ Longjing tea (April 4, 2007)
• Tea Weather Update… (March 21, 2007)
• Global Warming Buzz and New Tea (March 3, 2007)
• The Hot Puer Market (February 25, 2007)
• BBC NEWS | Health | Cup of Tea May Help Boost Memory (December 26, 2006)
• On Contaminates & Pesticides in Tea (July 27, 2006)
• Green Tea and the Asian Paradox (June 11, 2006)
• The Tea Industry Tries to Define White Tea (May 7, 2006)
• Fair Trade? (March 27, 2006)
• Tata Coffee plans `Plantation Trails` (March 18, 2006)
• Green Tea, Computers, Environmental Engineering (March 7, 2006)
• Sad News From Wuyi Shan (March 1, 2006)
• Japanese Companies Shake Up Chinese Wulong Tea Industry (February 16, 2006)
• Indian Financial Express Looks At Chinese Teahouses (February 8, 2006)
• Steep Profits in Tea Collecting Across China (January 30, 2006)
• The FDA, Green tea, Cancer (December 12, 2005)
• An Answer to a Question About Puer (November 22, 2005)
• Assam’s people suffering under the yoke of tea (August 17, 2005)
• National Museum Collects Pieces of Beijing “bowl tea” House (July 28, 2005)
• A Response to an Email (July 15, 2005)
• Return of Tea-zilla (June 30, 2005)