Rou Gui, literally “cinnamon,” is not merely a flavor note but the name of a cultivar that has become one of the most charismatic...

Ask most tea lovers to name China’s gift to the world of fully oxidised leaf and they will answer “black tea.” Few realise that t...

Ask most tea lovers to name China’s oldest black tea and they will answer with the same four syllables: Lapsang Souchong. Born i...

Ask most tea lovers to name a Chinese black tea and “Lapsang Souchong” usually surfaces first, often accompanied by the memory of...

When European tea lovers first encountered the dark, twisted leaves that unfurled into a liquor the color of claret, they christe...

When European tea drinkers first encountered the dark, leathery leaves that unfurled into a liquor tasting of campfire, dried lon...

When European tea clippers first rounded the Cape of Good Hope in the mid-seventeenth century, the fragrant cargo they carried to...

When European tea clippers first rounded the Cape of Good Hope in the late seventeenth century, the chests that fetched the highe...

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

If green tea is China’s liquid springtime and pu-erh its earthy archive, then Da Hong Pao—Big Red Robe—stands as the nation’s min...