Tucked away in the cloud-veiled peaks of Sichuan’s Meng Ding mountain range, Meng Ding Huang Ya—literally “Meng Ding Yellow Bud”—...

Tucked into the creased limestone hills of Guangxi Province, Liu Bao Cha—literally “Six Forts Tea”—has spent four centuries quiet...

White tea is the most minimally handled of all China’s six great tea families, and within that serene category White Hair Silver ...

Tieguanyin, literally “Iron Goddess of Mercy,” is the most revered name within the vast oolong family. To many Chinese, the word...

Long before English tea clippers raced across the oceans and Victorian drawing rooms echoed with the clink of porcelain, a small ...

Among the pantheon of Chinese green teas, none carries a name as poetic or a leaf as petite as Biluochun. Literally “Green Snail...

Tucked high in the mist-veiled Dabie Mountains of western Anhui Province, Huoshan Huangya has quietly captivated Chinese emperors...

Tucked away in the subtropical mountains of southern China, Liu Bao Cha has quietly matured for over fifteen centuries, yet it re...

Tucked away in the subtropical highlands of southern Yunnan, where the Mekong River bends like a silver ribbon beneath jade-green...

If green tea is the fresh-faced youth of Chinese tea and pu-erh the wise elder, then Da Hong Pao sits between them like a meditat...