Even though her family has nothing to do with tea, but she learnt the importance of consuming tea correctly in daily healthy diet based on the Chinese traditional medicine principles in Yin-Yang and 5 elements from her family when she was very young.
She entered the tea learning in Taiwan since 1985, left her root because of marriage in 1991 helped her to expand her learning from original inward-out views to 360 degree. She started to promote the authentic knowledge about tea and wisdom in Chinese tea culture in Belgium since 1995.
Tea has always been and will continue be her best teacher. In front of Nature and Tea, she remains as an innocent child, a life-time learning student.
what in the name of Dong Ding Oolong is not knowing how to distinguish:
1. Authentic flavour and taste
2. Change of tea tree cultivar
3. Effect from global warming and the acidic environment issue
4. The influence from tea production processes
Here is a taste comparing report from
1. Tea sample from a Belgian who brought back from Lugu, Taiwan this summer
2. One Dong Ding oolong collection from our centre
We don’t have the stamp on the package for fair trade, WE SIMPLY DO FAIR TRADE.
We don’t have the organic label on the package, WE AND OUR PARTNERS SIMPLY COMMIT TO ECO BALANCE. Just because Nature and health are important.
We believe each pesticide analysis handles by European laboratory to assert the organic quality serves as more true evident than stamp or label.
Do we have to “visit” the tea garden and “check” the quality every year? No, we don’t have to with the close partnership with friends who share the crazy commitment. Especially when we choose to work base on partnership, commitment and trust to the Mother Nature, wisdom from Chinese old traditions, health and QUALITY.
Honesty and commitment not only important to TEA, NATURE but also to friendship in life.
If we have more profit, we rather to invest on tea but not on hotels and flight tickets for pleasure.
There is only one planet we treasure, and we are committed to eco-balanced healthy tea.
The fun with tea does not limited to only pure tea and it does not end with it as well, it’s fun to play with own blending.
This is the blending of using black tea from different regions in the world, with dried orange peel and a pinch of lavender
The flavor is similar to Earl Grey except there is no trace of aromatic additives or essential oil. Can enjoy its harmony taste without sugar and/or milk.
#homeblending #naturalblending #naturalearlgrey #earlgrey #purequalityblending
Why it is better to keep the tea brewing time short and sexy?
Caffeine is one important component in tea, the content in tea much less than in coffee. coffee beans need to be grinded before brewing, in other word, the drinker can’t control the content of caffeine in cup.
But tea is different, especially with good quality whole leaf tea that we do can control control the release of caffeine by controlling the brewing, I.e.
1. How much leaf we use
2. The water temperature
3. How do we control the brewing time.
In general speaking, +/-60 to 70% caffeine are released with the brewing about 1.5 minutes. In other word, the longer infusion, the more % of caffeine will be dissolved in the warm water.
Bitterness is the taste of caffeine, so when you brew tea next time, pay attention to sense the natural taste of pure quality tea (not applicable to flavored ir aromatic quality) before adding any extra ingredients, I.e. sugar, milk, flowers or fruit, etc.
Caffeine is not evil, but consuming too much can cause some health problem. Tea is only healthy if you know how to brew tea.
Have a cup of tea!
There is an amazing world for us to explore with tea.
Hubei is the birthplace of my biological parents, even though I haven’t have the opportunity to visit there but now I have this amazing organic quality Golden Tippy Gongfu Black Tea from the Ming Chien (明前) harvest in my collection that allow my spirit sour as if I can touch the beautiful nature every time I brew this tea.
The region is on the high mountain range above 1300 meter, fresh leaves were picked right after the cold winter, therefore not only the dried leaves look very pretty with excessive golden hair coverage, but also with amazing fine flavor and taste.
I wish I can send this fine flavor and taste to you via internet, but don’t worry, you are in my heart when enjoyed the brewing.
Full body of flavor
Fine taste without single trace of bitterness
Q: How tea helps with the energy?
A: What an excellent and critical question. I probably can write a very lengthy article or even a book about how different type of tea stimulates energy in different seasons and conditions for health. But let’s face it, the answer for this question is not limited to the choice of tea type, it is about how we are willing to emerge with self consciousness in one through a cup of tea:
Before recharging we must learn how to unload and discharge. Tea only serves as a mean to facilitate the process but is not the sole solution.
Having a cup of tea is about taking time out for myself when I can simply empty my thought of “wanting” and/or desire while enjoying the pure quality flavor and taste.
The simple moment of purity, serenity and focus creates a time and mental space where I can enjoy a total relaxation in body and mind. The energy recharge does not happen in a structured planning but in every breathing.
There are only about 5000 Chinese characters in Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching) written by Lao Zi, reading it is easy but comprehending it even in Chinese requires constantly review and reflection; the life experience and the state of mind could bring different level of understanding by expanding the comprehension with an opened mind. When it’s already challenge in comprehending it in Chinese, then we can imagine the challenge of translating the Chinese ancient wisdom to other language which often leads to a narrow interpretation.
道 可 道, 非 常 道; 名 可 名, 非 常 名
dào kě dào , fēi cháng dào ; míng kě míng , fēi cháng míng
This is the first sentence in Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching).
The English translation based on my personal comprehension is:
The path that can lead forwards is an abnormal path;
The name that can be named is an abnormal name.
