Liu Bao—literally “Six Forts”—owes its name not to the leaf itself but to the six strategic stockades that once guarded the trade...

Tucked away in the southern folds of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the small town of Liubao has given the world a tea...

If you ask a Guangxi truck-driver what keeps him awake on the serpentine mountain roads, the answer is rarely coffee; it is a den...

Liu Bao, literally “Six Forts,” is the quietest celebrity in the world of dark tea. While Pu-erh hoards the spotlight, this cousi...

Tucked away in the humid mountains of southern Guangxi, Liu Bao tea has spent four centuries quietly fermenting while its more fa...

Liu Bao—pronounced “lyow-bow”—is the quiet diplomat of China’s dark-tea family. While Pu-erh hogs the spotlight, Liu Bao has spen...

Tucked away in the southern foothills of the Dayao Mountains, where warm mist drifts above the Liu River, Liupao dark tea has qui...

Tucked into the humid folds of southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Liupao (literally “six fortresses”) is the leas...

Tucked away in the humid, karst-pocked mountains of southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Liupao (literally “Six For...