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Travel diary, tales and photos from our journeys to the tea plantations.

Biluochun, pleasantly bitter

Apr 27, 2016

The first destination of the spring 2016 tea journey is Suzhou, where the authentic Biluochun green tea is cultivated. From picking the leaves, through wok-roasting into the cup... all within a day! Continue reading

Tea tasting in Shanghai

Apr 26, 2016

Gabriele just arrived in China for the next tea journey. Impressions from the first tea tasting in Shanghai. Continue reading

Tea mountains: Mengsong & Nannuo

Jan 09, 2016

Gabriele is traveling Yunnan. He is hosted at Mr. Feng's tea factory in the countryside near Menghai and from there ventures on the Xishuangbanna tea mountains, where famous Pu'er tea trees are cultivated. Continue reading

Finally Yunnan!

Jan 05, 2016

After a longer-than-planned trip, Gabriele eventually arrived in Yunnan. This blog tells about its first day at a Pu'er tea factory and the visit to Laobanzhang, a village with ancient tea trees. Continue reading

Fujian (1) - Fuzhou and Tanyang

Apr 25, 2015

Gabriele moves south to Fujian, a province with an impressive diversity of outstanding teas. In this first blog entry he describes the first days in the province, spent in the capital Fuzhou and in the small mountain village of Tanyang. Here he witnessed the production of the local black and white teas in a family driven farm. Continue reading