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.
The ‘routes through the sky’ have long brought faith, economics and migration together in an unending stream of life Our expedition has been generously joined by additional sponsorship and assistance from Canada’s Zoomermedia, travelling ‘off the beaten … Continue reading →
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Back to the comforting cold and silence of ‘Shangrila’ here in northwestern Yunnan in preparation for another Outpost Magazine exclusive. Revo Polarized sunglasses, Mountain Hardwear, and our own Jalamteas are sponsoring (and happily fuelling) a ‘western first’ along an ancient … Continue reading →
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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 →
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Tagged Ancient tea trees, China tea culture, Hani indigenous, Hani People, Indigenous culture, Indigenous tea culture, Jeff Fuchs, Pu'erh, Puer tea, southern Yunnan, Tea, tea adventures, tea culture, tea sources, tea travel, Unfermented Pu'erh, unfermented Puer, unfermented tea, yunnan, Yunnan tea culture
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Traders, pilgrims – travelers, who utilized their legs and lungs through the mountain corridors of he Himalayas often tell tales of the mountains’ ‘natural order’, of the inevitable paths that lead and have led through the walls of stone. … Continue reading →
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To the entire creative team at Outpost Magazine, Canada’s award-winning adventure travel magazine who helped turn the Tsa’lam feature into one of their classics – a big thank you. To Wild China, whose patient support and award aided and smoothed the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Amne Machin, Amne Maqin, Amye Maqen, Expedition, Golog, Golok, Jeff Fuchs, mountain travel, mountains, Outpost Adventure Magazine, Outpost Magazine, Qinghai, Salt Road, Salt Road Feature article, Tibetan Mountains, Tsalam, Wild China, Wild China Explorer of the Year 2011
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Skies, snow and peaks have replaced moss-laden trees and the mind clears along with this parting of the eyes’ peripheral. All of a sudden the introspection that has come with days of tunneling through gargoyle forests and wandering mosses gets … Continue reading →
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Mornings can ease in or they bump in. I wake in Gebo and have somehow managed to roll not only off of my matt but make it a good three metres from where I first lay my head the night … Continue reading →
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Tagged buddhism, circumambulation, Expedition, Himalayas, Jeff Fuchs, Kawa Karpo, kora, Meili Snow Mountain, Mountain, mountains, Nomad, Tibet, Tibetans, Treks in Southwest China, yunnan, Yunnan trekking
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For anyone reading this, whether by happy accident or by loyal readership, this is what Aurelien has drafted up – the sometimes wonderful coupon for purchasing our Bada tea cake. When you access Jalam Teas simply type in “T&M-$10off” as your … Continue reading →
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Tagged Ancient tea trees of Yunnan, Bada Puerh, compressed tea cake, Jalam Tea Launch, Jalam Teas, Jeff Fuchs, tea cake, Unfermented Pu'erh, Yunnan tea, Yunnan unfermented Puerh
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And so, after much sipping and traveling; after obsessing on how to get teas ‘out of the bag’ from the gardens and ancient tea sources to you direct, Allen, Aurelien and myself have finally got our modest version of how … Continue reading →
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Tagged 100 gram Puerh Cakes, Ancient Tea Tree, Ancient Teas, Big Leaf Yunnan varietal, Camellia Sinensis Assamica, Direct Sourcing Tea, Green Tea, Jeff Fuchs, Pu'erh, Rare Puerhs, Tea, Tea Cakes, Tea Company, Tea from Yunnan, Tea ordering, Yunnan tea, Yunnan unfermented Puerh
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Jana is one of those towns that looks to be embarrassed with itself, somehow inward looking with its newly built homes falling into disrepair and a winding dusty road that is littered with refuse. We one depart it one … Continue reading →
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Tagged animism, asia treks, buddhism, China, Expedition, Himalayan treks, Himalayas, Jeff Fuchs, Kawa Karpo, kawa karpo kora, kawa karpo trek, Michael Kleinwort, sacred mountains of Tibet, sacred snow mountain, Southwest China, Tibetans, yunnan, Yunnan trekking
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