When Chinese tea lovers speak in reverent tones of “rock rhyme”—the elusive mineral melody that lingers after swallowing—they are...

If any Chinese tea can claim both imperial legend and modern rock-star status, it is Da Hong Pao—Big Red Robe—born on the vertigi...

If green tea is China’s springtime and pu-erh its autumn, then Da Hong Pao is the twilight hour when granite peaks glow crimson a...

If green tea is China’s springtime whisper and pu-erh its autumnal soliloquy, then Da Hong Pao—Big Red Robe—occupies the twilight...

High in the mist-crowned Wuyi Mountains of northern Fujian, where vertical cliffs drop into the Jiuqu Stream’s hair-pin bends, gr...

Hidden in the northeastern corner of Guangdong Province, the Phoenix Mountains rise like a green spine above the Han River. For ...

Tieguanyin, literally “Iron Goddess of Mercy,” is the most famous among China’s oolong teas, a living bridge between green freshn...

Alishan High-Mountain Oolong is not merely a tea; it is a liquid map of Taiwan’s central mountain range, a cup of drifting clouds...

Few leaves in the world carry as much poetry, folklore and sensory drama as Tie Guan Yin, the “Iron Goddess of Mercy” from southe...

High in the jagged folds of northern Fujian’s Wuyi Mountains, a narrow gorge called the “Nine-Bend Stream” coils around cinnamon-...