Pang Kham – Home of ShanTea Revisited
It's been almost 10 years now since I first visited the tea village Pang Kham, origin of my ShanTea. The original incentive for my trip to to Pang Kham had been rumors about an ancient wild tea tree population nearby the village.
What is ShanTea / Sheng Hei Cha?
ShanTea Wild Sheng Hei Cha as a vintage tea @ Siam Tea Shop
The Tea Trees of Ban Phang Kham
Pang Kham for interested north Thailand travelers
The Tea Leaf Theory – An All-India Organic Small Tea Growers Association
The Tea Leaf Theory is an association of organic small tea growers in tea growing regions across north-east India. One the one side, these include well-established names such as Darjeeling and Assam. On the other side, featuring cultivation and wild tea projects in places such as Manipur and Arunachal, the initiative virtually breaks new ground. In order to ensure an equally high quality level across the portfolio, all individual producers under the project's umbrella have to adhere to strict process guidelines. Among these, their ambitious principles of organic close-to-nature cultivation, fair prices to producers and fair wages to workers are fundamental pillars of The Tea Leaf Theory’s unique approach.
From this point, I am going to let the floor to the project’s founder himself... Just a few days ago, I received an email from Upamanyu Borkakoty, starting with the words “I thought I’d share my story with you…”. Then , the quite emotional lines following this introduction really stroke a chord with me, and I thought maybe so they would with you…
The Tea Leaf Theory Story told by the Founder...
Artisan Tea – A Holistic Approach to Producing Tea
For a while already, a term has been “ghosting” through tea terature, which I have also been using on my pages quite... Read More
Darjeeling Tea – Between Colonial Roots and New Identity
1. Colonial Roots of Tea Cultivation in Darjeeling 1.1. England as a Colonial Power in India From 1858 to 1947, India was... Read More
The Chen Family, Wuyishan – Yancha and Bohea Tea Cultivation in 3rd Generation
In the world of tea, “Wuyishan” is a magic word like no other. As such, it instills a sense of awe and... Read More
Ancient Trade Routes of Tea from China to Europe, Russia and the Middle East
(Land and Sea) Routes of Tea Trade from China to Russia and Europe (click to enlarge) 1. Milestones of Tea on its... Read More
The Spread of Tea Culture in Asia
Click map(s) / picture(s) to enlarge We have already dedicated a blog article to the “Discovery and Development of Tea as... Read More
Transparency @ Siam Tea Shop – Our Tea Prices
In advance, the following statements are not generally applicable to tea shops – whether online or physically. While it is this article’s... Read More
Laos, Kinnari Tea – Handpicked and Processed Arbor Teas from Biodiverse Cultivation
“Fertile Crescent ” of Camellia Sinensis / Kinnari tea cultivation regions and base camp Kinnari Story Kinnari Tea is a Vientiane-based German-Lao... Read More
Teas, Tea Plant Varieties and Tea Cultivars
As we have seen in a previous article of our tea knowledge series, Origin and Spread of the Tea Plant in China... Read More
The World Map of Tea – Painted by Artist : A Blog on The Work
It’s been little more than a month now, since the idea to “The World Map of Tea – Painted by Artist” had... Read More
Tea Ingredients – Composition and Active Substances
Tea at the Lake 2016 – 1 Tea has hundreds of individual components, with many of them still unexplored and little being... Read More
The Discovery of Tea as a Beverage in China
Shennong – “The Divine Farmer” and mythical godfather of the discovery of tea as a beverage 1. Legend of the discovery of... Read More
What Actually Is Tea, Part 2 – The 1000 Faces of Camellia Sinensis
Origin and evolutionary spread of the tea plant in China and South East Asia Yunnan – cradle of the tea plant (?)... Read More
What actually is Tea, Pt. 1 – Camellia Sinensis and “tea-like” products
What actually is tea? That’s a stupid question, or maybe not so? On a very superficial level, everybody might initially believe to... Read More
Vietnam Tea – Rebirth of an Ancient Tea Culture
The cradle of tea is also in Vietnam With a history of tea cultivation and processing reaching back more than 2000 years,... Read More
Single Variety, Single Origin, Single Picking Tea vs. Blend – A Question of Attitude
Not only as tea drinkers we are acquainted with the term ‘Blend’. Blend means mixture and is presented as a quality feature... Read More
The Ancient Tea Horse Road – from Yunnan and Sichuan to Bengal and Tibet
Sichuan-Tibet „Highway“, part of the ancient tea road / tea horse road to Lhasa The ancient Tea Horse Road, in Chinese chama... Read More
Wuyi Mountains – Home of Rock Teas
River of Nine Bends, Wuyishan, Fujian, China The Wuyi Mountains are a mountain chain in the northeast of the Chinese province of... Read More
Healthy Tea / Healthy Environment – Explanation and Backgrounds of the SiamTeas Health and Environment Policy
Artisan Yunnan Black & Golden Needle – healthy and environment-friendly grown During the past decades, the increasing industrialization and economization of production... Read More