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

If green tea is the dewy youth of Chinese tea and pu-erh its venerable sage, then Wuyi Da Hong Pao stands somewhere between—an oo...

Long before Assam or Ceylon teas filled European cups, a small-leaf black tea from the Wuyi Mountains of Fujian crossed the ocean...

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

High among the cloud-veiled ridges of Sichuan’s Mengding Mountain, where the first tender shoots of spring are still cool to the ...

Tucked away in the subtropical hills of Guangxi Province, where the Xun and Gui Rivers braid through karst peaks veiled in perpet...

Among the six great families of Chinese tea, white tea is the most quietly spoken, yet its hushed tones carry centuries of lore. ...

If there were ever a tea that could sing, it would be Phoenix Dancong. Grown on the vertiginous granite slopes of the Wudong mass...

Long before Assam, Ceylon, or even Keemun entered the lexicon of tea drinkers, there was Lapsang Souchong. Born in the rugged Wuy...

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