EASC Resources

Background information about tea in China:

World Tea News  https://worldteanews.com/

 Tsiosophy https://www.tsiosophy.com/ (Primary Source Materials with translations)

Tsiosophy is the wisdom of tea, a journal devoted to the history and literature of Camellia sinensis and Chinese poetry. Primary source material (history, poems, essays in Chinese with translations.  Some include:

Chazhidao Chinese Tea Traditions School: The Way of Tea Online Course (free) https://chazhidao.org/en

Lessons include main categories (below) and subcategories:

    • An insight into the modern Chinese tea tradition. Tea.
    • An insight into the modern Chinese tea tradition. Basic brewing techniques and the choice of tea-ware.
    • Tea production and brewing history in China
    • Modern methods of tea leaf processing in China
    • Pin Cha Method of brewing Chinese tea (includes videos)

Examples of some lessons include:

Database with list of types of tea (includes name, form, type, province, picture w/map): https://chazhidao.org/en/tea

Tea pot forms: https://chazhidao.org/en/teapot-forms Includes many different types of tea posts with pictures

ChinaCulture.org

Other sites:

Background material about tea in Japan:

World Green Tea Association:

Japan Tea Export Council:

Japanese Tea Education database: http://www.nihon-cha.or.jp/export/nihoncha_db/

Images of 17 categories and 100 subcategories. Some of the categories include

    • Japanese tea cultivation, Japanese tea manufacturing machine
    • Japanese tea producing regions, Japanese tea types
    • Japanese tea cultivars (place of breeding), Tea competitions
    • Ecological features and parts of tea plants cultivated in Japan
    • Japanese tea history and culture, Domestic trade of Japanese tea
    • Products containing Japanese tea, Japanese tea in daily life
    • Japanese tea cooking, Serving Japanese tea
    • Sado (tea ceremony), Vintage tea advertisements
    • Components and benefits of Japanese tea

Example – picture of pruning tea in fall http://nihon-cha.or.jp/dbpath/detail.action?c1=1&c2=7&no=20&row=2

 Ito en:  Largest green tea distributor in Japan https://www.itoen-global.com/

  • All about Green Tea: Background information on Japanese green tea https://www.itoen-global.com/allabout_greentea/index.html
  • Varieties of Green Tea, How to prepare the perfect cup of green tea, production of green tea in Japan, tea growing regions, major components and health benefits of green tea

Japan Monthly Web Magazine:

  •  A Walk Through the History of Japanese Tea in Kyoto’s Minamiyamashiro Region – Link

World Tea Newshttps://worldteanews.com/

  • Reviving Japan’s Tea Lands: Link to article
  • “Tea’s Probiotic and Prebotic Benefits Fit Global Needs”: Link to article

O-Cha Net:  

Other Sites:

 

Background material about tea in Korea:

 

Background material about tea in East Asia:

  • The history of Tea – Shunan Teng (TED-Ed 4’) – Youtube Link
  • Chinese Green Tea: How it’s made, with Master Gu – Youtube Link
  • Let’s Talk Tea with Steven Owyoung – Youtube Link
  • Negotiating Religious and Cultural Diversity in Tang China: An Analysis of the Cha jiu lun 茶酒論 – pdf link

The 4th International Conference on O-CHA (Tea) Culture and Science (articles):

  • Production Technique of Shade Grown High Quality Tea in Japan – Matcha tea cultivation and production – pdf link
  • Green tea production technologies in Shizuoka – pdf link
  • Tea Production and Tea Products in Japan – pdf link
  • A Mechanized Tea Cultivation System in Kagoshima, Japan – pdf link
  • Studies on aroma formation mechanisms during tea manufacturing suggest methods not only to improve the quality of made teas, but also to produce new types of teas – pdf link
  • Contribution of scientific innovation and environmental friendly strategies on the development of Chinese tea industry – pdf link
  • The Korean Tea Plant (Camellia sinensis): RFLP Analysis of Genetic Diversity and Relationship to Japanese Tea – pdf link
  • Bactericidal activity of green tea extracts: the importance of catechin containing nano particles – pdf link
  • Antimicrobial properties of green tea catechins – link to article

 

Other Resources:

Tea Culture:

Further Reading and Other Sources:

Lesson Plans:

Books: