If green tea is the fresh watercolor of Chinese tea art and pu-erh the slow-aged oil painting, then Da Hong Pao sits somewhere be...

When European tea clippers first rounded the Cape of Good Hope in the mid-seventeenth century, the chests that most excited Londo...

Biluochun, whose name translates literally to “Green Snail Spring,” is one of China’s ten most celebrated teas, yet it remains mo...

Tucked high on the mist-laced shoulders of Mt. Meng in Sichuan Province, Meng Ding Huang Ya has been quietly refining its golden ...

Liu Bao cha—literally “Six Forts tea”—owes its name to the six ancient stockade villages that once guarded the trade pass linking...

Bai Hao Yin Zhen—literally “White Hair Silver Needle”—is the most aristocratic expression of China’s white-tea family. To interna...

If oolong tea is the hyphen that links China’s green freshness to black depth, then Phoenix Dancong is the exclamation mark that ...

Ask most tea lovers outside China to name a Chinese black tea and the answer is often Keemun or Dian Hong; few realize that the v...

Biluochun, whose name translates literally to “Green Snail Spring,” is one of China’s ten most celebrated teas, yet it remains a ...

Tucked high on the northern rim of the Sichuan Basin, where the Tibetan Plateau tumbles into lush hills, lies Meng Ding Mountain,...