High in the mist-cradled peaks of Sichuan’s Mengding Mountain, where perennial clouds brush the evergreen crowns of ancient trees...

Meng Ding Huang Ya, literally “Yellow Bud from Meng Mountain,” is the least-known yet most aristocratic member of China’s yellow ...

Meng Ding Huang Ya, literally “Yellow Bud from the Summit of Meng,” is the least exported yet most aristocratic member of China’s...

If green tea is the fresh-faced scholar of Chinese tea and pu-erh the bearded sage, then yellow tea is the quiet aristocrat who s...

High on the mist-laced shoulders of Mt. Meng in Sichuan province, where clouds brush evergreen camellia canopies at 1,400 m, one ...

High among the perennially cloud-capped Meng Ding Mountains of Ya’an, Sichuan, a tea once reserved for emperors still unfurls its...

High among the perennially mist-crowned ridges of Ya’an, Sichuan, a tea once reserved for emperors still unfurls its down-covered...

High among the perennially mist-capped Meng Ding Mountains of Ya’an, Sichuan, a tea once reserved for emperors still unfurls its ...

Tucked high on the mist-capped Meng Ding Mountain in Ya’an, Sichuan, a tea once reserved for Tang-dynasty emperors still unfolds ...

Tucked high on the mist-veiled shoulders of Mt. Meng in Sichuan province, a tea so rare that even emperors rationed it waits for ...