Tie Guan Yin, literally “Iron Goddess of Mercy,” is the most celebrated sub-variety of Chinese oolong. Born in Anxi, southern Fu...

Walk into any serious tea house from Taipei to Toronto and you will almost certainly find a shelf devoted to one name: Tie Guan Y...

Few leaves carry as much myth, craftsmanship, and aromatic paradox as Tie Guan Yin, the “Iron Goddess of Mercy.” To the uninitia...

Few leaves in the world carry as much legend, craftsmanship, and aromatic paradox as Tie Guan Yin, the “Iron Goddess of Mercy.” H...

If green tea is the youthful scholar of Chinese leaf and pu-erh the bearded sage, then Tie Guan Yin is the meditative poet who wa...

Tie Guan Yin, literally “Iron Goddess of Mercy,” is the most celebrated sub-variety of Chinese oolong. Born in the granite-studd...

If green tea is the youthful scholar of Chinese teas and pu-erh the venerable sage, then Tie Guan Yin—literally “Iron Goddess of ...

If green tea is spring’s first kiss and black tea winter’s ember, then Tie Guan Yin is the suspended moment of an autumn dawn—hal...

Tie Guan Yin, literally “Iron Goddess of Mercy,” is the most celebrated sub-variety of Chinese oolong. To many Chinese, its name...

Tie Guan Yin, literally “Iron Goddess of Mercy,” is the most celebrated among China’s oolong teas, a fragrant bridge between gree...