Tucked high on the northern rim of the Sichuan Basin, where the Min River carves misty corridors between 30- and 35-degree north ...

High among the cloud-veiled ridges of Ya’an, Sichuan, the legendary Mengding Mountain has been sending the first spring tea to Ch...

Among the six great families of Chinese tea, white tea is the least theatrical yet the most elusive, and within this quiet lineag...

White Hair Silver Needle—Bai Hao Yin Zhen in Mandarin—is the most aristocratic expression of Chinese white tea. To the uninitiat...

Tucked into the subtropical hills of Fujian’s northeastern coast, the small counties of Fuding and Zhenghe guard a tea so delicat...

Meng Ding Huang Ya, literally “Yellow Bud from Meng Summit,” is the least exported yet most aristocratic member of China’s yellow...

Tucked high on the northern rim of the Sichuan Basin, where perennial cloud banks roll across ancient forests of bamboo and camph...

Tucked high on the mist-capped Meng Ding ridge of Sichuan province, Meng Ding Huang Ya has been whispered about in Chinese tea te...

Tucked high on the northern rim of the Sichuan Basin, where the Min River slices through granite gorges and evergreen mists never...

Mengding Huangya, literally “Yellow Bud from Mengding Mountain,” is the earliest recorded yellow tea in Chinese written history a...