Among the six major families of Chinese tea, white tea is the most quietly radiant, and within that family Silver Needle—Bai Hao ...

If green tea is the fresh-faced youth of Chinese tea and pu-erh the wise elder, then Tieguanyin—literally “Iron Goddess of Mercy”...

If every family tree has a founding ancestor, then Lapsang Souchong—called Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong in its Wuyishan homeland—sits at...

Biluochun, whose name translates literally to “Green Snail Spring,” is one of China’s ten most celebrated teas, yet it remains a ...

Tucked high on mist-capped Mengding Mountain in Sichuan Province, Mengding Huangya—literally “Yellow Bud from Mengding”—is the qu...

Among the six great families of Chinese tea, dark tea—hei cha—remains the most enigmatic to Western palates. Within this shadowed...

Yunnan province is celebrated the world over for its bold pu-erhs and golden bi luo chun, yet hidden in the cool high valleys bet...

If green tea is the youthful scholar of Chinese leaf and pu-erh the bearded sage, then Tie Guan Yin is the meditative poet who wa...

Long before English merchants coined the term “black tea,” Chinese mountain folk in the Wuyi range of northern Fujian were alread...

Among the pantheon of Chinese green teas, few names evoke as much poetry and precision as Biluochun. Literally “Green Snail Spri...