Keynoting World Tea Expo 2024
It is perhaps in some of tea’s more informal moments (and people) that something of the leaf’s spirit is kept immortal. I’ll be happily...
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Jeff Fuchs
- Feb 20
- 1 min
Episode 2 - 'It's a Beautiful World with Jeff Fuchs' is now out on Amazon Prime
Our latest episode is now up and alive on Amazon Prime. The brilliant and embedded team at Global Heroes has been at it in the editing...
Jeff Fuchs
- Apr 10, 2023
- 1 min
"It's a Beautiful World...with Jeff Fuchs", Episode l, is now available on Amazon US and Amazon UK
At last. My collaboration with the wonderful crew of creatives at Global Heroes, "It's a Beautiful World" is now up and 'watchable' on...
Jeff Fuchs
- Nov 13, 2022
- 3 min
Tokoname Clay of Seiji Ito's Hands
First day in Japan and already a day 'late'. A day late in meeting a man who has been crafting clay from Tokoname into tea vessels for...
Jeff Fuchs
- Oct 10, 2022
- 1 min
Lobsang - A nomad's 'simple' views
A morning of brittle cold that brought the eyes to a standstill in Darlag, southern Amdo. Lobsang watches while his two sons source ice...
Jeff Fuchs
- Aug 14, 2022
- 2 min
Tseba, his Tea, and the Walk(s)
One of the most purpose-driven of walkers, Tseba, would prepare a kettle of butter tea every morning before leaving to circumambulate...
Jeff Fuchs
- Jun 21, 2022
- 4 min
Tea Pot Travels - The Wild Taiwan Clay '90'ml goes to Europe
It sits amidst 5 other clay pots that are used daily. The lid is never shut tight but rather it sits ajar on top of the little 90 ml...
Jeff Fuchs
- Aug 17, 2021
- 1 min
Dolma, The Titan
Over the course of a decade of repeated visits to a nomadic community and little Dolma’s clan near Litang, I would continuously be in awe...
Jeff Fuchs
- Jul 22, 2021
- 2 min
A Tea Comes Around
The joy of a bit of time-hit leaf beauty. Age hasn’t always been something I’ve ever been convinced matters in any tea. Age of bushes, of...
Jeff Fuchs
- Jun 9, 2021
- 1 min
The Tea Sessions' Latest Column - Masters wear Flip-Flops
Few have had quite the leaf influence upon me, as has Mr. Gao (aka Dr. Gao, Master Gao, or just Master). From his understated approach to...
Jeff Fuchs
- May 24, 2021
- 1 min
Interview with Tea Biz - Informality shouldn't be lost
A few thoughts shared in a recent interview with Tea Biz here. In the great rush of tea paraphernalia and in the increasingly creative...
Jeff Fuchs
- May 10, 2021
- 1 min
Latest in my 'Tea Sessions' Column - Mei's Alchemy
Joyfully returning to my Tea Sessions column in collaboration with Outpost Magazine with a piece on one of my favourite tea servers and...
Jeff Fuchs
- May 3, 2021
- 1 min
Tea Horse Road Chronicles - A lusty bit of Leaf Tribute
One of the most exquisite pieces of tea porn I’ve come ever across was this compressed mass of large leaf material, formed into seven...
Jeff Fuchs
- Apr 27, 2021
- 1 min
A Pass, The 'Feel', and Karma's Chai
The mind wanders back to a pass, a blizzard, and that wonderful thing that exists still: instinct. On a day of few words along a portion...
Jeff Fuchs
- Apr 20, 2021
- 1 min
Tea Horse Road Chronicles - He Was Late
The horseman assured Sonam and our team that he would appear at 7am sharp the next morning. He promised over several cups of tea, and...
Jeff Fuchs
- Apr 10, 2021
- 1 min
Tea Horse Road Chronicles - Walks and Words
“When you walk through mountains, you appreciate any arrival. When you walk to a place, you can speak about a place”. An interview about...
Jeff Fuchs
- Apr 2, 2021
- 1 min
Tea Horse Road Chronicles - Departure and the Cherub
The final destination along the Tea Horse Road, both for our own expedition and for the great journeys of the past, was Kalimpong, in...
Jeff Fuchs
- Mar 26, 2021
- 1 min
Tea Horse Road Chronicles - The Tea That Never Came
A simple tea room in Weishan, Yunnan, and one of the only tea rooms in my life that I failed to actually have tea in. Weishan was another...
Jeff Fuchs
- Mar 9, 2021
- 2 min
Tea Horse Road Chronicles - Part Goat and a Little Part Human
Over the course of years since meeting Dorjè I’ve written and pondered much about him. “Part goat and a little part human” was how he was...
Jeff Fuchs
- Mar 7, 2021
- 2 min
Tea Horse Road Chronicles - Choices, No Choices, and some Courage
Ascending up to the Sho La Pass in northwestern Yunnan in May there would always be a chance of weather issues, but it would still be a...
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