Tea the way they drink it at the northern tip of Sumatra, Indonesia
The Aceh province of Indonesia is famous for its devastation by the disastrous 2004 tsunami. In particular the capital Banda Aceh with...
Tea Quest #8 - Tasting my very own tea!
Finally. With low expectations there comes a pleasant surprise. It tastes like TEA! Well, crude with a simple body but blindfolded one...
Tea Quest #7 - Making tea...
Burning my fingers... #video
Tea Quest #6 - Getting the juice into action...
Hand pressing to trigger the oxidization. #video
Malaysian teh ais, an addictive refreshing break available on every street (well, almost)
Malaysia is famous for its teh tarik - a long pulled version of hindustani chai without spices. Usually with excessive volume of sugar...
Tea Quest #5 - Making tea...
Here we go, fixing green tea by improvised chaoqing method. #video
Tea Quest #4 - Preparing tea...
Separating buds, young leves, larger leaves and three-pack sets to make different tea batches. #video
Tea Quest #3 - Back home with the harvest
After a long drive the tea leaves will rest and wither before the processing would commence. #video
Tea Quest #2 - At the plantation
Touching the tea plants... We have collected a small quantity of tea leaves from two different plantations. One with older and finer...
The king of Green Teas
Sure, proclaiming one tea a king is a sheer act of barbaric despotism. But how couldn't one do that. Freshly made Long Jing "Dragon Well"...
