Seven Cups Tea Blog - Seven Cups Fine Chinese Teas

  • Contact
  • Tucson Tea House
  • Wholesale
  • Brokerage
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Tea Info
  • Culture
  • Blog
  • Tours
  • Buy Online

Home / Seven Cups Tea Blog

Tea Blog




Lu Yu Tea's first leadership

Leadership in the tea industry?

By austin on July 27th, 2011 under: Seven Cups News, Tea Industry News
Tags: tea industry

Since it has been a few years since I have attended the World Tea Expo, I was curious about any changes that the expo might have undergone, so I briefly interviewed several of the attendees that I happen to know. I know I would have been better informed if I had just gone myself, but [...]

463117 Comments »http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sevencups.com%2F2011%2F07%2Fleadership-in-the-tea-industry%2FLeadership+in+the+tea+industry%3F2011-07-27+18%3A52%3A47austinhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.sevencups.com%2F%3Fp%3D4631



Austin 1209

Why am I writing this blog?

By austin on June 23rd, 2011 under: Seven Cups News
Tags: Austin Hodge

I was looking at our archives, and I have been writing something on a pretty regular basis since 2003. Of course it hasn’t been all me; there have been others that have contributed. In the beginning it was just monthly emails, and the actual blog didn’t come into existence until around 2005. Still, that is [...]

448423 Comments »http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sevencups.com%2F2011%2F06%2Fwhy-am-i-writing-this-blog%2FWhy+am+I+writing+this+blog%3F2011-06-23+17%3A31%3A12austinhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.sevencups.com%2F%3Fp%3D4484



Tradition-Puer-Making

Seven Cups Yunnan Tea Tour Day 6 & 7

By austin on May 29th, 2011 under: Seven Cups Tours
Tags: puer, tea tour, Yunnan

Day 6 our Yunnan Tea Tour  packed up our little bus and took off for Jinggu. The Jinggu area is the largest forested area in Yunnan, and rich with many unknown mountains peaks with older trees. I have spent a lot of time in Jinggu and it always seems like I could stay there year [...]

4516Please Leave a Comment »http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sevencups.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fseven-cups-yunnan-tea-tour-day-6-7%2FSeven+Cups+Yunnan+Tea+Tour+Day+6+%26+72011-05-30+02%3A53%3A04austinhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.sevencups.com%2F%3Fp%3D4516



Jingmai-Dinner 1208

Seven Cups Yunnan Tea Tour Days 4 & 5

By austin on May 29th, 2011 under: Seven Cups Tours
Tags: puer, tea tour, Yunnan

I got an email yesterday from a friend who asked me what had happened to the rest of the Yunnan Tea Tour’s blog postings.  Well, I have  been home just for a couple of days and am just starting to get back in the swing of things after recovering from killer jet lag. Better to [...]

45146 Comments »http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sevencups.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fseven-cups-yunnan-tea-tour-days-4-5%2FSeven+Cups+Yunnan+Tea+Tour+Days+4+%26+52011-05-30+02%3A50%3A33austinhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.sevencups.com%2F%3Fp%3D4514



Nannuoshan Tea House 1202

Seven Cups Yunnan Tour Day 3

By austin on May 29th, 2011 under: Seven Cups Tours
Tags: Yunnan Tea Tour

Our third day of our Yunnan Tour brought us the Nannuoshan one of the Six Famous Mountains of Xishuanbanna

4513Please Leave a Comment »http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sevencups.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fseven-cups-yunnan-tour-day-3%2FSeven+Cups+Yunnan+Tour+Day+32011-05-30+02%3A49%3A18austinhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.sevencups.com%2F%3Fp%3D4513



Yiwu-Kids 1202

Seven Cups Yunnan Tour Day 2

By austin on May 29th, 2011 under: Seven Cups Tours
Tags: puer, tea tour, Yunnan

I’m sitting in a cafe in Dali a long way from Yiwu where we were on the second day of our Yunnan tour.

4512Please Leave a Comment »http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sevencups.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fseven-cups-yunnan-tour-day-2%2FSeven+Cups+Yunnan+Tour+Day+22011-05-30+02%3A48%3A07austinhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.sevencups.com%2F%3Fp%3D4512



Ancient Purple Puer Tree

Seven Cups 2011 Yunnan Tea Tour Day One

By austin on May 23rd, 2011 under: Seven Cups Tours
Tags: Puer Tea, puer tea tour, tea tour, Yunnan

I have a special love for Yunnan.  It is one of the most beautiful places on earth, and one of the most interesting, especially if you are a tea lover, and it is filled with very friendly people who really enjoy life, and feel it is even more enjoyable if they have some guests to [...]

