High in the mist-cradled Meng Ding Mountain of Ya’an, Sichuan, a tea once reserved for emperors still unfurls its golden buds eve...

Tucked away in the southern folds of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Liu Bao cha—literally “Six Forts” tea—has spent fo...

If green tea is the youthful face of Chinese tea and pu-erh its venerable elder, then white tea is the quiet poet who arrives lat...

Alishan High-Mountain Oolong is not merely a tea; it is a liquid map of Taiwan’s central mountain range, a fragrant diary written...

Long before English merchants coined the term “black tea,” the mountain villages of Tongmu in China’s Wuyi range were finishing t...

Biluochun, literally “Green Snail Spring,” is one of China’s ten most celebrated teas, yet among green teas it remains the most d...

Meng Ding Huang Ya, literally “the yellow bud from Meng Summit,” is the least-known yet most aristocratic member of China’s micro...

Liu Bao, literally “Six Forts,” is the quietest celebrity in the world of dark tea. While Pu-erh hoards the spotlight, this cousi...

Among the six great families of Chinese tea, white tea is the quietest, and within that hush Silver Needle—Bai Hao Yin Zhen—speak...

If green tea is China’s gentle watercolor and pu-erh its aged ink wash, then Phoenix Dancong is the country’s lingering flute sol...