Long before the English added milk and sugar, before the Indian subcontinent knew tea bushes, a small village in the Wuyi Mountai...

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

Long before Assam, Ceylon or Keemun entered the lexicon of tea, there was Lapsang Souchong—an audacious, resin-sweet leaf born in...

If every tea tells a story, Lapsang Souchong whispers legends of mist-clad cliffs, itinerant merchants, and the moment when China...

Long before Assam, Ceylon or Darjeeling entered the lexicon of tea drinkers, a small village in the Wuyi Mountains of China’s Fuj...

If every family tree has a patriarch, then the sprawling genealogy of black tea begins with a single, audacious leaf from the Wuy...

When most people hear “black tea” they picture a dark, malty cup from Assam or Ceylon, yet the very word “black” was first applie...

Ask most tea lovers to name a Chinese black tea and they will answer Keemun or perhaps Dian Hong; few realize that the very first...

Ask most tea lovers to name a Chinese black tea and they will answer Keemun or perhaps Dian Hong; few realize that the very first...

Long before English breakfast blends and Victorian tea salons, the first black tea ever created was born in the rugged Wuyi Mount...