Forest's Blog

My first day back in Shen Zhen, China was great despite the jet lag. After lunch we went back to the Zuo Wang Teahouse and Ivan’s fiance made our “7542” Sheng Puerh from 1995. This is a phenomenal tea and I learn something new each time I drink it. Later we will get into some of the hallmark qualities a great aged Sheng Puerh should have. We spend the rest of the day taking photos of some of our teaware and drinking tea with customers throughout the day. Around 8PM a customer came by with her friend and announced that...

What is Good Tea?  Many people will argue that this is a very subjective question, and therefore there is no "right" answer. If we use cars as an analogy, we can show that what makes a good car is far more objective than subjective. Objectively, a good car transports us to where we want to go. Some people like different colors, different models, various amounts of power, etc. These are mainly just preferences; but if the car doesn't take you from point A to point B then I think everybody would agree that, at least in its current state, this...