Picture and video guide to Chinese tea.

The map of Chinese Tea producing area

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North of the Changjiang River (Yangtze river, Yangtse river, Chang jiang) tea producing area is the red area map, include The south part of Gansu province, Shanxi province, Henan province and Shandong province.

South of Changjiang River tea producing area is the yellow area map, include Hubei province, Hunan province, Anhui province, Jiangsu province, Jiangxi province, Zhejiang province, Shanghai city.

The ten Chinese classical masterpieces of music

Other names:
The ten greatest Chinese classical music
The ten most popular Chinese classical music
The ten famous Chinese classical music

01. White Snow in Early Spring (Pipa) 阳春白雪 (琵琶)
02. Ambush on All Sides (Pipa) 十面埋伏 (琵琶)
03. Flute and Drum At Sunset (Pipa) 夕阳箫鼓 (琵琶)
04. High Mountain and Flowing Water (Gu zheng) 高山流水 (古筝)
05. The Autumn Moon over the Han Palace (erhu) 汉宫秋月 (二胡)
06. Guang Ling Verse (Gu qin) 广陵散 (古琴)
07. Three Variations of the Plum Blossom (Dizi) 梅花三弄 (笛子)

The different grade of Lion peak dragon well (shi feng long jing, green tea)

Que she (the tongue of bird) is the top grade of chinese green tea. Tea leaves are smaller, yellow green, fulled with white cilia.

Pre-Ming lion peak dragon well, No.1 Grade, tea leaves are picked before 5 April.

The yixing teapot, only soaks one kind of tea, because Yixing purple clay teapot has the special pore structure, and it is easy to absorb the fragrance of tea; if a teapot soaks the several kinds of teas, so it's easy to taste contaminative.

Choose yixing purple clay teapot to brew tea, teapot audio frequency rate high is generally suitable soaks the heavy fragrance tea, just like green tea; teapot with sound low suitably matches slightly the heavy taste tea, just as Oolong tea, Tie guan yin. Use the pure water, the mineral water swells for it .

Tips for brewing green tea with Yixing teapot

Detailed video guide

How to use Yixing zisha (purple clay) teapots:
Seasoning a NEW Yixing clay teapot (7'29" 28.9M)
Do Kung Fu Tea with Yixing teapots (12'11" 46.9M)
Cleaning a Yixing clay teapot (3'30" 13.5M)
(size: 384*288, codec: wmv9)