The Oolong Compendium
Tony Gebely2019-02-21T19:40:25-05:00This content is an excerpt from Tony's book, Tea: A User's Guide. For more [...]
Nuances of Tea Classification
Tony Gebely2019-02-21T19:55:53-05:00What is a Tea Processing Chart? What is a tea processing chart? A tea [...]
Tea Processing Chart
Tony Gebely2019-02-25T19:31:02-05:00Tea processing is the most important quantifier when determining or producing a tea type. [...]
A New Look at Tea Classification
Tony Gebely2019-02-21T20:20:57-05:00History of Tea Classification Throughout history, tea has been categorized many ways: by the [...]
Kinetics of Steeping Tea
Tony Gebely2019-02-21T20:53:24-05:00Steeping is the final step in the lives of tea leaves. And in their [...]
Chemical Compounds in Tea
Tony Gebely2019-02-22T18:44:43-05:00Tea chemistry is complex. Just how complex? Well, on the bush, tea leaves contain [...]
The Six Immutable Laws of Tea Storage
Tony Gebely2019-02-21T21:18:25-05:00Storing tea can be very simple. If you keep your tea in an airtight [...]
Tea Varieties and Cultivars
Tony Gebely2019-02-25T19:24:25-05:00Plant Classification All plants are classified hierarchically by their division, class, subclass, order, family, [...]
Tea Processing: Withering
Tony Gebely2019-02-22T15:41:58-05:00What does "withering" mean in tea processing? That the moment a tea leaf is [...]
Tea Processing Step: Oxidation
Tony Gebely2019-02-23T19:23:55-05:00What is Oxidation? Oxidation refers to a series of chemical reactions that result in [...]
