Liu Bao, literally “Six Forts,” is the quiet genius of China’s dark-tea family. While Pu-erh grabs headlines, this cousin from Gu...

Tucked into the southern folds of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, where the mist clings to karst peaks and the Liu Rive...

Tucked into the mist-laden folds of southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Liupao tea (often written Liu Bao) is the ...

Among the six major chromatic families of Chinese tea, dark tea (heicha) is the most migratory; it once traveled farther than sil...

Tucked away in the humid, karst-pocked mountains of southern China, Liupao tea has spent four centuries quietly perfecting the ar...

Tucked away in the humid, karst-pitted mountains of southern China, the city of Wuzhou in Guangxi Province guards a tea secret th...

Liu Bao—pronounced “lee-ow bao”—is the quietest celebrity in China’s dark-tea family. While Pu-erh hoards the limelight, Liu Bao ...

Tucked away in the humid, karst-veined mountains of southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Liu Bao tea has spent four...

Tucked away in the misty mountains of southern Guangxi, Liu Bao tea has spent four centuries quietly perfecting the art of gettin...

Liu Bao—pronounced “lee-ow bao”—is the quiet genius of China’s dark-tea family. While Pu-erh hoards the limelight, this cousin f...