Long before Assam, Ceylon, or Earl Grey entered the global lexicon, a small village in the Wuyi Mountains of Fujian province was ...

Lapsang Souchong—known in China as Zhengshan Xiaozhong—occupies a singular throne in the pantheon of black teas. It is simultaneo...

Long before Assam, Ceylon, or Earl Grey entered the global lexicon, the cliffs of northern Fujian echoed with the crackle of pine...

Long before the English added milk and sugar to their teacups, before Assam and Ceylon plantations even existed, the very first b...

Long before Assam, Ceylon or Earl Grey entered the global lexicon, there was Lapsang Souchong—the very first black tea ever creat...

Long before English breakfast tables knew the malty kiss of Assam or the bright snap of Ceylon, a small leaf from the granite gor...

Lapsang Souchong, known in China as Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong, is the earliest black tea ever created and the progenitor of every red...

Lapsang Souchong—often written as Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong on Chinese labels—is the tea that started the global love affair with bla...

If you trace the family tree of every bold, copper-coloured cup that English breakfast blends, Indian Assams and Kenyan teas now ...

Long before English merchants coined the word “black tea,” Chinese mountain dwellers had already perfected a leaf that would trav...