Tag Archives: Hani People
Bang Ma Sip
A little recollection of being introduced to Bang Ma tea; it contentedly remains a tea by my side on every journey since discovering it. There are moments that hit when the head and heart – and in this particular … Continue reading
Nannuo Mountain and a Smitten Tongue
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
Pu’erh´s Ancient Green Home- Part II
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
Welcome to the Jeff Fuchs Tea Blog
It seems only fair that this first tea entry begins where the ‘green’ begins – tea’s humid and understated roots. Here, where tea has been nurtured virtually unchanged in all of the patient centuries and where still today the green … Continue reading