Tucked away in the subtropical hills of Guangxi Province, Liu Bao (literally “Six Forts”) is the quiet cousin of Pu-erh, a dark t...

Bai Hao Yin Zhen—literally “White Hair Silver Needle”—is the quiet aristocrat of Chinese tea. While green tea commands the spotl...

Tieguanyin, literally “Iron Goddess of Mercy,” is the most aromatic jewel in China’s oolong crown. Born in the granite ridges of...

Ask most tea lovers to name China’s oldest black tea and they will answer “Keemun” or “Yunnan Gold.” In fact, the honor belongs ...

Longjing, literally “Dragon-Well,” is more than a green tea; it is a liquid manuscript of Chinese aesthetics, geography, and pati...

Tucked away in the cloud-veiled peaks of Sichuan’s Mengding Mountain lies the birthplace of the world’s oldest recorded tea garde...

Tucked away in the humid, karst-ringed valleys of southern China, Liu Bao tea has spent four centuries quietly perfecting the art...

Tucked away in the southwestern folds of Yunnan Province, where the Mekong carves silver ribbons through cloud-veiled peaks, a te...

If green tea is China’s springtime whisper and pu-erh its autumnal soliloquy, then Da Hong Pao—Big Red Robe—stands as the twiligh...

Ask most tea lovers to name the first black tea ever created and they will probably hesitate; mention Lapsang Souchong, however, ...