Category Archives: Tea
Jingmai Pu’erh – The Mild Giant
When one is able to link a cup of tea – its leaves, strengths, and characteristics – to its origins, it creates a link that is irreplaceable. When one can link a tea to ‘its people’ that is one of … Continue reading
A Time of Talk … of Tea – Xishuangbanna lll
There is always a kind of inevitability of events in China. With the rush, the masses, the intensity of purpose, things just MOVE!! There is the sense at times that the speed and lack of warning of when something … Continue reading
Up a Classic with a Classic – Xishuangbanna Continued
Teashops and tea cups have to at some point make way for the tea forests and fields. Fluid must give way to its ‘source. As much as my entire being loves to be shoved into a tight little shop sipping … Continue reading
An Arrival – Xishuangbanna/Sipsongbanna
Heat, Green, Some Characters…and more Green There are moments when the senses tell the rest of the body that one has arrived; moments when the body knows something before the mind does. Stepping out of a plane’s hatch, hot air … Continue reading
A Tea for Departures – Lau Banzhang
Embarking for the south of Yunnan on the tea sourcing mission tomorrow, it seems a perfect time to indulge in a little ‘tea’ farewell from home here in Shangrila. Above, on the wooden slats of my Tibetan home’s roof, ice … Continue reading
“Hu Kai – A Tea of the Soul” … and one that still stuns the tongue
It remains a tea that I don’t get enough of (which will hopefully be remedied in the coming two weeks). My fierce Lahu contact in Xishuangbanna assures me that this will be the case. Hu Kai’s roots, flavours, and understated … Continue reading
“Tea’s Ancient Trees” – Absolute green, absolute heat, and absolute tea
There are few geographies (with their perks) that I would rather be than amidst the ancient tea forests of southern Yunnan, and fewer-still fluids that I’d rather consume than these forest’s ancient teas. The full article here: “Tea’s Ancient Trees” … Continue reading
China Radio International interview with Jeff Fuchs
Vincent Zheng of China Radio’s “Voices from Other Lands” interviews Jeff on the Tea Horse Road’s many strands and influences: http://english.cri.cn/8706/2012/03/15/2422s687070.htm
Interview – China Travel – Tea Horse Road
Returning to the winds, a shy sun and some sputtering snow flakes here in northwestern Yunnan from Shanghai and an inspired ’2011 Shanghai International Literary Festival’. Huge thanks to the entire team at “M on the Bund”, particularly … Continue reading
