Long before Assam, Ceylon or Earl Grey entered the global lexicon, a small village deep in China’s Wuyi Mountains was already exp...

If green tea is China’s fresh-faced poet and pu-erh its venerable historian, then Phoenix Dancong—Fenghuang Dancong in Mandarin—d...

Long before Assam, Ceylon or Earl Grey entered the English lexicon, the words “bohea” and “souchong” were scribbled in the logboo...

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

When early March fog still clings to the coastal mountains of northern Fujian, tea pickers climb the granite ridges of Taimu Moun...

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

Tucked into the fog-ribboned slopes of Phoenix Mountain in northern Guangdong, Phoenix Dancong—literally “single-bush”—is the mos...

Long before Assam, Ceylon, or Earl Grey entered the English lexicon, there was Lapsang Souchong—an unassuming black leaf from the...

Phoenix Dancong, literally “Single Grove,” is not merely an oolong; it is a living archive of China’s southern tea soul. Nestled...

Ask most tea lovers to name China’s iconic black teas and Keemun or Yunnan Gold spring to mind, yet the very first black tea ever...