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International Tea Day, May 21st – Conversation on Youtube Live
Nice bit of recognition for the leaf as this coming May 21st has been officially designated as International Tea Day…though for many of...
Jeff Fuchs
May 19, 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
Umami Flows West to Puerh and its Bite
A flow westward out of one of the most precision oriented cultures of the leaf to a tiny corner (and an old home of mine) in southwestern...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 2, 20194 min read
The Tea Horse Road – The Grace
A little moment of respite for our incredible hostess who remains still, one of most formidable characters in my memory palace. While...
Jeff Fuchs
Feb 6, 20191 min read
The Tea That Got Away
Every single year on the tea foraging and sourcing missions I go on, there is a tea that – for any number of reasons – I miss out on...
Jeff Fuchs
Jan 18, 20192 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
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
Puerh – A Sheng Takes the Palates
Snow has that wonderful natural ability to paint big swaths white, and slow everything down to a trickle. “Cooperate or perish” say many...
Jeff Fuchs
Feb 12, 20182 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
Tea Explorer Extended Run – On CBC’s Doc Channel
We’re delighted to announce that our documentary film The Tea Explorer film is getting an additional airing on Sunday Sept, 10th at 9 pm...
Jeff Fuchs
Sep 9, 20172 min read
Moments with an Aging Classic – Bada at 10 years
“Forget about worrying about age. Forget it! If a tea isn’t made well, it isn’t going to become better. It is just going to age”....
Jeff Fuchs
Aug 12, 20175 min read
Interview with Love for Tea – The Tea Explorer
Love when the word ‘conversation’ is used instead of Interview. Had a wonderful ‘conversation’ with the eloquent Ruhani Sandhu of Rangsaa...
Jeff Fuchs
Jul 26, 20171 min read
Our ‘The Tea Explorer’ Doc Film Gets Some Blushing Reviews
After much time, edits, permits, scoring the music and still more editing down from the team at 90th Parallel Productions, our first...
Jeff Fuchs
Jul 25, 20171 min read
He Kai Ancient Tree Puerh – A Long Walk
Nothing quite ‘scars’ the palate like a magnificent hit of a powerful tea. From that moment forward something has changed and it might as...
Jeff Fuchs
Aug 12, 20166 min read
Puerh – Age and Other Words
Worlds of tea exist in twisted semi-fermented forms, flat green shapes and black beetle bits. Formats, ferments, withering, fries and...
Jeff Fuchs
Jul 8, 20164 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
Mar 12, 20163 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
Feb 18, 201611 min read
Southwest – Arriving to Pu erh Tea Central
Flights can anesthetize one from a full-on experience at times (however brutal that experience might be) and so it is that the journey...
Jeff Fuchs
Jun 6, 20157 min read
A Little More Winter
Winter in the Himalayas “Often leaves in small stages…but sometimes it simply leaves one night” says Kersang from her village near Deqin...
Jeff Fuchs
Apr 19, 20153 min read
Mountains and Their Precious Rivers
Returning to northwestern Yunnan’s snow-clad mountains and their precious waterways. We’ll wander up the Salween River (pronounced Gyalmo...
Jeff Fuchs
Mar 10, 20151 min read
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