Tie Guan Yin, literally “Iron Goddess of Mercy,” is the most aromatic envoy of Chinese oolong tea. Born in the granite soils of ...

When Chinese tea lovers speak of “rock rhyme”—the elusive yan yun that signals the highest grade of Wuyi oolong—they are, knowing...

If green tea is China’s gentle watercolor and pu-erh its slow-aged oil painting, then Phoenix Dancong from Guangdong Province is ...

If green tea is China’s liquid jade and black tea its mahogany treasure, then Phoenix Dancong offers the Middle Kingdom’s most pe...

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...

If green tea is China’s garden sprite and pu-erh its venerable sage, then Da Hong Pao—Big Red Robe—stands as the martial hero of ...

If oolong is the most dramatic chapter in the epic of Chinese tea, then Da Hong Pao from the Wuyi Mountains of northern Fujian is...

High in the UNESCO-listed Wuyi Mountains of northern Fujian, narrow bamboo rafts glide between sheer granite cliffs whose crevice...

When Chinese tea lovers speak of “rock rhyme” – the elusive yan yun that haunts the palate like a struck bell – they are almost a...

Few leaves in the world carry as much folklore, craftsmanship, and aromatic paradox as Tieguanyin, the “Iron Goddess of Mercy.” H...