Probing Tang Dynasty Chinese poems that discuss tea, loneliness, melancholy, and comfort plus a Mahler symphony inspired by ancient Chinese poetry.

Watch as I discuss looking to ancient Chinese poems about tea for comfort during times of high anxiety today.

A Mini (as in broadstroke highlights) tea history in ancient China before the year 1368 AD.

View classic Chinese scroll paintings from as early as the Song Dynasty depicting tea drinking.

Looking at a 6th century painting in the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, China we contemplate what connecting tea and ancient rituals means for Tranquil Tuesdays.

Examining a classical Chinese painting about Qing Ming and thinking about tea ancestors.

Visit Chaozhou to feel the chill vibes of a city where it feels like sipping tea with a bunch of other people could sprout up any moment outside on one of the quiet streets.

View photos of ancient tea trees growing in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan in the region acknowledged as the indigenous root of the tea plant.

View photos from a unique place where you stay amongst tea fields in Moganshan in Zhejiang Province a formerly glamorous getaway for the glitterati of Shanghai in the 1920’s and 30’s.

READ a quick glimpse at the tea trading history of Xiamen aka Amoy.

Exploring the Ancient Tea Horse Road, an 1000 year old trading route, we will illuminate the exciting adventure and travel elements of Pu'er tea’s long history.

Why Qimen is also known as Keemun, how it ended up being a black tea made in a region mostly known for green teas, and how it became a global superstar of black teas.

Learn the relationship between the spring tea harvest and one of China’s ancient holidays to honor ancestors and the dead.

Celebrating an ancient Chinese cultural holiday in the 21st century.

Tea and Caffeine is a big topic, but we start with debunking the top two myths surrounding the topic.

Watch a video where I make green tea and discuss the traditional Chinese medicine concept of heating and cooling foods and how hot tea can be a cooling drink.

Traditional Chinese philosophy defines health as balance and harmony. This is a discussion of how tea fits into that and can contribute to helping us achieve balance and harmony in our bodies.

Read to learn what terroir means in relationship to tea and why it matters.

The three factors that to me, make Chinese tea special and distinctive from other tea cultures.

Watch a video where I discuss single origin teas vs. scented and blended teas while brewing a cup of Phoenix Honey Orchid oolong tea in a gaiwan.