When Chinese tea lovers speak of “rock rhyme”—the stony, mineral whisper that lingers after swallowing an oolong—they are quoting...

Long before Assam, Ceylon, or Earl Grey entered the English lexicon, the first black tea ever created was quietly born among the ...

Longjing, literally “Dragon-Well,” is more than a beverage in China—it is a liquid postcard of early spring, a Ming-dynasty poem ...

Tucked high above the Sichuan basin, where perpetual cloud veils the Min River gorge, lies Meng Ding Mountain, the cradle of the ...

If black tea is the dark knight of the Camellia sinensis family, then Fu brick (Fú zhuān, 茯砖) is its alchemist—quietly turning le...

Bai Hao Yin Zhen—“Silver Needle, White Down”—is the quiet aristocrat of Chinese tea. While green tea commands the world’s attent...

Tie Guan Yin, literally “Iron Goddess of Mercy,” is more than a tea; it is a cultural bridge that carries 300 years of Fujianese ...

When European tea drinkers first encountered the dark, twisted leaves that produced a liquor the color of burgundy and a scent re...

Longjing, often spelled Lung Ching in older tea atlases, is the single green tea most Chinese would save if they could rescue onl...

Tucked high on the northern rim of the Sichuan Basin, Meng Ding Mountain has been sending clouds to kiss its granite cliffs for m...