Category Archives: Tea

Tea – After an all night 7-hour tea session (and the ensuing rapture) in a Taiwanese teahouse, my own ‘tea fix’ was fixed. Asia’s great green commodity has (like few other luxuries) soothed, fed and stimulated. Tea holds a vital role as one of the few constants in my life – a constant that only becomes more satisfying with time.

Jalam Teas Launch

Posted on November 22, 2011 by JeffFuchs

And so, after much sipping and traveling; after obsessing on how to get teas ‘out of the bag’ from the gardens and ancient tea sources to you direct, Allen, Aurelien and myself have finally got our modest version of how … Continue reading →

Posted in Explorations, Media, Tea | Tagged 100 gram Puerh Cakes, Ancient Tea Tree, Ancient Teas, Big Leaf Yunnan varietal, Camellia Sinensis Assamica, Direct Sourcing Tea, Green Tea, Jeff Fuchs, Pu'erh, Rare Puerhs, Tea, Tea Cakes, Tea Company, Tea from Yunnan, Tea ordering, Yunnan tea, Yunnan unfermented Puerh | 9 Comments

The ‘Tea’ of the Tea Horse Road

Posted on September 12, 2011 by JeffFuchs

Much of the Tea Horse Road’s great appeal is the sheer expanse of geography taken in – some estimate (as we did when our team traveled it) that five thousand grand kilometres taking in rafts of culture, language, diet, altitude … Continue reading →

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Guest Blog Post for Asha Tea House

Posted on August 27, 2011 by JeffFuchs

Guest blog post for David Lau’s Asha Tea House in California on tea’s very simple and understated origins in southwestern Yunnan – Pulang Mountain – here

Posted in Tea | Tagged ancient tea culture, Ancient tea trees, Indigenous tea culture, Jeff Fuchs, Jeff Fuchs guest tea blog, Pu'erh, puer, Puer tea culture, tea culture, tea exploration, Yunnan tea, Yunnan tea culture | 4 Comments

Mr. Lu’s Dong Ding – A Flight of Taiwanese Fancy in Qinghai

Posted on August 22, 2011 by JeffFuchs

Days of wandering the mountains and the sturdy nomadic corridors of Qinghai and Gansu have brought Taiwan’s world of lush Oolongs to my mind, though there are little external or obvious links…perhaps it is simply a ‘thirst’. Years have passed … Continue reading →

Posted in Explorations, Mountains, Tea | Tagged Amdo, Dong Ding Oolong, Dong Ding Oolong Tea, Expedition, exploration, High Mountain Oolong, Jeff Fuchs, Luku, Nantou County, Oolong, Qinghai, Taiwan Mists, Taiwan Tea, Tea, Tea Harvest, Tea picking, Tibetan-Qinghai Plateau, Tung Ting, Wulong | 4 Comments

Jeff Fuchs to headline “Explore” Series at Bookworm in Beijing

Posted on August 6, 2011 by JeffFuchs

Delighted to be the opening speaker at the Bookworm’s Explorer Series this coming August 2011, in Beijing. Privileged to be able to share. Will be talking (and on occasion ranting) about two routes (and their precious people and memories) … Continue reading →

Posted in Explorations, Media, Mountains, Tea | Tagged Ancient Tea Horse Road, China travel, Expedition, exploration, Himalayan Trade, Indigenous tea culture, Jeff Fuchs, northwestern yunnan, Puer tea culture, sacred mountains of Tibet, Tea Horse Road, Tea Horse Trails, tea trade in Asia, tibet travel, Tibetan-Qinghai Plateau, Yunnan tea culture | Comments Off

Interview with Jeff Fuchs on Tea and Co.

Posted on July 6, 2011 by JeffFuchs

Pour yourself a cup of tea and click here to read more about Jeff’s very subjective views on tea.

Posted in Tea | Tagged Ancient tea trees tea journey, author tea ritual, Explorer, Indigenous tea culture, Jeff Fuchs, Oolong, Pu'erh, Puer tea, Puer tea culture, Puerh tea, taiwan, Tea, Tea blends, tea drinking, Wulong, Xishuanbanna, Xishuangbanna, yunnan, Yunnan tea, Yunnan tea culture | 2 Comments

Nannuo Mountain and a Smitten Tongue

Posted on June 24, 2011 by JeffFuchs

A yellow bolt of colour blazes from just outside of the hut. Drying kernels of corn create a carpet of bright yellow. Lean mountain chickens make haste to strut into the shaded areas and a family dog looks to have … Continue reading →

Posted in Explorations, Tea | Tagged Aini People, ancient tea culture, Ancient tea mountains, Ancient Tea Tree, Bang Po, hani, Hani People, Indigenous tea culture, Jeff Fuchs, Nannuo, Nannuo Mountain, Pa San, Puer tea, Puerh tea, tea exploration, Tea harvesting, tea mountains, tea mountains of yunnan, Yunnan tea, Yunnan tea mountains | 2 Comments

Nongyang

Posted on April 29, 2011 by JeffFuchs

Sour Tea: The Indigenous World’s Treat Within the muggy mists of eastern Burma, amidst the toughened and muscular indigenous minorities of southern Yunnan there can still be found tea traditions that transcend any tea trends, eras or pretentious terms. There … Continue reading →

Posted in Tea | Tagged burma, China travel, hani, indigenous, Indigenous tea culture, Jeff Fuchs, lahu, Pu'erh, puer, pulang, sour tea, southwest china tea, suan cha, Tea, tea history, tradition, yunnan, yunnan history, Yunnan tea | 5 Comments

Pu’erh´s Ancient Green Home- Part II

Posted on March 9, 2011 by JeffFuchs

We are heading to one of Xiao Yang’s ‘uncle’s’ homes for a sitting and sipping of a potent new batch of sheng (raw/green/unoxidized) Puer. Here the black Pu’erhs are referred to as “candy”, something “useless” and worse – something that … Continue reading →

Posted in Explorations, Tea | Tagged Ancient tea tree tea, Ancient tea trees of Yunnan, Hani People, Indigenous tea culture, Jeff Fuchs, Lao Banzhang, Lau Banzhang, Pu'erh, puer, southwestern china, tea exploration, tea travel, Yunnan tea | 7 Comments

Puer´s Ancient Green Home- Part I

Posted on February 23, 2011 by JeffFuchs

Puer’s isolated and unassuming roots revealed in southwestern China. Continue reading →

Posted in Explorations, Tea | Tagged Akha, Ancient Tea Horse Road, Ancient tea trees, hani, Indigenous tea culture, indigenous tea history, Jeff Fuchs, minority tea culture, Pu'erh, puer, Puerh tea, southern Yunnan tea, southwest china tea, Tea, tea history, Yunnan Puer tea | Comments Off

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