Jeff FuchsDec 6, 20201 minTea Horse Road Chronicles Part 2 - Coming SnowNomads tuck into wools as a snow storm begins to usher in a new sky and new snow-filled gusts near Litang, in western Sichuan. The...
Jeff FuchsMar 7, 20206 minWhite Tea Trials on the Big Island and the Memory of a MentorSo 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 FuchsOct 10, 20193 minGyokuro Moments with Tea People – JapanSome 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 FuchsSep 11, 20192 minOur “In From the Outpost” TV Teasers Are Officially OutOne 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 FuchsAug 13, 20191 minNorthern India – A collaboration with Exodus Travels and the Royal Canadian Geographic SocietyTea fuelled, I’ll be returning to one my favourite haunts – and of the most intense and provocative spaces anywhere – collaborating with...
Jeff FuchsJun 20, 20192 minMustang and its Eastern Route – Spring 2019 – Part 1 The Khampa RouteReturns insist upon some reflection and this return is no different. Half a month upon that route of high along the eastern flank of...
Jeff FuchsFeb 2, 20191 minPart 2 of our ‘In from the Outpost’Second Part of our recent ramblings through Peru and the Andean world, with a visit to the village of Chawaytiri here. After demolishing...
Jeff FuchsJan 11, 20191 minIn the Land of Ayni (Part 1) – Outpost MagazinePart 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 FuchsDec 8, 20187 minMustang Spaces 2 – The Cup, The MountainsThe Tibetan term ‘gtum mo’, pronounced “Tummo” refers to the tantric tradition of meditation that summons or produces heat and a kind of...
Jeff FuchsSep 7, 20187 minPuerh and its Other Worlds – Still TherePuerh – The Forest Journeying back into Yunnan’s Xishuangbanna for a later than usual annual immersion into Puerh sourcing, learning and...
Jeff FuchsJun 1, 20184 minIn from the Outpost – Peru TributesWhat reassuringly startles the mind – while settling the heart – at times is the sheer symmetry of landscapes and spaces, and the...
Jeff FuchsApr 19, 20181 minOur “The Tea Explorer” doc film wins Silver World AwardChuffed that our recent documentary “The Tea Explorer” just won a Silver World Award at this year’s 2018 New York Festivals International...
Jeff FuchsMar 29, 20185 minGyokuro – A Small Immersion into UmamiThe 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 FuchsMar 22, 20181 minThe Tea Explorer – Film Night in NYCLooking forward to this little tea infused event hosted by Museum of Tea and Floating Mountain in New York City. Director Andrew E.M....
Jeff FuchsFeb 27, 20181 minCanadian Geographic Interview – A Revisit with the Tea Horse RoadRolling 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 FuchsJan 29, 20186 minTravelling Puerh and the ‘Nonsense’ TeaSometimes there are simple choices rendered simple. Long travel hours and days with bags, different rooms, and tents where the senses are...
Jeff FuchsJan 11, 20181 minThe Tea Explorer – Screening at Toronto Tea FestivalThe Toronto Tea Festival will be hosting director Andrew Gregg and I for a special screening of our ‘Tea Explorer’ film at the upcoming...
Jeff FuchsDec 30, 20174 minTea, 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 FuchsDec 15, 20171 minInternational Tea Day – Lao Banzhang MentorThought 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 FuchsDec 1, 20178 minPuerh’s Ancient Cylinder – 竹面 – Zhú tǒngA local with a freshly unveiled ‘tong’ coming out of its bamboo home. The round cylinder of compressed Puerh, known in southern Yunnan to...