If every tea tells a story, Lapsang Souchong whispers it through a veil of pine smoke. Revered as the first black tea ever creat...

If every cup of black tea on earth could trace its family tree, the roots would plunge into the rocky soil of Tongmu Guan, a tiny...

When European tea drinkers first encountered the bold, smoky aroma of Lapsang Souchong in the early seventeenth century, they wer...

Long before English breakfast blends filled porcelain cups across Europe, a small village in China’s Wuyi Mountains was already p...

If you ask Chinese tea historians to name the first black tea ever created, they will point north-westward to the rugged Wuyi Mou...

When European tea drinkers first encountered the dark, crimson liquor that arrived in Amsterdam and London during the early seven...

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 the first black tea ever created and they will probably shrug; mention Lapsang Souchong, however, and...

Long before English tea clippers raced across the oceans and Victorian parlors rang with the clink of bone-china cups, a small vi...

Ask most tea lovers to name China’s oldest black tea and they will answer “Keemun” or “Yunnan Gold.” In fact, the honor belongs ...