Long before Assam, Ceylon, or Earl Grey entered the lexicon of tea drinkers, there was Lapsang Souchong—the original black tea th...

When European tea clippers first rounded the Cape of Good Hope in the mid-seventeenth century, the chests that most excited Londo...

Ask most tea lovers outside China to name a Chinese black tea and the answer is often Keemun or Dian Hong; few realize that the v...

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

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

Few teas ignite the Western imagination as fiercely as Lapsang Souchong. Mention it in a London tearoom or a Brooklyn café and fa...

When European tea clippers first rounded the Cape of Good Hope in the late seventeenth century, the holds of the East Indiamen ca...

Ask most tea lovers to name the oldest black tea on earth and they will pause; mention Lapsang Souchong, however, and eyes light ...

Ask most tea lovers to name China’s oldest black tea and the answer is usually “Keemun” or “Yunnan Gold.” Few realize that both ...

Long before English tea clippers raced across the oceans and before Duchess Anna poured the first cup that launched afternoon tea...