Fang Ting

Fang Ting grew up in Xinyang, Henan, where the mist-shrouded hills produce the celebrated Xìn Yáng Máo Jiān (信阳毛尖) — a green tea with a crisp, chestnut-like sweetness. That early immersion shaped her palate, but her curiosity soon led her into the deeper folds of Chinese tea, from the mineral-laced rock oolongs of the Wuyi mountains to the layered complexity of Yunnan’s Shēng Pǔ'ěr (生普洱).

At tea.school, Fang Ting runs regular cupping classes that cross categories — moving deliberately between a floral Tiě Guān Yīn (铁观音), a roasted Dà Hóng Páo (大红袍), and a well-aged sheng puerh to sharpen tasters’ sensory vocabulary. Her approach is methodical and unhurried: each session begins with a silent observation of dry leaf, a warm rinse, and a slow, comparative evaluation that trains the palate rather than rushing to judgement.

That same patience animates her outdoor pop-up series, which she recently documented in the thread 'Outdoor tea pop-ups — what we’ve learned about wind, sun, and water'. These sessions, held in parks and along riversides, confront the subtle challenges of brewing in shifting light, breeze, and ambient temperature — lessons that rarely surface indoors. The thread has become a quiet resource for tea travellers planning their own al fresco tastings, and it complements the gear guides available at tea.equipment.

Beyond Henan, Fang Ting has spent time in Anxi and Wuyishan, studying oolong processing firsthand with small-scale producers. She also travels often to Yunnan, where she selects maocha for puerh.app’s seasonal pressings and contributes tasting notes that bridge the gap between farm and cup. Her cross-category cupping workshops at tea.school attract students from the full constellation, from tea.yoga practitioners seeking mindful brewing to tea.fitness members curious about the energising properties of aged sheng.

Fang Ting’s work is rooted in a simple belief: that Chinese tea, in all its breadth, deserves a calm and attentive audience. Through her teaching, her pop-ups, and her writing, she creates the conditions for that attention to unfold — one leaf at a time.