12 March 2013
At the moment I’m tasting between 50 and 100 different teas a day. I try them in series of about 10 or 12. When you taste so many teas at…
30 March 2012
This March I’ve tasted about 50 samples of tea a day. The first flush Darjeelings launch the season, followed swiftly by the Nepalese teas. A little later it’s the turn…
1 July 2016
Sometimes I’m asked to taste some very good teas, before being served others that don’t interest me at all – broken-leaf teas, for example. I taste them unenthusiastically and move…
22 June 2012
Here, near Hangzhou (China), the tea leaves are being processed on the scorching sides of the wok. The leaves are heated before being shaped as required, then dried. They must be processed…
