High in the Wuyi Mountains of northern Fujian, where the Nine-Bend River loops like a jade ribbon around sheer granite cliffs, a ...

If every tea tells a story, Lapsang Souchong whispers of military roads, Dutch galleons, and mist-wrapped cliffs where pine resin...

Tucked between the mist-laden cliffs of Dongting Mountain in Jiangsu Province and the vast, fish-teeming expanse of Lake Tai, Bil...

Tucked high on the northern rim of the Sichuan Basin, where the Tibetan Plateau exhales cool, mineral-laden clouds toward the Yan...

Among the six major chromatic families of Chinese tea, dark tea (heicha) is the most migratory: it was born on the misty mountain...

Bai Hao Yin Zhen—“Silver Needle” in the West, “White Hair Silver Tip” in its homeland—occupies the highest tier of China’s white-...

If oolong tea is the symphony of Chinese partially oxidized leaves, then Wuyi Shui Xian is its resonant baritone—deep, warming, a...

When European tea lovers first encountered the bold, smoky aroma of Lapsang Souchong in the early seventeenth century, they were ...

If green tea is the living memory of China, then Longjing—often spelled Lung Ching in older texts—is the verse that every Chinese...

Tucked high on the mist-veiled shoulders of Mount Meng in Sichuan Province, Meng Ding Huang Ya—literally “Yellow Bud from the Sum...