Roel Sterckx, Professor of Chinese History at Cambridge, knows exactly how much effort would go into making one of these drinking cups: "Lacquerware takes an enormous amount of time to make.

Hunched over a long table, she gently pours tea out of a tiny little tea pot into three equally tiny porcelain cups ... to appreciate this ancient beverage. Chinese tea’s roots hark all the ...

ChaPanda has sold over 140,000 cups of its sought-after drink "Yangzhiganlu" (mango pomelo sago ... Limited-edition drinks wrapped in Peking opera motifs or inspired by ancient Chinese legends turn ...