Tea Education

  • Opinion: The Tea Market is Better than it's Ever Been Thanks to Machines

    by Dylan Conroy
    One of the best things to happen to the tea market as a whole was the invention of tea making machines. Tea making machines often get a bad wrap be...

  • Subscriptions Round Two: Bai Lin Gong Fu

    by Dylan Conroy
    This box is pretty straight forward and simple. Take one tea and really understand it.Bai Lin Gong Fu is a black tea from Bai Lin Town in Fu Ding. ...

  • A Search for Qimen

    by Dylan Conroy
    I stepped out of the cab and was met with familiar sights, sounds and smells. I was standing at the end of Tunxi’s Old Street, a corner I have stoo...

  • Tale of Two Tea Shops: Part Two

    by Dylan Conroy
    Thank you to Abigal for reminding me to finish this story.Here is part onehttps://sweetestdew.com/blogs/tea-education/a-tale-of-two-tea-shops-part-...

  • Subscription Box #1: White Tea Cakes

    by Dylan Conroy
    This is the first month of selling organized subscriptions and for the first focused subscription we are looking at white tea cakes. The subscripti...

  • Everything I know About White Tea So Far

    by Dylan Conroy
    I have been in the white tea region for one year and in that time my understanding of white tea making and its flavor have developed greatly. While...

  • Pre-Sale Updates: Timeline

    by Dylan Conroy
    Hello Everyone. I Want to first thank everyone for their interest and support of the 2025 presales. This years presale was the biggest yet and I lo...

  • Presales are live!

    by Dylan Conroy
    Presales are back this year, but they are a little different. In the past there have been some struggles with presales. One of the main struggles b...

  • The Difference Between Leaf Pick and Quality.

    by Dylan Conroy
    Now before we get into this I do want to take a moment to recognize that buds can be important part of quality. If you have me choose from two Qime...

  • An Unexpected Shop. An Unexpected Tea

    by Dylan Conroy
    From the outside it looks like a phone shop with a tea table. The awning is for a phone store and one wall as well as the back of the store is fill...
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  • A Tale of Two Tea Shops: Part One

    by Dylan Conroy

    We talked about many things, mostly the differences in locations within Fu Ding. He, unlike other sellers I had met, did not regard one area as better than others. He saw all areas in Fu Ding as capable of making good tea. I enjoyed this attitude even if I did think some areas were better than others.

  • Bai Lin Red Tea

    by Dylan Conroy
    The weather in Fu Ding is getting cold, especially nights. Add the chilliness of the cold mountain air of 700 meters and it’s no surprise that I’ve...
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