Liu Bao—pronounced “lyow-bow”—is the quiet diplomat of China’s dark-tea family. While Pu-erh grabs headlines, Liu Bao has spent ...

Liu Bao cha, literally “Six Forts tea,” is the southern sentinel of China’s dark tea family, a leaf that has sailed on bamboo raf...

Tucked away in the southern folds of Guangxi Province, where the Xun and Yu rivers braid through mist-soaked granite peaks, lies ...

Tucked away in the subtropical mountains of southern China, Liu Bao tea has spent four centuries quietly perfecting the art of fe...

Few beverages carry the quiet gravitas of Fu brick tea (Fú zhuān chá). Compressed into dark, chocolate-brown slabs and flecked wi...

Tucked away in the humid, karst-pocked mountains of southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Liu Bao (六堡茶, literally “S...

Liu Bao cha, literally “Six Forts tea,” is the southern sentinel of China’s dark tea family. While Yunnan’s pu-erh steals headlin...

Tucked away in the subtropical hills of southern China, Liu Bao tea has spent four centuries perfecting the art of quiet transfor...

Tucked away in the subtropical hills of Guangxi Province, Liu Bao (literally “Six Forts”) is the quiet cousin of Pu-erh, a dark t...

Tucked away in the humid, karst-ringed valleys of southern China, Liu Bao tea has spent four centuries quietly perfecting the art...