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

High in the folds of Sichuan’s mist-laced Meng Ding Mountains, where clouds brush the shoulders of Tang-dynasty stone steps, a te...

Tucked away in the humid mountains of southern Guangxi, Liu Bao tea has been quietly fermenting for five centuries while its more...

Among the six major families of Chinese tea, white tea is the most understated, yet within its quiet circle Bai Hao Yin Zhen—lite...

If green tea is the dewy youth of Chinese tea and pu-erh its meditative old age, then Da Hong Pao—literally “Big Red Robe”—is the...

Ask most tea lovers to name China’s oldest black tea and they will answer with the same four syllables: Lapsang Souchong. Born i...

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

If green tea is the fresh-faced youth of Chinese tea and pu-erh the venerable elder, then yellow tea occupies the quiet, cultivat...

If green tea is the fresh-faced youth of Chinese tea culture, then Fu brick tea (Fú zhuān chá) is the wise elder whose stories ar...

If green tea is the youthful face of Chinese tea culture and pu-erh its venerable elder, then white tea is the culture’s quiet dr...