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.
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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Here you will find links to tea and mountain related articles written by Jeff Fuchs as well as interviews with Jeff Fuchs. A little bit of selfish indulgence of two needs. Article in Kyoto Journal Article in Outpost Article at … Continue reading →
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Tagged Ancient tea trees, China travel, expeditions, exploration, fermented tea, Himalayas, Indigenous tea culture, Jeff Fuchs, minority tea culture, mountains, northwestern Yunnan exploration, Pu'erh, puer, sacred mountains, sacred snow mountains, tibet travel, unfermented tea, yunnan, Yunnan tea culture
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In keeping with a ‘love of the green’ I have entered into an agreement with Templar Foods to be their ‘Global Tea Ambassador’ which gives me an even greater excuse to dig into the world of tea. Stories, videos and … Continue reading →
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Tagged chinese tea, indigenous tea history, Jeff Fuchs, Puer tea, Tea, tea blog, tea history, tea stories, Yunnan Puer tea, Yunnan Puerh tea, Yunnan unfermented Puerh
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