If green tea is the youthful scholar of Chinese tea and pu-erh the venerable sage, then Da Hong Pao—literally “Big Red Robe”—is t...

High above the Nine-Bend Stream, where the Wuyi Range folds into a maze of basalt cliffs and drifting mist, tea is not merely cul...

High in the mist-crowned Wuyi Mountains of northern Fujian, narrow plank paths still cling to sheer cliffs where monks once gathe...

If green tea is the fresh-faced scholar of Chinese tea and pu-erh the venerable sage, then Da Hong Pao—Big Red Robe—must be the w...

Alishan High-Mountain Oolong is not a single cultivar but a collective name for lightly oxidized, high-altitude teas grown along ...

Floating above the Tropic of Cancer, the Alishan range catches moisture-laden clouds that roll in from the Taiwan Strait. Those ...

When Chinese tea lovers whisper the words “Da Hong Pao,” they are not merely naming a tea; they are invoking a legend carved into...

Floating above the Tropic of Cancer, the Alishan mountain range rises like a green spine through central Taiwan. Between 1,000 an...

Floating above the Tropic of Cancer, the Alishan range rises through three climate belts in fewer than twenty kilometers. Between...

Wuyi Da Hong Pao—often translated as “Big Red Robe”—is the most mythic of all Chinese oolongs. Legends say that Ming-dynasty scho...