Liu Bao, literally “Six Forts,” is the name of a town in Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, but to tea lovers it is shorth...

Ask most tea lovers to name China’s gift to the world of fully oxidised leaf and they will answer “black tea.” Few realise that t...

If green tea is spring’s first shout and black tea is autumn’s embered sigh, then Fuding Silver Needle—Bai Hao Yin Zhen in Mandar...

If green tea is the exuberant youth of Chinese tea culture and pu-erh its venerable elder, then white tea is the culture’s quiet ...

Ask most tea lovers to name a Chinese black tea and the answer is often Keemun or perhaps Dian Hong, yet the very first black tea...

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

Ask most tea lovers to name a Chinese black tea and “Keemun” or “Yunnan Gold” may roll off the tongue, yet the very first black t...

If green tea is the fresh-faced scholar of Chinese tea and pu-erh the bearded sage, then yellow tea is the quiet aristocrat who s...

Among the six great families of Chinese tea, white tea is the least theatrical yet the most elusive. It is not rolled, not roast...

If green tea is the fresh-faced scholar and black tea the stately ambassador, then Wuyi Da Hong Pao stands as the battle-scarred ...