To exhibition, to friends, to tea! On Sunday I took Petr to the airport. He was so enthusiastic about the journey! The day before he and Mirka had been putting the finishing touches to the pieces from the last kiln − two kilns, in fact. He wrapped almost everything and stuffed it into two huge […]
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Cha Ye Dan – Chinese Tea Eggs
We invite you to make an experiment and try this Chinese specialty. In China and Taiwan you can taste Tea Eggs on every corner. The recipes vary in different places and everyone is proud of their special way of making them.
First Spring Teas from Darjeeling
Spring comes with a first tea. Spring means to me when the first fresh teas come from Darjeeling. Can you recall the feeling when your room is pervaded by a fresh tea flavour, the tea is brightly gold – green in your cup and through your windows you can feel the first warm sunrays? Those […]
Something about Ceylon Tea
Exactly 10 years ago, we have travelled through Sri Lanka alias Ceylon, the island of spices and tea. We have visited one tea packing factory, we climbed to famous Adam´s Peak etc. We have also visited famous Nuwara Eliya, the town of same name as an area, where high grown (mountain) teas are produced. One of those teas was in our offer short time ago.
Let´s go to the Night Market!
One of the many savours of Taiwan we tasted during our trip with Petr Novák. Night markets are one of Taiwan’s biggest attractions mentioned by every single travel guide. They are a must similar to the visit to Taipei’s 101 – which is why we had originally preferred to miss out on the experience. But […]
A Tea Lesson by Master Fang Lao Shi
The Taiwan trip was full of beautiful encounters with exceptional people. One of them was tea master Fang Lao Shi whom we met in a beautiful modern tearoom in the Museum of Modern Art in Taichung. Discovering Taichung With its 2.7 million of people, Taichung/Taizhong is a vibrant industrial megapolis and the third largest […]