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...
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Jeff Fuchs
- Mar 7, 2020
- 6 min
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, 2019
- 4 min
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, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2018
- 7 min
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, 2018
- 1 min
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, 2018
- 5 min
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, 2018
- 1 min
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, 2018
- 1 min
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, 2017
- 4 min
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, 2017
- 1 min
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, 2017
- 8 min
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, 2017
- 5 min
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, 2017
- 2 min
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, 2017
- 5 min
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, 2017
- 7 min
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, 2017
- 6 min
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, 2016
- 6 min
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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