Longjing, literally “Dragon-Well,” is not merely a green tea; it is a liquid manuscript of Chinese history, geography and aesthet...

Mengding Huangya, literally “Yellow Bud of Mengding Mountain,” is the most revered expression of China’s rare yellow tea family. ...

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

Tucked high in the cool foothills of southern Yunnan, where the Mekong bends like liquid jade and the air smells of pine and wild...

If oolong tea is the symphony of Chinese tea craftsmanship, then Da Hong Pao from the Wuyi Mountains is its most dramatic crescen...

Long before Assam, Ceylon, or Earl Grey entered the global lexicon, a small village in the Wuyi massif of Fujian province was alr...

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

Tucked high in the mist-veiled Dabie Mountains of western Anhui Province, Huoshan Huangya has quietly captivated Chinese emperors...

Tucked into the misty folds of southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Liu Bao (literally “Six Forts”) is the quietest...

Among the six great families of Chinese tea, white tea is the least theatrical yet the most haunting: it is picked, withered, and...