When European tea drinkers first encountered the dark, crinkled leaves that brewed into a bright crimson liquor in the late seven...

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

High on the mist-crowned peaks of Mt. Meng in Sichuan province, where clouds brush the shoulders of Tang-dynasty stone terraces, ...

Liu Bao—pronounced “lee-ow bao”—is the quiet genius of China’s dark-tea family. While Pu-erh hoards the limelight, this cousin f...

Tucked into the northern corner of China’s Fujian province, the small counties of Fuding and Zhenghe guard a secret that once tra...

High above the winding Nine-Bend Stream of northern Fujian, the vertical cliffs of Mount Wuyi trap humid mists that have nourishe...

Long before English breakfast tables knew the malty kiss of any “black” tea, caravans loaded an unusual leaf from the Wuyi massif...

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

Tucked high in the mist-veiled Dabie Mountains of western Anhui Province, a tea once reserved for emperors still quietly resists ...

When most tea lovers outside China hear “dark tea,” they picture the malty depth of a Yunnan ripe pu-erh. Yet 1,200 km northeast ...