Tag Archives: Tea
Photo Essay Feature in Action Asia Adventure Magazine: The Tea Horse Road, Nomadic Route of Salt, and The Route of Wind and Wool
Photo-Essay feature of mine out in Hong Kong’s Action Asia this week. Images and tales of the precious Himalayan ‘routes through the sky’, the faces, and the vital memories and lessons along them. Not simply trade routes of economic vitality, … Continue reading
New York’s Tea Drunk – I’m Bringing Pu erh tea Leaves and We’re Drinking
After the Explorers Club talk this Friday, I head south for tea sips to New York. No regular sips either…Pu erh tea leaves off of ancient trees. I’ll be in New York at the wonderful Tea Drunk sipping, serving, being … Continue reading
Tea Tour with Jeff Fuchs and Sri Lanka In Style through Sri Lanka
One of this year’s joys will be hosting another kind of tea tour. This tea tour is aided by the impeccable talents of Sri Lanka in Style across jungles, into cultures, and all happily fuelled by teas of a different … Continue reading
Tea Interview with Tealet and Jeff Fuchs…with Tea
Tealet’s fearless leader Elyse Petersen sits down for an interview with yours truly about tea, where I get to gently rant a bit about Puerh tea, people, and why tea and people cannot be separated. Enjoyed with a sip of … Continue reading
Expedition Update: Jalamteas sponsors ‘The Route of Wind of Wool’ with green fuel
Not coming as a shock to many, our expedition has gained some fuel of the ancient green variety from my own co-founded ‘Jalamteas‘. Michael and I will sip of the tea trees of southern Yunnan with a variety of leaves … Continue reading
Expedition Update “The Route of Wool and Wind”
Time is winding down on preparations for Michael and I to depart for Ladakh and the India Himalaya. Our month long exploration of one of the ancient world’s great and daunting trade routes is a little over a month away. … Continue reading
The Tea Boss Arrives…Without Warning
Wang Ling has arrived giving me only a couple of hours warning, and she is no conventional guest. She is a tea master with a personality that frequently ranges from the absurdly giggly to the mute tones of a … Continue reading
South Tea Sips 2: Meals, Forearms, and an Enduring Tea Truth
Meals seem to at times provide the only respite from the luscious infusions of tea which hit from everywhere at once. We sit in Dafa’s dark wooden kitchen on the second floor of his home deep into Nan Nuo’s … Continue reading
South Tea Sips l : Marco, Matè, and Menghai
Marco Antonio Zamboni Zalamena and his matè bag have arrived but I cannot find either. Three different bus stations in southern Yunnan’s hot capital of Jinghong are empty of him. I’m ripped on far too much tea, slightly manic, … Continue reading
My latest article for UNESCO on tea
Goes without say that the article (titled “Ancient Green Wisdom“) is best read with a cup of tea and perhaps a good deal more than simply “a” cup