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 second part of our journey took us from the high arid zones of Mustang right into the rumbling, high spires of Solukhumbu. The lands of the Sherpa people, the Rai people and names like Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, and … Continue reading →
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Tagged Chukung, EBC, Everest, Everest Base Camp, Everest Three Passes Trek, Glaciers, Gokyo Lake, Gokyo Ri, Himalayas, Jeff Fuchs, Kongma La, Kongma La Pass, mountains, Nepal, Ngozumpa Glacier, Rombuk Glacier, Sherpa, Solukhumbu, Tengboche, trekking
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Trekking along the Khampa Route, along the eastern flank of Mustang, Nepal Continue reading →
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Tagged Culture, Jeff Fuchs, Khampa, Lo, Magar, mountains, Mustang, Nepal, Outdoors, Sherpa, Tea, Tibet, Tibetan culture, Trade Route, Trek, Yak
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Tea and Mountains – The Buzz that leads to the Sky Continue reading →
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Tagged Ba Ma, Boudhanath, Expedition, fuel, Himalayan Expedition, Himalayas, Jeff Fuchs, Jing Mai, Kathmandu, mountains, Nepal, Pu'erh, Sheng Puerh, Tea
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When, a few years ago, I left northwestern Yunnan to join my wife Julie and live here in Hawaii, there were concerns that I’d somehow be removed from what had been my base close to mountains and tea and of the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Akahiao, Akahiao Nature Institute, Big Island Camp, Design Thinking, Farm to table, Gems Program, Jefftea, Mamaki, mountains, nature camp, Nature Immersion in Hawaii, Outdoor Programming, Tea, Tea Time
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The Llama’s ass, tea leaves, and a mountain where the Royal Incas came for guidance from the still-reverent spirit world. Our last instalment (here) of the ‘In from the Outpost’ (on tea’ journeys through the Andean world. Pariaqaqa, a mountain … Continue reading →
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Tagged Andes, Ayni, Coca, exploration, Jeff Fuchs, Jefftea, llama, llama caravan, Pariaqaqa, Peru, Reciprocity, South America, Tanta, Tea
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“The tea caravans would come from the north and they would come in Spring and even winter. The Khampas who accompanied the caravans could frighten and impress us. They were unpredictable and without fear. Their journeys made them indestructible”. Words … Continue reading →
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Tagged Asia, Asia history, butter tea, Himalayas, Jeff Fuchs, mountains, Tea, Tea Horse Road, The Tea Explorer, Tibet, Travel
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A little moment of respite for our incredible hostess who remains still, one of most formidable characters in my memory palace. While running around researching the Tea Horse Road, a friend who was from the Yi minority invited me to … Continue reading →
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Tagged China, Himalayan Portraits, Interview, storytelling, Tea, Tea Horse Road, The Ancient Tea Horse Road, whisky, Woman, yunnan
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Second Part of our recent ramblings through Peru and the Andean world, with a visit to the village of Chawaytiri here. More sips of tea, more coca offers, still more coca…before an offering of a tea cake to the elders, which … Continue reading →
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Tagged Andes, Ayni, In from the Outpost with Jeff Fuchs, Jeff Fuchs, mountains, offerings, Peru, Tea, The Tea Explorer
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Every single year on the tea foraging and sourcing missions I go on, there is a tea that – for any number of reasons – I miss out on acquiring. Here, I’m speaking about good teas that ‘hit’ me. The … Continue reading →
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Tagged classic tea, Green Tea, Jeff Fuchs, Lao Banzhang, Menghai, Old tea, Pu'erh, puer, Puerh tea, Sheng Puerh, Tea Buying, Tea Hunting, Tea Sharing, tea sourcing, The Tea Explorer, yunnan
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Abu is chatty. Not prone to overly long sessions of speaking, Abu, when he is talking, usually has something to expel and it is always a treat watching it begin to emerge. Weeks in and heading west out of old … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adventure, climate, environment, Glaciers, Khampa, Lo Gekar, Lo Manthang, Mustang, Nepal, Outdoors, Samduling, Tea, Third Pole Water, Tibet, Travel, trekking, Water
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