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

May 19, 20201 min read

Live Chat with Michael Kleinwort and Kora this Wednesday April 15th at 16:00 PST

Within one of the many nomadic encampments where Michael and I shared tea, warmth, and tales. Will be chatting all things mountains,...

Jeff Fuchs

Apr 14, 20201 min read

Feature Article in Outpost – The Kingdom of Lo (Mustang)

Timely cover feature in Outpost magazine as I head back up and into Nepal’s Himalayas and their tales and characters, their struggles,...

Jeff Fuchs

Nov 19, 20192 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

Oct 10, 20193 min read

Our “In From the Outpost” TV Teasers Are Officially Out

One of the most impactful concepts and terms last year was the word ‘Ayni’. Used in the Andean world by many of its peoples, it was a...

Jeff Fuchs

Sep 11, 20192 min read

Northern India – A collaboration with Exodus Travels and the Royal Canadian Geographic Society

Tea fuelled, I’ll be returning to one my favourite haunts – and of the most intense and provocative spaces anywhere – collaborating with...

Jeff Fuchs

Aug 13, 20191 min read

Spring 2019 – Part 2 – Solukhumbu – The Spires and The Everest Three Passes Trek

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...

Jeff Fuchs

Jun 29, 20194 min read

Akahiao Nature Institute…and tea times

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...

Jeff Fuchs

Apr 11, 20193 min read

In the Land of Ayni (Part 1) – Outpost Magazine

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...

Jeff Fuchs

Jan 11, 20191 min read

Qhapaq Nan – The ‘other’ Great Route Through the Sky

Departures by plane seem to suck some of the magic out of tangible travel but they do usher in other spaces and ways of life in a rush...

Jeff Fuchs

Apr 29, 20182 min read

Himalayan Pashmina – The Journeys That Wool Took

Outpost Magazine just revisited a story I wrote about a series of trade routes that brought Pashmina wool from high in the Himalayas down...

Jeff Fuchs

Apr 2, 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

Mar 22, 20181 min read

Canadian Geographic Interview – A Revisit with the Tea Horse Road

Rolling back some years with Canadian Geographic to a time when the leaf and the Tea Horse Road came full force into my blood stream. One...

Jeff Fuchs

Feb 27, 20181 min read

Travelling Puerh and the ‘Nonsense’ Tea

Sometimes there are simple choices rendered simple. Long travel hours and days with bags, different rooms, and tents where the senses are...

Jeff Fuchs

Jan 29, 20186 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 15, 20171 min read

Our Tea Explorer at Hawaii’s International Film Festival

Tea-Fuelled fun on the tea stained carpets And so our Tea Explorer documentary of mountains, memories and leaves opened at the Hawaiian...

Jeff Fuchs

Nov 9, 20172 min read

The Tea Explorer Film to Screen at Hawaii International Film Festival

On November 6th, our documentary, The Tea Explorer, will show at the Hawaii International Film Festival. Tea’s origins and that wonderful...

Jeff Fuchs

Oct 31, 20171 min read

Feature Article: The Great Gangotri – Feeder of the Ganges

Gongotri Glacier – Great Feeder of the River Ganges One of the great moving river bodies of the planet, the mother Ganges, is fed by the...

Jeff Fuchs

Sep 17, 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

Sep 9, 20172 min read

Interview with Love for Tea – The Tea Explorer

Love when the word ‘conversation’ is used instead of Interview. Had a wonderful ‘conversation’ with the eloquent Ruhani Sandhu of Rangsaa...

Jeff Fuchs

Jul 26, 20171 min read