JAS-eTea

There is a lot to know about tea. See our many articles posted here.

We have even more information on our blog Fine Tea Focus.

Tea and Your Health:

• General Info and Chart of Health Benefit Claims
• Pu-erh Tea and Health
• Oolong Tea - General Info and Health Benefits
• Black Tea – General Info and Health Benefits
• Green Tea – General Info and Health Benefits

About Pu-erh Tea:

• About Pu-erh Tea (General Information)
• Raw versus Ripened Pu-erh
• Recipes or "What do those numbers mean?"
• Pu-erh Tea Shapes
• Judging the Quality of Your Pu-erh Tea
• Steaming Your Pu-erh Bing, Brick, or Tuo
• Pu-erh Tea Infusion Guidelines
• Yixing Teapots
• Seasoning Your Yixing Teapot
• Pu-erh Tea Videos and Wikipedia Extract
• Pu-erh Tea Packaging
• Pu-erh Tea Cultivation
• Pu-erh Aging and Storage
• About the Menghai and Xiaguan Pu-erh Tea Factories
• Cost of Drinking Your Pu-erh Tea
• History of Pu-erh Tea
• Six Famous Tea Mountains
• Pu-erh Tea and Health

See more information on our blog Fine Tea Focus.

About Other Teas:

There are four other basic styles of tea besides pu-erh: White Tea, Green Tea, Oolong Tea, and Black Tea. The big difference between each is mainly oxidation. However, time and method of harvest, where grown, method of processing, and tea plant cultivars result in a wide array of each style. Some also claim there is Yellow Tea (a minimally oxidized tea to take away some of the green tea grassiness) and Purple Tea (from a special cultivar developed in Africa).

• Types of Tea and the Role of Oxidation
• White/Yellow Tea
• Green Tea - General Info and Health Benefits
• Oolong Tea - General Info and Health Benefits
• Black Tea - General Info and Health Benefits
• Darjeeling Tea - General Info
• Darjeeling Tea Protected Origin Status
• Other Indian Teas
• Herbal Teas (Herbal Tisanes)

About Teawares:

• About Gaiwans

More Topics:

• Tribute Teas
• Gongfu Tea Preparation - generic information
• Tea Harvesting and Production - Common Terminology
• Selected Chinese Symbols – the Chinese culture is thousands of years old and rich with symbols and meanings, many making their way on to various teawares; this guide will help you identify some of them.
• Tradition of Tea Culture in Thailand
• Short History of Tea by James Norwood Pratt (used with permission)
• A Tale of Tea (an amusing anecdote on tea)

Useful Guides (PDFs, open in new window):

• JAS-eTea Guide to Buying White Tea Full Version
• JAS-eTea Guide to Buying White Tea Tri-Fold
• JAS-eTea Guide to Matcha
• JAS-eTea Guide to Buying Green Tea Tri-Fold
• JAS-eTea Guide to Storing Fine Teas Tri-Fold
• JAS-eTea Guide to Herbal Teas and Tisanes
• JAS-eTea Guide to Tea and Cheeses

Learn more about tea on our site here, on our blog, and in our articles here.