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Where did wulong tea come from? Where is it going?

The Two (or Three) Silver Needles

Black Teas of the East.

The Ruby Star of Yunnan

The sweet cold: In celebration of a long winter.

Recommendations from the heart: Staff favorites from 2022 (Part 1)

Happy Lunar New Year! Year of the Rabbit

Two teas from two Living Treasures: A lineage of mastery in Wuyishan.

The Personal Touch: Two tea makers and the rock wulong they make.

The Gift: All this year and the next.

It’s time to take a pause.

Lion Food (Oranges, Cabbage, and Red Envelopes) for the Grand Opening

Black teas from the early origins: Three classics in top form.

20 years old and still green.

Flowers from Exile: Dan Cong Wulong

How do you learn the difference between tea terroir, plant variety and processes?

The Favorite Daughters of Sichuan

Yixing and Yancha: A Natural Pair

Puer tea in your luggage, cellar, or teapot.

The Big Heat: White tea, tall grass, meadow shade.

The great teas of Wuyishan and their gaiwan best friend.

All black tea considered…

How to Cold Brew Loose-leaf Black Tea for Summer

Making tea is not a test.

A Yellow Tea for those in the know.

Spring still sings: Anji Baicha and Anji Hong

Fresh summer peaches and good black tea.

Strange Days, Strange Teas

The Tiny and The Strong

Single buds from two origins.

Even more spring tea just in time for Mother’s Day.

Spring tea (at last.)

Scented teas for people who don’t like scented tea.

18 years ago, our teahouse opened its doors.

A new micro-lot from Yiwu and new developments in the spring harvest.

Humans and tea go way back. Sip a few millenia of flavors.

A new shu puer with the timbre of the Jingmai woods.

Teas from generational divide (and unity): The Zhang family’s Anxi wulong

Shu Puer: The masterpieces of the tea mycologist.

In the grasp of your nose: The wulong teas of Liu Dexi

Meet Sweet Vermilion black tea from Tongmu.

What is the oldest style of pan-fired tea in the world?

Flowers and cakes – of tea.

A Tiny Lot of Something New: Young Sheng and Old Sheng

Happy Chinese New Year from Seven Cups

The Founders’ Favorites of 2021

Teahouse Team Favorite Teas of 2021

Warehouse Staff Favorite Teas from 2021

To a new year, new tea, and old friendships.

Everything it takes to bring you tea.

The last new micro-lot of the year is something colorful and different.

Chasing persistent excellence: 2021 Rock Wulong is here.

Puer tea from way off the beaten path

Two Zhejiang teas, 20 years of memories.

Where is your tea? It’s on the way right now.

Infusion of Contradictions: Get to know Yunnan’s black tea and its heroes

Who wrote the book on Rock Wulong?

Who plucks the best tea in China? Two exacting teas from the tea plucker’s homeland.

Jasmine, Puer, and memory: Remembering the life and friendship of Luo Shaojun.

Your (tea) flight is boarding. Introducing a new subscription service from Seven Cups.

You’re alive during the golden age.

Can you taste a tea’s origin? Silver Needle, Jasmine Pearls, and the local tofu.

Make good tea. Keep a cool head.

Have you experienced true yellow tea? Even for us, it’s hard to find.

What does it take to make the best Longjing tea?

Where were you 20 years ago? The modern journey of puer tea.

Meet Tongmu’s newest oldest black tea maker.

What green tea isn’t green? A micro-lot from a family that returned to tea.

Where is the hardest place to source tea in China?

Missing our Friday tea tastings? Us too.

How does a whole mountain fit into a humble green tea?

A toast to the hard work of wulong tea.

Where would you go for love?

Meet the white leaf that launched Anji into the limelight.

Yellow tea and a micro-lot three generations in the making.

Getting weird with Tai Ping Houkui and Lu’an Gua Pian

Have you met Purple Bamboo and The Grandma Squad?

What spring tea are you dreaming of?

Have you tasted the real Junshan Yinzhen? Meet the rare yellow needle tea.

Why are we discounting the freshest tea in North America?

Meet the tea that started it all: Longjing green tea.

Remembering the father of Big Red Robe: One tea master’s lasting impact on the world of rock wulong.

