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.
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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Part 1 of our journey into the Andean world and my own slight obsession with the concept and Quechuan word, Ayni, here. The Quechuan word ‘Ayni’…a sublime and old Andean idea; a responsibility that one has to one’s community. A … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adventure, Andes, Ayni, mountains, Peru, Qapaq Nan, Quechua, Reciprocity, Share, South America, Trek
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Withered little holes of caves rest in a line hundreds of metres above on a sheer wall of red stone. This pattern has repeated itself again and again on this journey. On sheer walls – upon closer looks through a … Continue reading →
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Tagged arra, Choser, climate, environment, Expedition, Himalayas, Jeff Fuchs, Kali Gandaki, kora, mountains, Mustang, Nepal, Outdoor, Samzong, Tea, Tibet, trade routes, Trek, Tsarang, whisky, Wind
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The Tibetan term ‘gtum mo’, pronounced “Tummo” refers to the tantric tradition of meditation that summons or produces heat and a kind of blissful warmth within the body. It is a kind of yogic heat, which is attained through a … Continue reading →
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Tagged climate, Expedition, fuel, glacier, Himalayas, Jeff Fuchs, Kali Gandaki, Khampa, mountains, Mustang, Nepal, Pu'erh, puer, Rivers, Tea, Third Pole Water, Tibet, Water
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Departing along the Khampa route along the eastern flank of Mustang. Continue reading →
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Tagged Expedition, Himalayas, Jeff Fuchs, Khampa, Ladakh, Lo Manthang, mountains, Mustang, Nepal, The Tea Explorer, Tibet, Trade Route
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Ladakh expedition plans changed last minute to Mustang. One stunning Himalayan world for another…and one historically linked to another in days of trade. We will trudge by foot north to Lo Manthang from just north of Jomson providing the flights … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adventure, Expedition, Jeff Fuchs, Kali Gandaki, Mustang, Naka Puerh, Nepal, Offering, Tea, The Tea Explorer, Trade Route, Travel, Trek
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Outdoor Immersion Programs with Jeff Fuchs and Julie Rogers on Hawaii’s Big Island Continue reading →
What reassuringly startles the mind – while settling the heart – at times is the sheer symmetry of landscapes and spaces, and the cultures that reside within and with them. The methodology that people use to deal with spaces and … Continue reading →
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Tagged Andes, In from the Outpost with Jeff Fuchs, Jeff Fuchs, mountains, Mountains Matter, Nature, Peru, Pu'erh, Puerh in Peru, sharing, Tea, The Tea Explorer, wisdom
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