Monthly Archives: February 2011
Blizzard in the Mountains above Shangri La
A blizzard ‘in waiting’ gains strength at 4,682 meters on the eastern extension of the Himalayas in northwestern Yunnan, China.
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Puer´s Ancient Green Home- Part I
Puer’s isolated and unassuming roots revealed in southwestern China. Continue reading
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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
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Shika Mountain – The Forgotten Guardian I
“Know when to rise and when to retreat if you wish to see another sunrise” – Himalayan muleteer saying – There are mountains that quietly come under the heading of ‘understated beauty residing in plain site’; Shika Mountain in northwestern … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient Tea Horse Road, China travel, exploration, horse and tea road, Jeff Fuchs, mountain exploration, northwestern yunnan, sacred mountain, sacred mountains of Tibet, sacred walks, Shangri-La, shangrila, Tea Horse Road, tibet travel
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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
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Tagged Aini People, ancient tea culture, Ancient tea trees, Ancient tea trees of Yunnan, Dai, Hani People, Indigenous tea culture, Jeff Fuchs, lahu, northwestern yunnan, Pu'erh, puer, Puer tea, Puerh tea, pulang, southwestern china, Tea, Tea Horse Road, Wa, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan tea
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