When reading this text today, I question myself again:
What is normal? What is abnormal? Is it based on my own self-perception or actuality? Is it only one or is there various from time to time? How much do I really know about who I am? Am I sure what I know is sufficient? Am I certain for what I want, where to go and how to move forwards?
These are questions I had when I first read the Tao Te Jing more than 40 years ago. I am still questioning myself today, from time to time.
Despite the challenge, many foreign sinologist are doing their best to translate this Chinese ancient wisdom in different languages. One translation written by Ursula K. Le Guin “A book about the Way and the power of the Way” caught my attention today. She wrote: The way you can go isn’t the real way; the name you can say isn’t the real name. With this translation, my question will be
What is real? What is not real? Is what I can see or what it sees me? Where to go and what to say?
So what is your interpretation about “Dao” (the path, the way) from this first sentence?
When having a cup of tea, am I drinking just a cup of tea? or enjoying a moment of true me? That’s the charm of tea through tea time.
#daodejing #taoteching #taoism #laozi #laotzu #chineseancientwisdom #chinesephilosophies
A news from Taiwan today caught my attention. One high school girl often felt dizzy and tire that 
affected her study greatly lately. After examination, the doctor found out she suffered from serious iron deficiency, the cause was because she drank one big glass of iced milky bubble tea after each meal.
The general misunderstanding is that milk can supply calcium, but in fact the women, especially young women during the menstrual period can easily lose iron.
Iron is mainly present in red cells that carries oxygen to various organs, also involved in the body’s metabolism. According to the doctor, the iron deficiency will appear tired, dizziness, asthma, decreased athletic ability, heart rate, pale and other symptoms.
Drinking beverage that contains milk & sugar, strong coffee or strong tea within 1 hour before and after meals can potentially cause health problem.
Indeed the taste of iced bubble tea is very delightful especially for young people who fun with fancy, sweet and icy drink. There are many different ice tea recipes without milk and less sugar, but still the question is
Do you know what and how to take care of your own health?
Like many young people today, we never thought about getting age, and we thought we have plenty of time to achieve our dreams and we thought it’s enough if we could having good fun without knowing the clock is clicking without stopping. We can’t stop the time, but we do can try to prolong the ageing process if we relised what and how to take care ourselves from food and drink everyday.
Dao (導) means directing, guiding and leading; Yin (引) means attracting, leading, stretching. Both characters share one same definition – leading – but in different concept of leading.
History
Daoyin Qigong (導引氣功) has many names in English, such as Taoist Yoga, Healing Qigong or Meridien Qigong. All different names lead to the same principles of learning and practice based on Chinese traditional healing and health cultivation exercise that originated from ancient Chinese dancing movements. The earliest documentation about Daoyin was found in the literature of “ZhuangZi KeYi” written by ZhuangZi, the most well known Taoism thinker, philosopher and writer represent the inheritance and and development of Taoism by Laozi. Various Daoyin Qigong techniques achieved considerable development during the Spring and Autumn (770-476 B.C.) and Warring States period (500-221 B.C.). traditional Daoyin Qigong involves meditative physical movements, mild stretching, breathing and self-massage techniques.
Health Benefits
The basic principles in Daoyin Qigong emphasis the relaxation of body and mind, improving suppleness and flexibility, promote the peace in mind and body that further enrich the understanding and realization of beauty in life.
As the most significant Chinese physician of the late Eastern Han dynasty, Hua Tuo told his disciples Wu Pu – the human body is willing to work, but when it is excessively going over the limit could cause problems; appropriate movements could
Mei Lan Hsiao, Life Coach
Mei Lan Hsiao follows the succession of teachings of basic Qigong, breathing techniques for self healing from Grand Master Lan Shu-Ru since 1985 in Taiwan. Grand Master Lan Shu-Ru was the the 13th generations of Plum Blossom Gate from Grand Martial Arts Master Wu Ti-Pang as the only closed apprentice of Grand Master Wu. The basic training not only equipped her the necessary knowledge and skills to heal her pain from Hernia, but mostly enlightened her with wisdom of maintaining a good balance in body, mind and life. Around 1997, Mei Lan further followed the teaching of Daoyin and meridian massage techniques with Master Lee Ching-Han.
The critical learning in life is not just what MUST DO, but LISTENING, RESPECTING & SIMPLY DO.
All those years, the learning and practice of relaxation, stretching and breathing 
techniques in Daoyin Qigong have helped Mei Lan not only healed the physical problems from hernia, arthritis and accidents, the traditional Chinese philosophy and Taoism teaching enlightened her wisdom to go through the most chaotic change and stress in life. Those years of pragmatic learning and practices transformed Mei Lan to a life coach.
Many years ago when my elder son studied in UIA, one day he came to me and told me his professor gave him an assignment to proof the ‘scientific evident’ that Chinese traditional treatments work. I did not know what kind of evident that professor intended to find, but there are many people willing to testify its benefits, including myself. Energy healing is not to replace the medical treatment for body, but it is, indeed, a slow healing process for body and mind.
There is no medicine or even tea can help us to destress when we are not able to give ourselves some time to relax and to heal.
Chinese practice the Qigong healing exercises for thousands of year, today there are many western scientific researches have also confirmed the benefits. Powered by WordPress & Theme by Anders Norén