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Jeff Fuchs
May 19, 20201 min read
International Tea Day, May 21st – Conversation on Youtube Live
Nice bit of recognition for the leaf as this coming May 21st has been officially designated as International Tea Day…though for many of...


Jeff Fuchs
Mar 7, 20206 min read
White Tea Trials on the Big Island and the Memory of a Mentor
So many sips and times of tea that have made their way into me have been enhanced while sitting in the surrounds and spaces in which the...


Jeff Fuchs
Nov 2, 20194 min read
Umami Flows West to Puerh and its Bite
A flow westward out of one of the most precision oriented cultures of the leaf to a tiny corner (and an old home of mine) in southwestern...


Jeff Fuchs
Oct 18, 20192 min read
The Teahouse – Japan Flows Forward
The first concept that is immediately put on the shelf about a teahouse here in Japan is that there will be no fun. The second concept is...


Jeff Fuchs
Oct 10, 20193 min read
Gyokuro Moments with Tea People – Japan
Some sage and simple wisdom as always from those who spend time at the source, at the cup, and in the tea houses. Travel through some of...


Jeff Fuchs
Jan 18, 20192 min read
The Tea That Got Away
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...


Jeff Fuchs
Sep 7, 20187 min read
Puerh and its Other Worlds – Still There
Puerh – The Forest Journeying back into Yunnan’s Xishuangbanna for a later than usual annual immersion into Puerh sourcing, learning and...


Jeff Fuchs
Apr 19, 20181 min read
Our “The Tea Explorer” doc film wins Silver World Award
Chuffed that our recent documentary “The Tea Explorer” just won a Silver World Award at this year’s 2018 New York Festivals International...


Jeff Fuchs
Mar 29, 20185 min read
Gyokuro – A Small Immersion into Umami
The little cedar hand-crafted box had been brought by a friend Tomoyo from Japan and had been waiting to be opened for months. Tidy and...

Jeff Fuchs
Mar 22, 20181 min read
The Tea Explorer – Film Night in NYC
Looking forward to this little tea infused event hosted by Museum of Tea and Floating Mountain in New York City. Director Andrew E.M....


Jeff Fuchs
Jan 11, 20181 min read
The Tea Explorer – Screening at Toronto Tea Festival
The Toronto Tea Festival will be hosting director Andrew Gregg and I for a special screening of our ‘Tea Explorer’ film at the upcoming...


Jeff Fuchs
Dec 30, 20174 min read
Tea, Mountains and The Close of a Year. Tributes and Moments
‘The Rice Eater’. A particularly strategic rice coveting monkey in Kathmandu who provided a spectacle lasting for 20 minutes. A new year...


Jeff Fuchs
Dec 15, 20171 min read
International Tea Day – Lao Banzhang Mentor
Thought I’d be remiss if I didn’t bow the head to a quiet mentor of mine in the tea world during this International Tea Day. Master...


Jeff Fuchs
Dec 1, 20178 min read
Puerh’s Ancient Cylinder – 竹面 – Zhú tǒng
A local with a freshly unveiled ‘tong’ coming out of its bamboo home. The round cylinder of compressed Puerh, known in southern Yunnan to...


Jeff Fuchs
Oct 15, 20175 min read
Sips at the 2017 International Tea Conference in Hubei
Tea covers and stretches across entire hillsides of the province of Hubei and yet I’ve never been. While I’d heard of the teas, none I...


Jeff Fuchs
Sep 9, 20172 min read
Tea Explorer Extended Run – On CBC’s Doc Channel
We’re delighted to announce that our documentary film The Tea Explorer film is getting an additional airing on Sunday Sept, 10th at 9 pm...


Jeff Fuchs
Aug 12, 20175 min read
Moments with an Aging Classic – Bada at 10 years
“Forget about worrying about age. Forget it! If a tea isn’t made well, it isn’t going to become better. It is just going to age”....


Jeff Fuchs
Mar 17, 20177 min read
Darjeeling Chronicles (2 of 2) – Jungpana
Past Kurseong’s mildly raging centre of town we settle at last at Goomtee, again with Rajiv acting as flawless and entertaining guide...


Jeff Fuchs
Feb 24, 20176 min read
Darjeeling Chronicles 1 (of 2) – To Jungpana Slowly
An act that will repeat itself again and again…the great pour. A joy is sometimes not having a huge frame of reference nor expectation....


Jeff Fuchs
Aug 12, 20166 min read
He Kai Ancient Tree Puerh – A Long Walk
Nothing quite ‘scars’ the palate like a magnificent hit of a powerful tea. From that moment forward something has changed and it might as...
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