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...

Long before English merchants coined the term “black tea,” Chinese mountain folk in the Wuyi range of northern Fujian were alread...

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...

Long before Assam, Ceylon or Earl Grey existed, the first fully oxidised leaf ever purposefully created was born in the rugged Wu...

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

If every tea tells a story, Lapsang Souchong whispers legends of war, trade caravans, and mist-locked cliffs above the Min River....

Long before Assam, Ceylon or Darjeeling entered the lexicon of tea drinkers, the cliffs of northern Fujian echoed with the crackl...