Tea Horse Road Chronicles Part 2 - Coming Snow
Nomads 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...
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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
- 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
- Sep 11, 2019
- 2 min
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
- Aug 13, 2019
- 1 min
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
- Jun 20, 2019
- 2 min
Mustang and its Eastern Route – Spring 2019 – Part 1 The Khampa Route
Returns insist upon some reflection and this return is no different. Half a month upon that route of high along the eastern flank of...
Jeff Fuchs
- Feb 2, 2019
- 1 min
Part 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 Fuchs
- Jan 11, 2019
- 1 min
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
- Dec 8, 2018
- 7 min
Mustang Spaces 2 – The Cup, The Mountains
The Tibetan term ‘gtum mo’, pronounced “Tummo” refers to the tantric tradition of meditation that summons or produces heat and a kind of...
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
- Jun 1, 2018
- 4 min
In from the Outpost – Peru Tributes
What reassuringly startles the mind – while settling the heart – at times is the sheer symmetry of landscapes and spaces, and the...
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
- Feb 27, 2018
- 1 min
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
- Jan 29, 2018
- 6 min
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 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...
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