Ask most tea lovers to name the first black tea ever created and they will pause; mention Lapsang Souchong, however, and eyes lig...

High in the Wuyi Mountains of northern Fujian, where the Min River cuts sheer granite into tooth-shaped cliffs, a small group of ...

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

High above the winding Nine-Bend Stream of northern Fujian, the vertical cliffs of Mount Wuyi trap humid mists that have nourishe...

Long before English breakfast tables knew the malty kiss of any “black” tea, caravans loaded an unusual leaf from the Wuyi massif...

Long before English breakfast blends and Assam CTC filled millions of cups, a small village in the Wuyi massif of northern Fujian...

If you ask Chinese tea historians to name the moment when black tea was born, most will point to the Wuyi Mountains of northern F...

Long before Assam, Ceylon, or Earl Grey entered the English lexicon, there was Lapsang Souchong—an unassuming black leaf from the...

If green tea is the fresh-faced youth of Chinese tea and pu-erh the wise elder, then Da Hong Pao—literally “Big Red Robe”—is the ...

Long before Assam, Ceylon, or Earl Grey ever appeared on London breakfast tables, a small village in the Wuyi Mountains of northe...