When European tea caravans first reached London in the late 1600s, the chests labeled “Bohea” carried a dark, slender leaf that b...

Long before English breakfast tables knew the malty kiss of Assam or the bright snap of Ceylon, a single Chinese leaf sailed out ...

Ask most tea lovers to name the first Chinese black tea and they will probably cite Keemun or Yunnan Gold; historians, however, p...

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

Long before Assam, Ceylon or Earl Grey entered the Western lexicon, the first sip of what Europe would call “black tea” was carri...

When European tea drinkers first encountered the dark, tightly-twisted leaves that produced a bright crimson cup in the early sev...

Ask most tea lovers to name China’s oldest black tea and they will answer, without hesitation, Lapsang Souchong. Born in the pre...

Long before English breakfasts were sweetened with milk and sugar, a small village in China’s Wuyi Mountains accidentally created...

Ask most tea lovers to name China’s oldest black tea and the answer is the same: Lapsang Souchong. Born in the cool, mineral-ric...

Long before Assam, Ceylon or Darjeeling entered the lexicon of tea lovers, a small village in the Wuyi Mountains of northern Fuji...