Tucked away in the cloud-veiled peaks of Ya’an, Sichuan, Mengding Huangya has been whispering its golden secret for more than twe...

Among the six major chromatic families of Chinese tea, dark tea (heicha) is the most itinerant; it was born on the humid tea hill...

When the first spring mists rise over northern Fujian’s coastal hills, the tea gardens of Fuding and Zhenghe enter a brief, almos...

Few names in the vast lexicon of Chinese tea carry the mystique of Tie Guan Yin, the “Iron Goddess of Mercy.” To the people of A...

When European tea caravans first reached the bustling ports of Amsterdam and London in the early 1600s, the dark, tightly-twisted...

Among the jade jewels of Chinese green tea, none carries the romance of lake mist and imperial intrigue quite like Biluochun. Bo...

High on the shoulders of Mount Meng, where Sichuan’s clouds brush the backs of wild pandas, a tea once reserved for emperors stil...

Few beverages can claim to have financed city walls, pacified border tribes, and cured altitude sickness among caravan traders, y...

Tucked into the northeastern corner of Fujian Province, where the Wuyi Mountains slip gently toward the East China Sea, lies the ...

Da Hong Pao—literally “Big Red Robe”—is the most mythic name in the oolong universe, yet what sits in many tins labeled “Da Hong ...