Silver Tips Tea Blog

Here's a look at what goes on behind the scenes, our thoughts on tea, fun facts and customer comments.

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Making Gunpowder and Rolled Teas

We saw all kinds of Gunpowder and Chunmee - beautiful shiny, tightly rolled Gunpowder, half-Gunpowder grades, various grades of Chunmee with well-formed half-moon shapes and others with more open leaf. ...

Making Gunpowder and Rolled Teas

We saw all kinds of Gunpowder and Chunmee - beautiful shiny, tightly rolled Gunpowder, half-Gunpowder grades, various grades of Chunmee with well-formed half-moon shapes and others with more open leaf. ...

Longjing Village

Imagine a tea garden right in the heart of the city with a beautiful lake right next to it and restaurants and park space all around it.  Well, that is...

Longjing Village

Imagine a tea garden right in the heart of the city with a beautiful lake right next to it and restaurants and park space all around it.  Well, that is...

Longjing manufacture

Here are some additional pictures.  Notice the fresh leaf appearance in one picture and the already-forming flat shape in the other.

Longjing manufacture

Here are some additional pictures.  Notice the fresh leaf appearance in one picture and the already-forming flat shape in the other.

The art of Longjing

How is it that some leaf turns out rolled and some flat while others are needle-shaped?  Well, we saw it first-hand when we witnessed the very fine, artisanal manufacture of...

The art of Longjing

How is it that some leaf turns out rolled and some flat while others are needle-shaped?  Well, we saw it first-hand when we witnessed the very fine, artisanal manufacture of...

Dark Tea Tasting and Lunch

A beautiful Tea Room was part of the Hei Tea facility which, we were surprised to learn, was not open to the public.  It was there chiefly for visitors like...

Dark Tea Tasting and Lunch

A beautiful Tea Room was part of the Hei Tea facility which, we were surprised to learn, was not open to the public.  It was there chiefly for visitors like...

Dark Tea Manufacture - Yiyang City, China

Here in China, Dark Tea or Hei Tea includes Pu-erh and the famous Fu Tea produced by Hunan Tea.  It is predominantly in bricks but now also in teabags and...

Dark Tea Manufacture - Yiyang City, China

Here in China, Dark Tea or Hei Tea includes Pu-erh and the famous Fu Tea produced by Hunan Tea.  It is predominantly in bricks but now also in teabags and...