4494Please Leave a Comment »http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sevencups.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fseven-cups-2011-yunnan-tea-tour-day-one%2FSeven+Cups+2011+Yunnan+Tea+Tour+Day+One2011-05-24+01%3A23%3A45austinhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.sevencups.com%2F%3Fp%3D4494



Bushtypes 1210

Does All Tea Really Come From The Same Plant?

By austin on May 19th, 2011 under: Seven Cups News, Tea Industry News
Tags: tea cultivars

One axiom that is typically taught to new tea students is that “all tea comes from the same plant.” If these students continue to learn about tea and study Chinese tea in any depth, they will discover that this statement is almost as wrong as the old belief that black tea and green tea come [...]

444712 Comments »http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sevencups.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fdoes-all-tea-really-come-from-the-same-plant%2FDoes+All+Tea+Really+Come+From+The+Same+Plant%3F2011-05-19+12%3A36%3A31austinhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.sevencups.com%2F%3Fp%3D4447



XimengNewYears 1203

Seven Cups Founder Wins Award In Puer City

By austin on April 26th, 2011 under: Seven Cups News, Tea Industry News
Tags: puer, Puer City, Puer Tea

I have been thinking about how I was going to write about this for a almost two weeks now. This award came as a complete surprise to me and I am still trying to get my mind around it. I found out about winning this award when I first returned to Yunnan for a short [...]

44258 Comments »http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sevencups.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fseven-cups-founder-wins-award-in-puer-city%2FSeven+Cups+Founder+Wins+Award+In+Puer+City2011-04-27+06%3A03%3A34austinhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.sevencups.com%2F%3Fp%3D4425



Tea Tour In Wuyi 2011 1202

Seven Cups Tea Tour Day 9

By austin on April 25th, 2011 under: Seven Cups Tours
Tags: wu, Wuyi, Wuyi oolong, Wuyishan

This is my last post from the Green/Wulong Tea Tour for 2011. The tour is still continuing for a few more days…

44191 Comment »http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sevencups.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fseven-cups-tea-tour-day-9%2FSeven+Cups+Tea+Tour+Day+92011-04-25+23%3A35%3A03austinhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.sevencups.com%2F%3Fp%3D4419



« Previous entries Next entries »

Categories

  • Enjoying Tea
  • Friends
  • Recipes
  • Seven Cups News
  • Seven Cups Newsletter
  • Seven Cups Tours
  • Tea & Health
  • Tea Industry News
  • Videocasts
    • About Famous Chinese Teas
    • Business of Tea
    • How Tea is Produced
    • How to Brew Tea
    • Tea Regions
    • Tea Tasting
    • Teaware
  • View our Blog Archive

Tea Specials

May Specials

For the month of May, we have several Anxi wulongs and Dan Cong wulongs on sale for 20% off.

 

Check out our May Specials here!

visit sevencups on facebook
twitter at sevencups

We'd love to hear about your Seven Cups experience! Your tweets will be shown here by adding "sevencups" (no spaces) when you post to Twitter.

http://t.co/Uui6t5o7
kevin_SHIWENYU (Kevin S)

RT @SocietyTea: A beautiful poem on tea drinking. A must read. RT if you appreciate the fine taste of good tea http://t.co/Aho80UNX
teaconomics (teaconomics)

RT @SocietyTea: A beautiful poem on tea drinking. A must read. RT if you appreciate the fine taste of good tea http://t.co/Aho80UNX
Bindaas_Chokri (Disha Parekh)

A beautiful poem on tea drinking. A must read. RT if you appreciate the fine taste of good tea http://t.co/Aho80UNX
SocietyTea (Society Tea)

@ashcart how much starbucks have you had today? #threecups #sevencups #twelve?
allliecop (allie ⚓)

#sevencups
mattwashburn (Matt Washburn)

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Tea Info
  • Culture
  • Blog
  • Tours
  • Tea Shop
  • Site Map
  • Full Tea List »

Seven Cups Fine Chinese Teas, Green Dragon Enterprises LLC © 2002-2011
(866) 997-2877 | 2516 East 6th Street, Tucson, AZ 85716

Website design by Creative Slice | admin

tea payment methods Click to verify BBB accreditation and to see a BBB report.
Green Choice