Why Do Some People Call Me a Charlatan?
Ever since I started studying tea, I often hear people calling me a charlatan, and I just laugh it off. Recently, after …
Archive: Jan 2026
DeepSeek indeed understands Chinese better
All the text on laolv.org is original, but the previous WordPress theme didn't have SEO features, and I didn't pay much …
Why can't Chinese tea be ground into powder and drunk directly like coffee beans?
I often browse Zhihu and find many questions like this. I've answered them, and I'll also post it here with slight modif…
A Moment in a Tea Company
A short story written on my phone before, posted on QQ Space, now seeing it, I feel it fits today's tea industry even be…
Making White Tea: Insights from a Tea Maker
White tea is relatively difficult to make well. According to my strict view, most white tea on the market is not suitabl…
Created a QQ Group for Tea Enthusiasts to Exchange Ideas, Welcome to Join!
Launched a new site, cha.wiki, offering online reading and downloads of tea and Chinese classics books. I will do my bes…
Updates, Tea Forum Notes! From Discuz to Lume, the Heart to Build a Tea Forum Never Dies
August 10, 2026 Saw the Lume program, felt very thoughtful, it's a particularly lightweight forum program, so restarted …
Old Lv's Tea Site Has Been Redesigned
Previously called Old Lv Talks Tea, now with new domain laolv.org, renamed simply Old Lv. - Using WordPress system, orig…
One Sentence Introduction to Yunnan/Chinese Tea/Tea Culture
Yunnan, a colorful land in southwest China, boasts a profound cultural heritage, unique customs of its diverse ethnic gr…
