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Jeff Fuchs
Mar 24, 20135 min read
South Tea Sips l : Marco, Matè, and Menghai
Marco Antonio Zamboni Zalamena and his matè bag have arrived but I cannot find either. Three different bus stations in southern Yunnan’s...
Jeff Fuchs
Jan 16, 20131 min read
My latest article for UNESCO on tea
Goes without say that the article (titled “Ancient Green Wisdom“) is best read with a cup of tea and perhaps a good deal more than simply...
Jeff Fuchs
Jan 7, 20131 min read
Jalamteas Little Success Story Continues
With the New Year here in the present tense, we at Jalamteas wish to thank our sipping supporters who had a wonderful impact on our...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 25, 20127 min read
The Journey to Sho’La Pass – Part 1 – Horsemen Are Always Late…
Songjè the horseman is late. It isn’t unusual for this part of the world, but still the same, it is something that burrows its way into...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 12, 20129 min read
The Lost Route, Found – The Sacred Lakes in the Heights – Part ll
When a memory of a memory inevitably isn’t quite what one expected there is a kind of exasperation, a kind of disbelief that one cannot...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 12, 20126 min read
Memory of a Memory – The Sacred Lakes in the Heights Part l
*This article will appear in Mandarin on North Face’s Quyeba.com adventure website in the coming week as part of our collaboration A...
Jeff Fuchs
Sep 16, 20121 min read
“Yunnan Tea Road” Article in award winning TRVL
Arriving back to Zhongdian (aka Shangri-La) to wet, hints of snow in the surrounding mountains, and the usual fun and games getting...
Jeff Fuchs
Aug 8, 20122 min read
Ebook of my “The Ancient Tea Horse Road” now – and finally – available
At long last an ebook version of my ‘The Ancient Tea Horse Road‘ lives and breathes, making the whole tale a little more convenient and...
Jeff Fuchs
Jul 30, 20121 min read
Kawa Karpo Expedition feature in Outpost Magazine coming August 6th
Bill Roberts’ feature article of our February expedition to Kawa Karpo is set for an August 6th release date in Canada’s award-winning...
Jeff Fuchs
Jul 28, 20121 min read
Kindle Ebook of my “The Ancient Tea Horse Road” coming soon…
Dorje, the man who was such a potent and entertaining part of the book, is soon to find an updated version of himself available for all...
Jeff Fuchs
Jun 2, 20125 min read
Jingmai Pu’erh – Menghai Part V – Last Sips
Few things bring people to concur like trees do. We need more of them everywhere and of every kind, and when the trees happen to be tea...
Jeff Fuchs
May 11, 20127 min read
Jingmai Pu’erh – The Mild Giant
When one is able to link a cup of tea – its leaves, strengths, and characteristics – to its origins, it creates a link that is...
Jeff Fuchs
Apr 27, 20124 min read
A Time of Talk … of Tea – Xishuangbanna lll
There is always a kind of inevitability of events in China. With the rush, the masses, the intensity of purpose, things just MOVE!! There...
Jeff Fuchs
Apr 16, 20125 min read
Up a Classic with a Classic – Xishuangbanna Continued
Teashops and tea cups have to at some point make way for the tea forests and fields. Fluid must give way to its ‘source’. As much as my...
Jeff Fuchs
Apr 15, 20124 min read
An Arrival – Xishuangbanna/Sipsongbanna
Heat, Green, Some Characters…and more Green Somehow it will always come to a bit of fluid that is waiting There are moments when the...
Jeff Fuchs
Apr 6, 20124 min read
A Tea for Departures – Lau Banzhang
Embarking for the south of Yunnan on the tea sourcing mission tomorrow, it seems a perfect time to indulge in a little ‘tea’ farewell...
Jeff Fuchs
Mar 29, 20121 min read
“Hu Kai – A Tea of the Soul” … and one that still stuns the tongue
It remains a tea that I don’t get enough of (which will hopefully be remedied in the coming two weeks). My fierce Lahu contact in...
Jeff Fuchs
Mar 26, 20121 min read
“Tea’s Ancient Trees” – Absolute green, absolute heat, and absolute tea
There are few geographies (with their perks) that I would rather be than amidst the ancient tea forests of southern Yunnan, and...
Jeff Fuchs
Mar 22, 20121 min read
Six Sips in Beijing – A look back
As a sort of look back – and forward, from a tea perspective. It must be served to be consumed I thought I’d include one link every few...
Jeff Fuchs
Mar 16, 20121 min read
China Radio International interview with Jeff Fuchs
Vincent Zheng of China Radio’s “Voices from Other Lands” interviews Jeff on the Tea Horse Road’s many strands and influences:...
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