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...

Jeff Fuchs

Dec 6, 20201 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

Mar 7, 20206 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

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

Jun 20, 20192 min read

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

Feb 2, 20191 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

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

Dec 8, 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

Sep 7, 20187 min read

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

Jun 1, 20184 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

Apr 19, 20181 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 29, 20185 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

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

Jan 11, 20181 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 30, 20174 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

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

Dec 1, 20178 min read