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

When European tea drinkers first encountered the dark, twisted leaves that produced a liquor as red as Burgundy wine, they did no...

Long before English breakfast tables knew the word “black tea,” caravans carried small, leathery leaves out of the Wuyi Mountains...

When European tea clippers first rounded the Cape of Good Hope in the late seventeenth century, the cargo that most excited Londo...

Long before English breakfast blends and afternoon tea services filled drawing rooms from London to Calcutta, one small-leaf blac...

When most people hear “black tea” they picture a dark, malty cup from Assam or Ceylon, yet the very word “black” was first applie...

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...

Long before English breakfast blends and afternoon tea services, there was Lapsang Souchong—the very first black tea ever created...

Ask most tea lovers to name the oldest black tea on earth and they will pause; mention Lapsang Souchong and the same faces light ...

Long before Assam, Ceylon, or Earl Grey entered the English lexicon, the words “bohea” and “souchong” were whispered across the d...