by D.O. Rothenberg | Dec 4, 2021 | Tea Education
“The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho famously has the line, “Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.” In the Wu Mountain sphere of content creativity, a good thing recently occurred for...
by D.O. Rothenberg | Dec 1, 2020 | History & Culture, Industry Issues, Tea Education, Tea Plant Biology & Cultivation
A worn and weathered large-leaf Assamica strain planted from seed in the 1970’s Cultural Revolution. I sampled the soil around this tree in Spring of this year, discovering to my amazement that over the decades it had cultivated an intricate network of beneficial...
by D.O. Rothenberg | Nov 22, 2020 | Major Types & Sub-Types, Processing, Tasting & Quality Assessment, Tea Education, Tea Plant Biology & Cultivation
Grab the popcorn! Our new Youtube video follows the six steps of Oolong tea craftsmanship, exploring flavor formation through a scientific lens, and through the eyes of Wu Mountain friend and mentor, Ajin, an Oolong Tea Master making great tea in China’s...
by D.O. Rothenberg | Oct 1, 2019 | History & Culture, Major Types & Sub-Types, Tea Education, Tea Plant Biology & Cultivation
A sign in Nannuo that reads, “please protect the ancient tea trees, do not pluck without permission” To my astonishment, there were 300-year-old, lichen-laden wild tea trees scattered across the mountain in all directions. The high canopy provided shade,...
by D.O. Rothenberg | Sep 29, 2019 | History & Culture, Major Types & Sub-Types, Tea Education, Tea Plant Biology & Cultivation
Nannuo Shan Raw puer tea from Nannuo Shan, or Nannuo Mountain, is often found on the short lists of aficionados the world over. But what is it that gets Nannuo tea consistently ranked among the top? I felt I had stumbled upon the answer to that question on a trip to...
