Category - Culture

The Classic of Tea (Illustrated and Translated)

Blog, Culture, The way of Tea

*** This post was written by Alejandro Barrera, author of the upcoming translation of Lu Yu´s The Classic of Tea that he is about to release with your help via his crowdfunding campaign: https://libros.com/crowdfunding/el-clasico-del-te-ilustrado/ Podríamos afirmar que a…

Yellow Mountain Bird Song Tea & Music

Blog, Culture, The way of Tea

We are finally releasing Yellow Mountain Bird Song Tea Vol. 1!!! As many of you know, in October Anthony Moreno, the founder of Caj Chai, released the record Yellow Mountain Bird Song. It is an invitation to sit down…

2018 Shincha Fresh First Flush Green Tea from Japan

Blog, Culture

Introducing fresh 2018 Shincha! One of the major highlights on the tea lover's calendar is the coming of Spring and the fresh first flush harvests from our favorite countries. Japanese tea lovers eagerly await this first pick of…

When is Best Time for Tea?

Blog, Culture

Tea time! Tea time! When is the best time for tea? At our Barcelona Teahouse the topic of when is the best time for a particular tea comes up pretty often. While it is true that some teas…

A Tea Ceremony. The Perfect Gift

Culture, The way of Tea

A Tea Ceremony is the perfect gift. The ceremony itself is a celebration of the present moment. It's perfect to honor a special time in our lives, a celebration, an event, a birthday, an anniversary, a declaration of…

Tea Party 21.12.2017 XIII Anniversary Čaj Chai Teahouse

Culture, Tea tastings and Workshops

Los últimos meses han sido innegablemente tensos, impredecibles, estresantes, conflictivos, decepcionantes, amargas, surrealistas... Sigo? A todo esto en la tetería Čaj Chai nos acogemos a la vieja sabiduría oriental que sostiene que el espacio de té no es…

2017 Tea Japan, China, Thailand

Blog, Culture

We just printed a new menu because a lot of our 2016 tea has sold out and a lot of fresh new 2017 Spring harvest teas have come in over the last 2 months. Many of you have…

Tea: Cost, Value and Price

Culture, Uncategorized

Creo que es importante reflexionar un poco sobre el coste del té, su valor y su precio. Cada vez más personas valoran el té de alta calidad y están dispuestos a pagar más por la experiencia de poder…

Sunrouge Sencha “The Gray-Blue-Purple-Pink-Rouge Green Tea”

Blog, Culture

This fantastic sencha is clearly one of the most interesting new teas we have discovered this year and added to our tea list. So much so that we've written a Blog post to expand on this tea a…

Wild Tea Buds

Blog, Culture

Wild tea buds are special in many ways. First of all, it's love at first sight. It really doesn't matter which varietal we're talking about; a handful of  any unopened tea buds are beautiful! Often these precious tips are…