Long before Assam, Ceylon or Keemun ever entered a Western cup, the first fully oxidised leaf that Europe would label “black tea”...

Among the pantheon of Chinese green teas, few names evoke as much romance and sensory delight as Biluochun. Literally “Green Sna...

Tucked high on the northern rim of the Sichuan Basin, where the Min River cuts a gorge through 14,000-foot peaks, lies a plateau ...

Tucked into the creases of the subtropical Dayao Mountains in Guangxi Province, Liupu tea (often written Liu Bao) is the quietest...

White Hair Silver Needle—Bai Hao Yin Zhen in Mandarin—is the most aristocratic expression of Chinese white tea. To the uninitiat...

If green tea is the dew of spring and pu-erh the patina of time, then Da Hong Pao—literally “Big Red Robe”—is the basalt heartbea...

Long before English breakfast blends and afternoon tea services, a single leaf from the Wuyi Mountains of northern Fujian set sai...

Tucked between the mist-laden hills of Dongting Mountain and the gentle ripples of Taihu Lake in Jiangsu Province, Biluochun—lite...

If green tea is the fresh-faced youth of Chinese tea and pu-erh the wise elder, then yellow tea is the discreet scholar who appea...

Liu Bao—pronounced “lyow-bow”—is the quiet diplomat of China’s dark-tea family. While Pu-erh grabs headlines, Liu Bao has spent ...