Hidden in the mist-laced hills that rise from the eastern shore of Lake Tai in Jiangsu Province, Biluochun—literally “Green Snail...

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

Liu Bao, literally “Six Forts,” is the name of a small market town in the southern Chinese province of Guangxi, yet to tea histor...

If green tea is the bright youth of Chinese tea culture and pu-erh its venerable elder, then white tea is the culture’s quiet phi...

If any tea can be called a living perfume, it is Phoenix Dancong. Grown on the fog-laced slopes of the Phoenix Mountains in north...

If every family tree has a patriarch, then the sprawling dynasty of black teas scattered across India, Sri Lanka and East Africa ...

Tucked between the mist-laden hills of Dongting Mountain and the rippling waters of Lake Tai in Jiangsu Province, Biluochun—liter...

Hidden above the perpetual cloud belt of Sichuan Province, the Meng Ding range has been sending spring water and fragrant tea to ...

Tucked into the cloud-veined folds of north-western Hunan, the small county of Anhua has been whispering to tea leaves for more t...

Among the six great families of Chinese tea, white tea is the least theatrical yet the most elusive. It is not rolled, not roast...