Kombucha has been brewed in homes for centuries if not millenia. Starting with a pot of sweet tea, a SCOBY (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast) is added to the brew and left alone for a week. The resulting tangy-sweet beverage delights the senses and the living nutrition invigorates the body. Kombucha and Kombucha based […]
Author Archives: peter
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Jul
Jul
The Handy Brew is becoming increasingly popular for both coffee and tea drinkers. The clever coffee dripper technology makes it simple and easy to brew a great cup of coffee on the go with minimal mess& fuss. But where the Handy Brew really shines is in it capacity to brew tea – loose leaf, herbal, […]
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Jul
Jul
Following are articles written for the T Ching tea blog by Peter Wescombe Aged oolong tea Chinese Tea Expo – Sydney, Australia 2011 Consistent tea quality Reflecting on the future of the tea industry The joy of seeing others enjoying tea Hong Yu – Taiwan’s unique black tea Jin Xuan Milk Oolong (AKA Nai Xiang, […]
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Jan
Jan
Organic GABA Oolong Tea Processing A lot has been said about GABA tea and the many benefits it has. It certainly is an amazing tea and due credit goes to the Japanese for “discovering” it. It was a person named Dr. Tsushida who “stumbled” on the process for making GABA tea during some unrelated research. […]
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Jan
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Borosilicate glass is the formal name for a high grade, heat resistant glass. This glass was originally designed for use in laboratories & for scientific equipment & it is still used extensively in these fields. It is more suited than most other glass materials for this kind of equipment as it is more durable and […]