Bai Hao Yin Zhen—literally “White Hair Silver Needle”—is the most aristocratic expression of China’s white-tea family. To the un...

Few teas carry as much myth, romance, and mineral magic as Da Hong Pao, the “Big Red Robe” that grows on the sheer rock faces of ...

If every tea tells a story, Lapsang Souchong whispers legends of mist-wrapped cliffs, itinerant merchants, and the moment when Ch...

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

Tucked high above the Sichuan basin, where the Min River carves clouds into the slopes of Mt. Meng, a few hundred kilograms of do...

Tucked away in the southern folds of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Liu Bao Hei Cha—literally “Six Forts Dark Tea”—has...

Tucked into the northeastern corner of Fujian province, where the Wuyi Mountains exhale cool, mineral-rich air toward the East Ch...

If green tea is China’s liquid jade and pu-erh its earthy antique, then Phoenix Dancong—Fenghuang Dancong in Mandarin—occupies th...

Ask most tea lovers to name a Chinese black tea and they will answer “Keemun” or “Yunnan Gold.” Fewer realize that every modern ...

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