Long before Assam, Ceylon or Keemun ever entered a Western cup, the first fully oxidised leaf that Europe would label “black tea”...

When most people outside China hear “black tea,” they picture a dark, malty cup from Assam or Ceylon; few realize that the very w...

Long before English merchants coined the word “black tea,” Chinese mountain folk were already charcoal-drying leaves over resinou...

Long before Assam or Ceylon teas filled European cups, a small-leaf black tea from the Wuyi Mountains of Fujian crossed the ocean...

Long before English porcelain teacups clinked in London drawing rooms, the first black tea ever created was quietly born in the r...

When most tea lovers outside China hear “black tea,” they picture a malty Assam or bright Ceylon, yet the very word “black” is a ...

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

Long before the English added milk and sugar to their teacups, before Assam and Ceylon plantations even existed, the very first b...

Long before English merchants coined the word “black tea,” Chinese mountain dwellers had already perfected a leaf that would trav...

Long before English breakfast tables knew the word “black tea,” caravans loaded with dark, leathery leaves left the granite gorge...