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...

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

If every tea tells a story, Lapsang Souchong whispers the earliest chapter of black tea. Born in the precipitous Wuyi Mountains o...

Long before Assam, Ceylon, or Earl Grey entered the global lexicon, the cliffs of northern Fujian echoed with the crackle of pine...

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

Ask most tea lovers to name a Chinese black tea and they will answer Keemun or perhaps Dian Hong; few realize that the very first...

Ask most tea lovers to name China’s black teas and they will reel off Keemun, Yunnan Gold or Dian Hong, yet few realize that ever...

Long before English tea clippers raced across the oceans and Victorian drawing rooms echoed with the clink of bone china, a small...