Jeff Fuchs

Mar 12, 20163 min read

Pu erh Tea and its Precious Pickers

There is much made of a tea’s geographic designation, its altitude, its harvest season, and its growers…and there should be! The earth,...

Jeff Fuchs

Feb 18, 201611 min read

Pu erh’s Needed Basics

“Discussions about a specific tea should be left until during and after the sipping and too many words simply lead one to question the...

Jeff Fuchs

May 4, 20146 min read

Lao Ban Zhang Pu erh – A Tea of Endurance

Few teas that sit in my collection of leaves have ever not made a journey with me, accompanying me as a stimulant companion, ally, and...

Jeff Fuchs

May 8, 20136 min read

South Tea Sips 5: Concluding Sips…for now

One of the many tea hostesses that inevitably must tire of our continued sipping Last days inevitably require ‘last sips’, though no sips...

Jeff Fuchs

Apr 5, 20139 min read

South Tea Sips 3: Moustaches and Matè Unleashed

Those who enjoy tea’s ability to “lay the hammer down softly” have always held Jing Mai teas in regard. These words were used once by a...

Jeff Fuchs

Sep 12, 20118 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

Jun 24, 20116 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

Apr 29, 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

Feb 23, 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...