A little background of our Taiwanese TeaMaster

As some may have already known, teachapter is bringing our Taiwanese teamaster friend direct from Taipei to our beloved Lioncity.

Some background knowledge from our young friend, nini.
"在台灣南投的茶鄉裡長大。大學就讀新聞系畢業後，因為對茶與人文有興趣，進入紫藤廬茶館工作與習茶。目前正四處旅行，用一隻筆寫生活，用一壺茶交朋友."

She grew up in Taiwan, nantou and studied mass communications during her university days. As she has interest in the chinese tea culture, she took up part time job at one of the famous teahouses in Taipei and has sinced travelled around, forging new friendships through the art of tea appreciation.

Do contact teachapter on her availability!

Cheers.

Beautiful Tea Pots

Some of very pretty tea pots we saw in Taiwan =)

Tea Chapter Taiwan Part Part 3: Tea Grading

Tea Tester may be an occupation we Singaporean have not heard of.

So as the name suggest. He/She is the tester for tea. 

The judge for the quality of tea. 

The person that upholds the quality and grading of tea.

Mr Liu Shao Yang (刘绍扬）is a highly regarded Tea Tester. 

He comes from a family of Tea Testers, passing on the 100 years tradition over 4 generations.

Mr Liu Shao Yang in red.

grading of the "scent of the tea" is part of the judging critera.

Mr Liu Shao Yang in action

The judging process for the teas are as follows:

Step 1: Data registration of Tea

Step 2: Random selection within Tea sample

Step 3: Brewing of Tea

Step 4: Pouring of Tea

 Step 5: Appearance of Tea leaves

Step 6: Colour of Tea 

Step 7: Scent of Tea

 Step 8: Tea tasting

Step 9: Appearance of Tea Residue

Step 10: Grading of Tea

Step 11: Packaging of Tea into their corresponding grades

Taiwan Trip Part 2: Up on the mountains.

We paid a visit to 冻顶山 Dong Ding Shan, which is famous for its Chinese tea.

the tea leaves grew on the plains that were 1000 feet above sea level.

Fresh air + fresh water = superb tea.

logical yea? haha.. =)

the cute botanics kept by the owners

the zen tea leaves before harvest

lines of tea trees under the clear sky =)

beautiful full tea leaves

its so high up, its getting misty! =)

clear blue skys. no wonder the tea leaves are so awesome =)

Some of the top teas that are harvested on Dong Ding Shan are: 

High Mountain Tea 高山茶

Jing Xuan Tea 金萱茶

Taiwan Red Tea 台湾红茶

So, of course, we bought these 3 selections back into Singapore, Tea Chapter.

So do drop by 9 Neil Road to have a taste of the ver best from Taiwan.

=)

cheers!

Tea Chapter Taiwan Trip Part 1: Tea House Experience

As part of the constant upgrading process, Tea Chapter went to Taiwan to do some cultural exchange with the tea houses in Taipei. 

We learn while we live. 

this is also to enable us to ensure our customers get the best possible experience at Tea Chapter, which is not inferior to others locally and overseas.

simple yet sincere set up at Xiu Lin Tea House.

tea pots at the retail store

We visited another tea house in Taipei which specializes in porcelain tea pots and tea cups 

love the tint of torquiest in the tea cup =)

The unique part about this tea house not only lies with the porcelain tea cups and tea pots.
This tea house has a collaboration with a bakery (sweets store as they term it in Taiwan), which allows customer to buy delightful cakes to along with their high quality chinese tea.

  

More posts from Taiwan will be put up! 

Hope to share this awesome Taiwan experience with everyone!

till then.

=)