About JeffFuchs
Having lived for a decade in Yunnan, Fuchs’ work has centred on indigenous mountain cultures, oral histories along with an obsessive interest in tea.
Fuchs is the author of 'The Ancient Tea Horse Road' (Viking-Penguin) and he was the subject of 'The Tea Explorer' documentary based on his exploration of the Tea Horse Road.
His photos and stories have appeared on three continents in publications such as Kyoto Journal, TRVL, and Outpost Magazine, as well as The Spanish Expedition Society, The Earth, Silkroad Foundation, The China Post Newspaper, The Toronto Star, The South China Morning Post, and UNESCO amongst others. Various pieces of his work are part of private collections in Europe, North America, and Asia. Fuchs served as Asian Editor at Large for five years at award-winning Outpost magazine.
Jeff has worked with schools and universities, giving talks on both the importance of oral traditions, tea and mountain cultures.
His recently released book ‘The Ancient Tea Horse Road’ (Penguin-Viking Publishers) details his 8-month groundbreaking journey traveling and chronicling one of the world’s great trade routes, The Tea Horse Road. Fuchs is the first westerner to have completed the entire route stretching almost six thousand kilometers through the Himalayas a dozen cultures.
Fuchs partnered with Wild China to create a journey along the Tea Horse Road which National Geographic Traveler called one of the "50 Trips of a Lifetime".
He is co-founder of Akahiao Nature Institute on the island of Hawai'i along with his wife, Julie Rogers.
Mr. Gao quietly sweats his way through the busy harvest seasons and isn’t caught up with the ‘hype’ that accompanies terminology. He and his hands and his ancestors have long known tea from the roots to the shoots and he creates masterpieces. Continue reading →
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Tagged China Tea, green leaf, Green Tea, International Tea Day, Internationalteaday, Lao Banzhang, Mentors, Pan Frying, Pu'erh, puer, Tea
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The round cylinder of compressed Puerh, was formed using a bamboo husk and provided one of the most effective means of transporting tea along the Tea Horse Road. Continue reading →
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Tagged Ancient Tea Horse Road, Bamboo, Bulling Mountain, butter tea, Cha, churned tea, He Kai, Himalayas, Jalamteas, mountains, Pu'erh, puer, tè, Tea, tea caravans, Tea Horse Road, tea trade, tee, the, Tibet, Xishuangbanna, yunnan, Yunnan tea
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Tea sips in Hubei Province during the 2017 International Tea Conference. Continue reading →
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Tagged chinese tea, Green Tea, Hospitality, Hubei, International Tea Conference, Pu'erh, puer, Red Tea, Sips, Tea Masters Cup
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One of the great moving river bodies of the planet, the mother Ganges, is fed by the Himalayan Water Towers; glaciers that ebb slowly at greater speeds. We know the river itself but not necessarily the epic bodies that feed it. They are revered and worshiped…and they do ebb. The Gangotri is one of those feeders. Continue reading →
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Tagged cover, Expedition, feature, freshwater, Gangotri, Garhwal, glacier, Himalayas, Ice, India, Jeff Fuchs, mountains, Outpost Magazine, the third pole, Uttarakhand, Water
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We’re delighted to announce that our documentary film The Tea Explorer film is getting an additional airing on Sunday Sept, 10th at 9 pm ET/10 PT on CBC’s Doc Channel in Canada. Best taken with a cup of leaves and water … Continue reading →
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Tagged altitude, Asian History, butter tea, caravans, cbc, CBC Doc Channel, CBC Docs, Cha, China, classic, Documentary Film, Himalayas, Jeff Fuchs, Mustang, Nepal, Outside, Pu'erh, puer, Tea, Tea Horse Road, The Tea Explorer, Tibet, Trade, Travel, yunnan
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One of the many voices that have counselled and often chided me comes from Mr. Li from Guangdong. Buyer of exceptional teas throughout China for collectors for decades, he runs a teashop that specializes in teas that are simply out of most people’s price range. “Aged” teas was one of his great peeves and discussion points. He raged against pricing a tea simply based on an apparent age of tea. Continue reading →
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Tagged Bada Mountain, China, classic tea, Old tea, Pu'erh, puer, sage, Tea, Tea Tasting, wisdom, yunnan
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A conversation about The Tea Explorer film, favourite teas, and the Himalayan trade routes with Ruhani Sandhu. Continue reading →
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Tagged Adventure, Explore, He Kai, Himalayas, Interview, Jalamteas, Jeff Fuchs, Lao Ban Zhang, Love for Teas, mountains, Nepal, Pu'erh, puer, Rangsaa, Ruhani Sandhu, Tea, Tea Route, tea traders, The Tea Explorer, The Tea Horse Road, yunnan
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