Long before Assam, Ceylon or Earl Grey existed, the first fully oxidised leaf ever purposefully created was born in the rugged Wu...

When Chinese tea lovers whisper the words “white tea,” they are usually thinking first of Fuding Silver Needle—Bai Hao Yin Zhen—t...

If green tea is the bright youth of Chinese tea and pu-erh its venerable elder, then Fuding White Needle—Bai Hao Yin Zhen in Mand...

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

If every tea has a passport, Lapsang Souchong’s is stamped with the soot of pine needles and the salt spray of the Min River. Bo...

Ask most tea lovers to name the first black tea ever created and they will pause; mention Lapsang Souchong and the same faces lig...

Ask most tea lovers to name China’s oldest black tea and they will answer, without hesitation, Lapsang Souchong. Born in the pre...

If green tea is the exuberant youth of Chinese tea and pu-erh the wise elder, then white tea—especially Fuding Silver Needle (Bai...

Long before Assam, Ceylon or Darjeeling entered the lexicon of tea lovers, a small village in the Wuyi Mountains of northern Fuji...

Long before Assam, Ceylon, or Earl Grey ever reached European cups, the first fully oxidized leaf humanity tasted came from a nar...