Tucked away in the misty mountains of southern Guangxi, Liu Bao tea has spent four centuries quietly perfecting the art of gettin...

Tucked high on the forested ridges of Yunnan’s Simao and Lincang prefectures, a tea that rarely reaches international shelves is ...

High in the Wuyi Mountains of northern Fujian, where the Min River cuts sheer granite into tooth-shaped cliffs, a small group of ...

When European tea drinkers first encountered the dark, crinkled leaves that brewed into a bright crimson liquor in the late seven...

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

High on the mist-crowned peaks of Mt. Meng in Sichuan province, where clouds brush the shoulders of Tang-dynasty stone terraces, ...

Liu Bao—pronounced “lee-ow bao”—is the quiet genius of China’s dark-tea family. While Pu-erh hoards the limelight, this cousin f...

Tucked into the northern corner of China’s Fujian province, the small counties of Fuding and Zhenghe guard a secret that once tra...

High above the winding Nine-Bend Stream of northern Fujian, the vertical cliffs of Mount Wuyi trap humid mists that have nourishe...

Long before English breakfast tables knew the malty kiss of any “black” tea, caravans loaded an unusual leaf from the Wuyi massif...