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What is the difference between sheng and shu puers?
Péter Galambos talks about Chinese teas and customs 4/4 The story of shu puer 熟普洱 tea has started in the 1970s during the Cultural Revolution when China did not have...
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Story of the Lao Banzhang 老班章 tea
Péter Galambos talks about Chinese teas and customs 4/3 Yunnan puer 普洱 tea has two main categories. The first one is sheng cha 生茶 which means raw, the second one is...
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China and the various types of tea
Péter Galambos talks about Chinese teas and tea culture 4/2 The Chinese tea culture has a long history. The first texts about tea are hailing from the 8th century. The...
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Budapest – Beijing – Tibet
Péter Galambos talks about Chinese teas and tea culture 4/1 Drinking tea is an interesting and exciting experience. From an early age, I liked it. Of course, at that time...
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Dangocha Gyokuro
Umami bomb discovered We have found one of the most exciting Japanese shaded tea, etherial, freshly green with great health benefits. Tasting night at Zhao Zhou. We always aim to...
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Blown away by an aged Tie Guan Yin
A tasting evening at Zhao Zhou #1 It’s a cloudy, rainy night. I am driving home from Zhao Zhou. We tasted teas as every second Tuesday. My mood doesn’t match...
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Pre-order 2021 Greens & Puers
2021 Spring teas will arrive very soon Spring is the most exciting time of the year when all the tea harvests start in Asia. There are legends about the high-quality...
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Sri Lanka – Misty mountains, honest smiles
’There’s no greater joy than the endlessly changing horizon!’ Teahunting Finding good teas is always an exciting challenge. Finding the perfect one among old Chinese friends’ samples, and discovering special...
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Order now Da Xue Shan – Snow Mountain puer 2020
Pre-order – Da Xue Shan 2020 No.866 old tree puer tea – 400-gram tea cake Every year we purchase one of our favorite sheng Puer teas from the Great Snow Mountain, Lincang,...
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Press crumbs about us
Local’s lore „Zhao Zhou is the kind of place that once you’re entering will never get it out of your head. It’s not only the prime service you’ve received, the...
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Happiness in a teacup – Why drinking tea makes us happier?
Happiness in a teacup – Why drinking tea makes us happier? Everyone has their main reason for drinking Chinese tea: cozy habit, a good program with friends, one person ritual,...
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The art of simple tea making
Sometimes when you are at home or in the office, you find yourself in the #wannadrinktea mood, but do not want to start a whole tea session. We found that...
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The beginning of Japanese tea ceremony
Tea words Péter Galambos, the tea hunter of Zhao Zhou teahouse had extensive knowledge of the history of Chinese Buddhism and Chinese tea, all kinds of tea and meditation practices,...
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Cold brewed tea
Cold brew tea for the Summer heat One of the simplest and most effective tea-making processes is using cold water in the hot Summer. If you don’t have a kettle...