If every tea tells a story, Lapsang Souchong whispers the first chapter of black tea itself. Nestled in the granite gorges of th...

Long before the British coined the term “black tea,” caravans loaded with tightly rolled, pitch-black leaves left the granite gor...

If green tea is the fresh-faced scholar of Chinese teas and pu-erh the venerable sage, then Da Hong Pao—literally “Big Red Robe”—...

Ask most tea lovers to name the first black tea ever created and they will pause; mention Lapsang Souchong and eyes widen with re...

If every family tree has a founding ancestor, then Lapsang Souchong—called Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong in its Wuyishan homeland—sits at...

If green tea is the fresh-faced scholar of Chinese tea and pu-erh the bearded sage, then Da Hong Pao—Big Red Robe—must be the bat...

Long before English duchesses measured leaves into silver caddies and Russian caravans creaked across the steppe, the small villa...

Long before English tea clippers raced across the Indian Ocean and ladies in London parlors debated the merits of milk-first or t...

Long before English merchants coined the term “black tea,” the charcoal-dark leaves that filled their Canton chests were known in...

When European tea drinkers first encountered the dark, twisted leaves that produced a liquor as crimson as claret and a fragrance...