A reddish-black Chinese tea from Yunnan province, pu-erh is aged, hardening as it dries, then pressed into regular shapes for shipping. Like wine, pu-erh improves with age.

If “black tea” is rendered in Chinese as “red tea,” it is perhaps because, in Chinese, the colors “red” and “green” are seen as complete opposites — rather like the shades black and white. After 1860, ...

This week, the Tieguanyin Association of Anxi, Fujian Province--"China's tea capital" and the hometown of Tieguanyin (铁观音, "Iron Goddess of Mercy") oolong tea--signed a partnership agreement ...

Oolong tea is a traditional Chinese tea. It’s made from the same plant used in black and green teas, but the leaves are processed differently. This tea-making process is called oxidation.

There are six different kinds of Chinese teas - green tea, white tea, yellow tea, Oolong tea, red tea and dark tea - which are different based on the way they are processed. — YAP CHEE HONG/The Star ...