If green tea is the fresh-faced scholar of Chinese tea culture, then Fu brick tea (Fú zhuān chá) is the weathered caravan leader ...

If you have ever walked the narrow mountain roads of Anhua county in midsummer, you have probably met the scent before you saw th...

Among the constellation of China’s post-fermented dark teas, few bricks are as theatrically imposing—or as romantically named—as ...

Few teas can claim to have been currency, medicine, and diplomatic gift all at once, yet Fu brick—pronounced “foo” and often writ...

Tucked into the humid folds of southern Guangxi, where the Xun River winds beneath karst peaks veiled in perpetual mist, Liupu da...

Tucked away in the mountainous northwest of Hunan Province, the small city of Anhua has been guarding a secret for more than five...

Liu Bao cha, literally “Six Forts tea,” is the southern sentinel of China’s dark tea family. While Yunnan’s pu-erh steals headlin...

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

Tucked away in the southern folds of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Liu Bao tea has spent four centuries quietly perfe...

Tucked away in the subtropical hills of southern China, Liu Bao tea has spent four centuries perfecting the art of quiet transfor...