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Interview – China Travel – Tea Horse Road
Tea's Great Journeys Returning to the winds, a shy sun and some sputtering snow flakes here in northwestern Yunnan from Shanghai and an...
Jeff Fuchs
Mar 13, 20121 min read


A Departure, A Return
With the Kawa Karpo Expedition now complete – with limbs intact and the mind pulsing – a return to Beijing for tonight’s talk at...
Jeff Fuchs
Feb 29, 20121 min read


A Tea fit for a Trek
When selecting a tea for a mountain journey – and for every mountain journey there must be a tea – there is always a moment, a question:...
Jeff Fuchs
Feb 12, 20125 min read


Jeff Fuchs confirmed to present at Shanghai International Literary Festival
In a little bit of early-year news, I will speak and present at the 10th Annual Shanghai International Literary Festival (and will also...
Jeff Fuchs
Feb 2, 20121 min read


Expedition February 2012 – Ancient Trade Route to Sacred Mountain
One of the sites our eyes will take in upon the trek Back to the comforting cold and silence of ‘Shangrila’ here in northwestern Yunnan...
Jeff Fuchs
Jan 27, 20121 min read


Bang Ma Sip
A little recollection of being introduced to Bang Ma tea; it contentedly remains a tea by my side on every journey since discovering it....
Jeff Fuchs
Jan 11, 201210 min read


Jalam Teas’ Coupons for Friends of Jeff
For anyone reading this, whether by happy accident or by loyal readership, this is what Aurelien has drafted up – the sometimes wonderful...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 22, 20111 min read


Jalam Teas Launch
Tea - Out of the Bag And so, after much sipping and traveling; after obsessing on how to get teas ‘out of the bag’ from the gardens and...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 21, 20111 min read


The ‘Tea’ of the Tea Horse Road
A still-active strand of the Tea Horse Road in northwestern Yunnan province where that relentless editor 'time' has changed very...
Jeff Fuchs
Sep 11, 20118 min read


Guest Blog Post for Asha Tea House
Guest blog post for David Lau’s Asha Tea House in California on tea’s very simple and understated origins in southwestern Yunnan – Pulang...
Jeff Fuchs
Aug 26, 20111 min read


Mr. Lu’s Dong Ding – A Flight of Taiwanese Fancy in Qinghai
One of the many dreamscape tea vistas of Taiwan, where fogs permeate everything and wander at will Days of wandering the mountains and...
Jeff Fuchs
Aug 22, 20118 min read


Jeff Fuchs to headline “Explore” Series at Bookworm in Beijing
One of the very special 'lados' (muleteers), whose memories alone keep alive the ancient tales of life along the great trade routes...
Jeff Fuchs
Aug 5, 20111 min read
Interview with Jeff Fuchs on Tea and Co.
Pour yourself a cup of tea and click here to read more about Jeff’s very subjective views on tea. #taiwan #Xishuanbanna #Teablends...
Jeff Fuchs
Jul 6, 20111 min read


Nannuo Mountain and a Smitten Tongue
The rolling hills of Nannuo Mountain, where both new shrubs and ancient tea trees reside A yellow bolt of colour blazes from just outside...
Jeff Fuchs
Jun 24, 20116 min read


Nongyang
Sour Tea: The Indigenous World’s Treat Within the muggy mists of eastern Burma, amidst the toughened and muscular indigenous minorities...
Jeff Fuchs
Apr 28, 20116 min read


Pu’erh´s Ancient Green Home- Part II
We are heading to one of Xiao Yang’s ‘uncle’s’ homes for a sitting and sipping of a potent new batch of sheng (raw/green/unoxidized)...
Jeff Fuchs
Mar 8, 20113 min read


Puer´s Ancient Green Home- Part I
“with a cup of tea in front of you, you do not lie” Dai elder The Where’s: Southwestern Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Pulang Mountains The...
Jeff Fuchs
Feb 23, 20113 min read


Welcome to the Jeff Fuchs Tea Blog
It seems only fair that this first tea entry begins where the ‘green’ begins – tea’s humid and understated roots. Here, where tea has...
Jeff Fuchs
Feb 23, 20112 min read
Articles by and Interviews with Jeff
Here you will find links to tea and mountain related articles written by Jeff Fuchs as well as interviews with Jeff Fuchs. A little bit...
Jeff Fuchs
Jan 10, 20111 min read
Global Tea Ambassador
In keeping with a ‘love of the green’ I have entered into an agreement with Templar Foods to be their ‘Global Tea Ambassador’ which...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 25, 20101 min read
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