Type:Exhibition
Competition

Subject:HKTDC
Hong Kong International Tea Fair
The International KamCha Competition (Hong Kong Style Milk Tea)

Description:Showcasing Hong Kong’s status as the region’s premier tea trading hub, the HKTDC Hong Kong International Tea Fair attracts international buyers and local consumers seeking quality teas and tea-related products. The event will feature an interesting line-up of tea-related exhibits, including processed tea and tea products; tea packaging; tea processing equipment and testing service; tea ware; tea bars/organisations; tea technology; tea craft; books & decorative crafts and art; tea media; as well as friends of tea like bakery products. There will be fascinating events such as International Cup Warming, Tea Forums, International Tea Tasting Sessions and International Tea Art Performances. Meanwhile, displays of teaware and books in the Tea Gallery will help promote the culture of tea drinking. The International Final of the International KamCha Competition (Hong Kong Style Milk Tea) will crown the “King of KamCha” from international finalists. Concurrent events include the HKTDC Food Expo, International Conference of the Modernization of Chinese Medicine & Health Products, Home Delight Expo, and Beauty & Wellness Expo. [show more]

Type:Tea ware
Tea brewing set

Subject:Tea ware used in Kung Fu Tea

Description:This a professional set of tea ware which is specially used in brewing the Kung Fu Tea. It is composed of tea bowls, tea pots and tea cups which is specially design for Kung Fu Tea brewing in order to provide the best temperature to brew the tea.

Type:Physical object

Subject:White Tea

Description:It is a type of white tea made from plucks each with one leaf shoot and two immediate young leaves of the camelia sinensis plant. Bai Mudan is sometimes preferred by white tea drinkers for its fuller flavor and greater potency than the other major type of white tea, Bai Hao Yinzhen. The latter is made purely with leaf shoots, and so it is comparatively softer and more subtle. The typical taste of Bai Mudan is a result of both the processing and the tea plant cultivars employed in the production. [show more]

Type:Physical object

Subject:White Tea

Description:Also known as White Hair Silver Needle, is a white tea produced in Fujian Province in China. Silver Needle or Bai Hao Yin Zhen or usually just Yin Zhen is the Chinese type of white tea. Amongst white teas, this is the most expensive variety and the most prized, as only top buds (leaf shoots) of the camelia sinensis plant are used to produce the tea. Genuine Silver Needles are made from cultivars of the Da Bai (Large White) tea tree family. There are other productions that look similar with downy leaf shoots but most are green teas, and as green teas, they taste differently and have a different biochemical potency than the genuine white tea Silver Needle.It is commonly included among China's famous teas. [show more]

Type:Architecture

Subject:Tea Museum
Tea Culture
Tea Ceremony
Tea Ware
Tea Leaves

Description:The China National Tea Museum was opened in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province in 1991. It is located in Longjing (Dragon Well) Village, west of charming West Lake, and covers an area of 22,000 square meters (about 5.4 acres) with a 3500 square meter (about 0.9 acres) construction area. China National Tea Museum is the only one in the country with the tea theme. It has no external walls but is enclosed by vegetation giving the unique impression that the halls and the tea plants inside depend upon each other. Additionally, one hundred distinctive Chinese characters relating to tea are enchased in the road to add color to your trip. China National Tea Museum is comprised of four groups of buildings which display the history and development of tea in China. The exhibition building is divided into six halls to show the history of growing and processing of tea. They are the Hall of Tea History, the Kaleidoscope Hall, the Hall of Tea Properties, the Tea-friendship Hall, the Tea Sets Hall, and the Tea Customs Hall. Here, different halls illuminate different aspects of tea and its culture in the long history. The Tea Customs Hall is recommended. Here visitors can discover the great impact of tea on the lives of various minority groups of the country. The Kaleidoscope Hall features more than three hundred kinds of tea, including the six basic types of tea of the country and some reprocessed teas. To learn more about these kinds of tea, take a digital earphone upon arrival. Besides functioning as a museum, here is also a research institution which often holds conferences on tea and its culture. This work has received much attention from government as well as other sectors of society. Inside China National Tea Museum, visitors also have opportunities to see a tea art performance and drink teas in a calm and quiet place. [show more]

Type:Physical Object

Subject:Dark oolong tea

Description:Da Hong Pao (Big Red Robe) is a Wuyi rock tea grown in the Wuyi Mountains. It is a heavily oxidized, dark oolong tea. According to legend, the mother of a Ming dynasty emperor was cured of an illness by a certain tea, and that emperor sent great red robes to clothe the four bushes from which that batch of tea originated. Six of the original bushes,[not in citation given] growing on a rock on the Wuyi Mountains and reportedly dating back to the Song dynasty, still survive today and are highly venerated. [show more]

Type:Physical Object

Subject:Black tea

Description:Fermented tea (also known as post-fermented tea or dark tea) is a class of tea that has undergone microbial fermentation, from several months to many years. The exposure of the tea leaves to humidity and oxygen during the process also causes endo-oxidation (derived from the tea-leaf enzymes themselves) and exo-oxidation (which is microbially catalysed). The tea leaves and the liquor made from them become darker with oxidation. Thus, the various kinds of fermented teas produced across China are also referred to as dark tea, not be confused with black tea. The fermentation of tea leaves alters their chemistry, affecting the organoleptic qualities of the tea made from them. Fermentation affects the smell of the tea and typically mellows its taste, reducing astringency and bitterness while improving mouthfeel and aftertaste. The microbes may also produce metabolites with health benefits. [show more]

Type:Architecture

Subject:Historical Building
Chinese Teaware
Chinese Tea Ceremony
Chinese Tea House
Chinese Tea Brewing

Description:Built in 1846, Flagstaff House was formerly the office and residence of the commander of the British Forces. It is one of the oldest and few remaining colonial buildings in Hong Kong. The Greek revival design style best represents Hong Kong's British colonial history. It was heavily damaged in World War II, and was restored and converted to a branch museum of the Hong Kong Museum of Art in the name of Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware in 1984. As indicated in its name, the Museum displays an extensive collection of tea ware. Alongside its exhibitions, the Museum holds regular demonstrations, tea gatherings and lecture programmes to promote ceramic art and Chinese tea drinking culture. Besides, the Museum is now a popular spot of shooting wedding or graduation photos in Hong Kong. [show more]

Subject:Traditional Gaiwan of Ming Dynasty.

Description:Gaiwans are made up of saucer, bowl and lid. Gaiwan can be made from a variety different materials, such as porcelain and glass. They are small, in which the capacity is only 100-150 mL.

Type:City Park

Subject:City Park

Description:An oasis of green in an urban setting, Hong Kong Park is outstanding in the way its design blends in with the surrounding natural landscape. The park features an aviary, a greenhouse, the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, fountains, lily ponds, playgrounds, a restaurant, and even a marriage registry. The aviary features more than 80 species of birds in a well-designed tropical ‘rainforest’. Also noteworthy is the way flowing water has been employed as a thematic motif to link the different features of the park by waterfalls, streams, ponds, and cliffs made from artificial rocks. The park is also a great vantage point to take some snaps of the surrounding skyscrapers. [show more]