Time for a haircut? Spring rain heralds the new harvest.

Spring is waking up. Can you hear it?

Teahouse Blues

How Chinese Black Tea Conquered the World (and then China)

How do Heirloom Tea Cultivars Affect the Price of Tea?

Spring Harvest 2020: Holding to Core Values in an Uncertain World

The Complex Identity of Yue Guang Bai “White Moonlight”

What’s So Special About Aged Tea?

Trade War, Tariffs, and Tea

The East is Red: China’s Red (Black) Tea Renaissance

2019: A Bad Year for Puer Tea

Spring Teas Arrive In The Desert

How To Stay Alive in the Specialty Tea Business

The Tea Tour Moves Through Yunnan

How Are Puer Cakes Made?

Can I Judge the Quality of My Tea by Taste Alone?

What Does the Aroma of My Tea Say About Its Quality?

What Does the Color of My Tea Say About Its Quality?

Why Does the Moisture Content of My Tea Leaves Matter?

How Does the Way Tea Is Processed Impact Its Quality?

How Does the Tea Maker Impact My Tea’s Quality?

What Do the Genes of a Tea Bush Say About Quality Tea?

How Does the Timing of a Harvest Impact a Tea’s Quality?

How Does Origin Contribute to the Authentication of Tea?

How Do the Plucking Standard and the Uniform Length of Tea Leaves Impact the Quality of a Tea?

How Does the Condition of the Leaf Impact My Tea’s Quality?

Quality Standards for Specialty Tea | Part One

Quality Tea | Achieving Assam’s Full Potential in Tea

A Brief Outline of Standards for Specialty Tea

Giving Meaning to the Term Specialty Tea

A Short and Handy Guide to Wulong Processing

Venture Capitalist Kevin Rose Adds Seven Cups Tea to Holiday Gift Boxes

A Call for Standards for Specialty Tea

The “Raw” Appeal of Puer Tea

The Radical Tea For the Anti-Establishment

Field Notes – Wuyishan Wulong II

The Price of Long Jing

Field Notes – Wuyishan Wulong I

Recipe – Zesty Orange Doughnuts with Black Tea Cream

Charles Grey, Earl Grey – A Peculiar Tale of Black Tea

The Niche of Yellow Tea

How Tea is Consumed in Some Other Parts of China

I’m pleased to be here writing about tea!

My Tea Blog is Ten Years Old

The Remarkable Beginning of Black Tea

Tea Trends 2013

Lucky to be in the tea business

Tea, Pesticides, and The Sustainable Future

Starbucks buying Teavana will lead to better quality tea

Greenpeace and the Safety of Chinese tea

Transparency In The Tea Industry

Travel + Leisure Names Seven Cups One of Six Best Places to Drink Tea in America

Chinese Tea Trends in the Market

Choosing Sheng Puer Cakes

The Basics of Brewing Loose Leaf Tea

Are Cast Iron Pots Really Useful for Brewing Tea?

The Facts You May Not Know About Fair Trade Practices

Yunnan Black Tea and the Middle East

Plagiarism and Tea Ecommerce

Leadership in the tea industry?

Why am I writing this blog?

Jinggu, Cha Ma Shi Factory, and Old Puer City

Jingmai, Shui Alcohol, and a Princess

Loud Insects and an Eight Hundred Year Old Tree

A Cafe in Dali

Making Puer Tea Cakes, Enjoying Cha Guo, and Dai Minority Restaurants

Dealing with Tea Plant Myths

The 11th Puer Tea Conference

Wuyi Shan National Park & the Rare Bai Ji Guan

Huangshan and a World Tea Conference

Hangzhou’s Claim to Famous Tea

The Seven Cups Tea Tour Becomes Local News

Anji County & Deep Fried Larvae

Lu Yu Tribute Tea Factory Museum & Yixing Pottery Museum

Buying Gu Zhu Zi Sun

Lincang County Yunnan Black Tea

First stop to get to 2011 black tea crop

Qing Ming Festival | Honoring the Ancestors

Late Tea Harvest Musings

Brewing tea for hardcore tea drinkers

2011 Tea Trends: Seven Cups makes a major shift

The Canadian Tea Guild and Single-Origin Chocolate Pairings

New Year’s Musings on Tea

Dahongpao, A New Chinese Tea Bubble?

Cold Winters, Floods, and the Price of Tea

2 Years, Too Much: Perspectives on the U.S. Tea Industry

A Game Changing Book About Tea

Gu Zhu Zi Sun (Purple Bamboo Shoot)

Early Spring Green Tea Arrivals

Harvest in Anji in Early April 2010 Bai Cha

Huangshan & the Invention of Display Teas

Before the Harvest in Hangzhou

The Ancient Town Nanxun

Mo Gan Shan & Rare Female Tea Makers

Jiangsu Province, famed Bi Luo Chun, & Dong Ting Mountain

Song Dynasty, Anji Bai Cha, & Song Hui Zhong

Silk Origins & Golden Ages

Mediocritea

Famous Tea Master Mr. Liu Explains How Wu Yi Rock Wulong is Made

The Safety of Chinese Teas

An Update on Fair Trade in Tea in China

Soon, Bloggers Must Give Full Disclosure

Interviews on Rock Wulong Production

Bai Ji Guan – One of the Four Famous Rock Wulongs

Anji Bai Cha – Famous Since the Tang dynasty

Gu Zhu Zi Sun and Our Visit to Tang Dynasty’s Tribute Factory

Zhuni Pots & A 4th Generation Chaozhou Potter

Tempest over tea: What is the true Puer?

Shi Feng Long Jing – Dragon Well country

Seven Cups Owner Awarded by Chinese International Tea Culture Institute

China’s Tea Regions-Video Podcast

EMBARGO: In Once-booming Tea Region, a Bitter Reality – International Herald Tribune

National Standard of Puer Tea Put into Practice

Midtown Tucson Shop Sells China’s Finest, Which Isn’t Always Easy to Find

Article by Karen Attwood of The National Newspaper

Economic Times Reports on Darjeeling Tea Joining EU

News From China

Bi Luo Chun (Spring Green Spiral)

The Jun Shan Yin Zhen Yellow Tea Podcast with Zhuping | Part Two

The Jun Shan Yin Zhen Yellow Tea Podcast with Zhuping | Part One

The Business of Tea | How Seven Cups Buys Their Tea

Gong Fu Tea Ceremony with Keiko

History of Matcha | How to Make Matcha

Dan Cong Oolong

All About Black Tea

All About Puer Tea Part II

All About Puer Tea

How to Brew Tea with Different Types of Teaware

Scented Tea Video Podcast

How to Brew Your Tea Using a Gaiwan

The Hindu Writes on the Assam Government Taking Measures Against Tea Estates

For Lu Yu, Tea, a Monumental Museum

Difficulties in the Puer Market

Dangerous Tea in The Taiwan Tea Supply

General Information on Wu Yi Shan Rock Wulong

The Bubble Bursts for Pu’er Tea

Puer City Earthquake (Update)

Earthquake in Puer City

Puer Cake Goes Back Home to Visit Family

Switch to Organic Crops Could Help Poor

Don’t be fooled by ‘fake’ Longjing tea

Tea Weather Update…

Global Warming Buzz and New Tea

The Hot Puer Market

BBC NEWS | Health | Cup of Tea May Help Boost Memory

On Contaminates & Pesticides in Tea

Green Tea and the Asian Paradox

The Tea Industry Tries to Define White Tea

Fair Trade?

Tata Coffee plans `Plantation Trails`

Green Tea, Computers, Environmental Engineering

Sad News From Wuyi Shan

Japanese Companies Shake Up Chinese Wulong Tea Industry

Indian Financial Express Looks At Chinese Teahouses

Steep Profits in Tea Collecting Across China

The FDA, Green tea, Cancer

An Answer to a Question About Puer

Assam’s people suffering under the yoke of tea

National Museum Collects Pieces of Beijing “bowl tea” House

A Response to an Email

Return of Tea-zilla

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Qi Dan Bundle – Maocha and Yancha

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Shu Longzhu (Sweet Dragon Ball) 2018

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Tie Luo Han (Iron Monk) 2022

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Tongmu Lapsang Souchong

Tribute Tea Sampler

White Crane Yixing Teacup

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Yu Lan Xiang (Magnolia) 2021

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