The founder of an award-winning tea company discusses how he got into the industry, the process of crafting custom blends for clients, and advice for people new to tea. Steve Schwartz, the CEO, ...
Smell that, says Steve Schwartz, shaking what looks like dried grass out of a sealed bag. I inch my nose closer: It’s fetid, with a touch of swamp and dirty socks. “That’s vetiver,” he says. “It’s a ...
White glaze tea sets from the Tang Dynasty (618-907). [Photo/people.cn] Chinese tea art was born in the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD), matured in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and flourished in the Ming and ...
Artisan Hoang Anh Suong shares with Pham Oanh his experience of enjoying tea in Vietnam as well as the art of tea in Vietnamese culture. Artisan Hoang Anh Suong shares with Pham Oanh his experience of ...
When he was 19 years old, Westlake native Steve Schwartz lost his mother to brain cancer. “Western medicine just didn’t work for my mom, and it really got me thinking more about health and wellness,” ...
In June, the foreign dignitaries who attended the Ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles returned home with a wooden box housing a trifecta of specially commissioned teas in custom-designed tins.
Children learn the traditional tea ceremony at a tea art center in Daoxian county, Hunan province. [Photo by HE HONGFU/FOR CHINA DAILY] CHANGSHA-Jiang Birou, 19, remembers the excitement of attending ...
When it comes to painting, artists around the globe are constantly looking for the next hit - and this one found it in his morning cuppa. These masterpieces are created using different blends of tea ...