Old Ways Tea

01/01/2022

A year in yancha. Throughout 2021 I collected the bags of tea I drank and looked through them today. Some of these teas were new to me this year, and some others here were a fairwell to something well known. When it comes to drinking tea and running the shop, this was a good year. I met some new friends and enjoyed many cups of tea.

09/12/2021

A new tea tray. This one is made of walnut, all by hand. I have been playing around with a few different designs and am really pleased with this result.

12/30/2019

I'm sharing Old Ways Tea's first video. Take a trip to visit the tea fields and get a feeling for where some of our teas come from.

Take a visit to see the tea fields in Wuyishan. Many of our teas are from the areas and gardens visited.

06/29/2018

Starting the charcoal for the first roast of our oolong tea. Since the tea should rest a bit between each roast this means we are still a few months out from having 2018 yancha.

06/22/2018

Roasting lao cong shui xian.

03/21/2018

Thanks to Char of Oolong Owl for deciding to review our 2017 Rou Gui. I enjoyed reading it, and am happy to share with you.

This 2017 Rou Gui came along as a bonus with the Huang Guan Yin and Qi Lan comparison teas from Old Ways Tea. If you haven’t checked it out, I wrote 2 big comparison pieces on those teas. Me and Rou Gui is hit and miss. I find it is awkwardly not roasted enough for my tastes and missing complexity...

03/17/2018

New leaves are growing.

01/31/2018

Snow is falling on the tea gardens in Wuyishan

01/27/2018

Check out this in-depth review of our Huang Guan Yin electric vs charcoal roast comparison by Oolong Owl

Back at the 2017 Northwest Tea Festival, I saw the Tea Bar doing a 5 minute taste comparison of electric vs charcoal roast tea. I sadly missed the tasting, but Old Ways Tea, who supplied teas for that tasting, sent some my way to do my own comparison. Getting my own to try is much better as I can wr...

01/23/2018

Preparing clones for rooting. Each cutting is trimmed to one leaf and a stem.

10/19/2017

Visit Wuyishan! This CNN guide explores some of my favorite places.

The Wuyishan region in southeast China is home to stunning attractions: rainforests, bamboo rafting, coveted teas and more.

10/07/2017

Rice harvest is in. Drying rice in the sun by the fields.