The Dream of a Tea Garden, Stage 1 I apologize to all of you who have been waiting in vain to receive a newsletter in April and May! I have used the Corona crisis to start a long-awaited project that…

COVID-19Instead of hoarding toilet paper and disinfectant, perhaps we should fill our cupboards with tea? Studies have shown that tea can influence immune cells and thus our immune defense, helping them reach their targets more quickly. White, green, and yellow…

Even before tea was discovered in Assam in 1823 by the Bruce brothers, the Singpho tribe in Jorhat had been using the leaves as an herbal drink. The discovery of the tea plant in Jorhat, Assam, enabled the British East…

It was early July 2018. I had just returned to Denmark from Sichuan, China, where I had the task of being a tea judge and keynote speaker at the Emeishan Tea Expo. I barely had time to throw my clothes…

On June 1, 2018, it will be exactly 10 years since I started Simply Tea. Simply Tea opened on Åboulevarden in Aarhus as a specialty tea house. A small oasis in the city where one could enjoy a cup of…

Yes, yes, and yes again! More and more people report an almost psychedelic or intoxicating experience when drinking certain types of tea. This has especially been the case at several of our tea courses and particularly when tea enthusiasts gather…

For tea enthusiasts, Oolong is perhaps the most sought-after of all tea types. These teas are very diverse from one another, with unique leaves, color nuances, countless degrees of oxidation, ranging from 25% to 80%, repeated roasting, as well as…

Last week, I had a visit from a customer who received a tea gift from a cousin in China. The tea was wrapped in silk and beautiful boxes and came in the form of two pressed discs. She had never…

It was in 2006 that I was first introduced to good Chinese tea, and this year marks the fourth year I have been in the industry. Tea and tea culture have enriched my life in so many ways, and the…

Itinerary April 14I arrive with Mette Trier at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, where we will spend a couple of days as tourists in Shanghai. April 16Around 2:00 PM, we meet with Zhuping Hodge, our personal tea master, and 6 other…

Before starting the tributary tea tour, we visited Shanghai’s most famous teahouse, the Peninsula on the Bund. The price for such an arrangement was 750 DKK for 2 people, including champagne. It was probably the best afternoon tea I have…

The first tea garden on the “tributary” tour was Purple Bamboo. The tea grows wild under the shade of bamboo trees at an altitude of about 600 meters in Zhejiang Province. Purple Bamboo has a slight violet hue, which is…