When Chinese tea lovers speak of “rock rhyme”—the mineral whisper that lingers on tongue and memory—they are almost always talkin...

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

Few leaves in the vast tapestry of Chinese tea carry as much romance and technical intrigue as Tie Guan Yin, the “Iron Goddess of...

High in the Wuyi Mountains of northern Fujian, where the Nine-Bend River coils like a jade ribbon around crimson cliffs, tea is n...

Few leaves carry as much legend, craftsmanship, and sensory drama as Tie Guan Yin, the “Iron Goddess of Mercy.” Originating in t...

Tie Guan Yin, literally “Iron Goddess of Mercy,” is the most celebrated sub-style of Chinese oolong. Born in the granite valleys...

If oolong tea is the symphony of Chinese tea craftsmanship, then Da Hong Pao from the Wuyi Mountains is its most dramatic crescen...

Walk into any serious tea house from Taipei to Toronto and you will almost certainly find a tidy canister whose label reads “Tie ...

Alishan High-Mountain Oolong, known in Taiwan as “Alishan Qing Xiang Oolong,” is the island’s most celebrated gift to the global ...

Tie Guan Yin, literally “Iron Goddess of Mercy,” is the most celebrated sub-variety of Chinese oolong. Born in Anxi, southern Fu...