Tag Archives: Jeff Fuchs
Paris Tea Festival
Honoured to be speaking (and sipping) at the 2025 Paris Tea Festival. Will have pots and leaves along for the trip and will focus my little rant upon the people and those informal moments that tea is (still) about. Vintages, … Continue reading
Our “The Tea Explorer” Documentary is – finally – up on Youtube (with heaps of ads).
Almost ten years ago Andrew Gregg, sound magician Mike Josselyn, 90th Parallel, and I, made ’The Tea Explorer’ documentary. Many over the years have asked when it will be available for a more general viewing. Finally, the piece which (still) … Continue reading
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Tea Pot Chronicles in the Amazon
“There isn’t a right time or place for making a first brew within a teapot. It is in the making of many pots of tea that a pot becomes right”. These words, spoken years ago by Mr. Lu in Taiwan … Continue reading
Keynoting World Tea Expo 2024
It is perhaps in some of tea’s more informal moments (and people) that something of the leaf’s spirit is kept immortal. I’ll be happily ranting on about this and tea’s restorative and connecting abilities at the upcoming World Tea Expo … Continue reading
“It’s a Beautiful World with Jeff Fuchs” is now available on Amazon US and Amazon UK
At last. My collaboration with the wonderful crew of creatives at Global Heroes, “It’s a Beautiful World with Jeff Fuchs” is now up and ‘watchable’ on Amazon US and Amazon UK. Link here for the trailer and airing information. The … Continue reading
Seiji Ito’s Clay – A Tokoname Blue
First day in Japan and already a day ‘late’. A day late in meeting a man who has been crafting clay from Tokoname into tea vessels for decades. Upon arrival to Tokyo and dealing with the restless charm of jet-lag … Continue reading
Lobsang – On Water in the Himalayas
A morning of brittle cold that brought the eyes to a standstill in Darlag, southern Amdo. Lobsang watches while his two sons source ice from a nearby ‘lake’ to bring home to boil for morning tea. Lobsang asked me whether … Continue reading
Time with Tseten – Tea Horse Road Trader
We sat in the dark gloom of his home, with a bit of lukewarm butter tea roaming around our hands. Another of the remaining legends of the days of trade and odyssey journey-making along the Tea Horse Road, Tseten was … Continue reading
Tseba, his Tea, and the Walk(s)
One of the most purpose-driven of walkers, Tseba, would prepare a kettle of butter tea every morning before leaving to circumambulate around Litang’s Chode monastery. No less than three rotations would ever be done and afternoons would often see Tseba … Continue reading