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.
Time is always the great and constant editor and time winds down to the actual departure date of the Salt Road (Tsalam) journey. One can prepare gear, the body and the mind but that first blast of wind in the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Amdo, China travel, exploration, Golog, Golok, Himalayas, Jeff Fuchs, Qinghai, Salt, Salt Road, Salt Route, Tibet, Tibetan-Qinghai Plateau, Trade, Traders, trekking, Tsa, Tsalam, wolf
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Sour Tea: The Indigenous World’s Treat Within the muggy mists of eastern Burma, amidst the toughened and muscular indigenous minorities of southern Yunnan there can still be found tea traditions that transcend any tea trends, eras or pretentious terms. There … Continue reading →
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Tagged burma, China travel, hani, indigenous, Indigenous tea culture, Jeff Fuchs, lahu, Pu'erh, puer, pulang, sour tea, southwest china tea, suan cha, Tea, tea history, tradition, yunnan, yunnan history, Yunnan tea
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The Route of White Gold When: May, 2011 Who: Jeff Fuchs, Michael Kleinwort Where: Southern Qinghai (Amdo) One of the ancient world’s great and unheralded trade routes was the eastern Himalayas’ Tsalam, or Salt Road. Known to many Tibetans as … Continue reading →
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Tagged Amdo, Amne Machin, Amye Maqen, Honkor, Jeff Fuchs, Maqen, Maqu, Michael Kleinwort, Nomad, nomadic, Qinghai, Salt, Salt Road, Salt Route, Tea Horse Road, Trade, Tsa, Tsalam
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Many say snow is silent; I would say that snow silences and mutes like few other elements known, but it is not silent. Snow at altitude pops and pricks and it bounces in small booms especially when its good … Continue reading →
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Tagged abujee, Expedition, Gyalthang, Indigenous culture, Jeff Fuchs, mountains, sacred mountain, sacred snow mountain, shangrila, shika, snow mountain, Tibetans, Trek, yi, Yunnan trekking, Zhongdian
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Silkwind magazine March/April 2011 Templar Tea Company – Tea blog with Jeff Fuchs Kyoto Journal Kyoto Journal II South China Morning Post Wild China blog Mr. Tea The Independent City Weekend Beijing Tea & Travel
Kilometres behind Shika landscapes become smudged white paintings – with a soundtrack of seething gusts. It is not only the increase in altitudes that seem to strengthen the storm. It is the journey leading further into the remote valleys. Temperatures … Continue reading →
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Tagged china trekking, Expedition, exploration, Himalayas, Jeff Fuchs, Mountain, mountain trekking, northwestern yunnan, sacred mountains, sacred mountains of Tibet, Shangri-La, shangrila, Tibet, trekking, yunnan, Yunnan trekking, Zhongdian
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We are heading to one of Xiao Yang’s ‘uncle’s’ homes for a sitting and sipping of a potent new batch of sheng (raw/green/unoxidized) Puer. Here the black Pu’erhs are referred to as “candy”, something “useless” and worse – something that … Continue reading →
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Tagged Ancient tea tree tea, Ancient tea trees of Yunnan, Hani People, Indigenous tea culture, Jeff Fuchs, Lao Banzhang, Lau Banzhang, Pu'erh, puer, southwestern china, tea exploration, tea travel, Yunnan tea
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A blizzard ‘in waiting’ gains strength at 4,682 meters on the eastern extension of the Himalayas in northwestern Yunnan, China.
“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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