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    Tea Pot Travels - The Wild Taiwan Clay '90'ml goes to Europe
    Jeff Fuchs
    • Jun 21
    • 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...
    Omu, The Strong
    Jeff Fuchs
    • Sep 4, 2021
    • 1 min

    Omu, The Strong

    Arriving to a new camp and homestead, Omu sets about going through an unending list of ‘musts’. One of the musts is securing tent ‘fly’...
    Leaf Journeys, Leaf Ageing, and the Heights
    Jeff Fuchs
    • Aug 3, 2021
    • 1 min

    Leaf Journeys, Leaf Ageing, and the Heights

    It was upon the months' long journeys along the Tea Horse Road that the big-leafed 'assamica' material and eternal panacea, tea, would...
    A Tea Comes Around
    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...
    Latest 'Tea Sessions' Column
    Jeff Fuchs
    • Jul 3, 2021
    • 1 min

    Latest 'Tea Sessions' Column

    Few mortals provide (and have provided) as much leaf pleasure as the immortal Karma. Over years and expeditions, he has alchemized his...
    Pomo - The Girl Who Could Do it All
    Jeff Fuchs
    • Jun 30, 2021
    • 1 min

    Pomo - The Girl Who Could Do it All

    'Cheshi' in the early morning in her family’s nomadic camp of Shin’zhu’gong at close to 5000 metres. I continually messed up her name,...
    The Goddess and the Butter
    Jeff Fuchs
    • Jun 9, 2021
    • 1 min

    The Goddess and the Butter

    Her’s was the last tent in the windblown nomadic community of Ala Dhotok (Stone Roof), before we headed up the snow pass of Nup Gong La....
    Interview with Tea Biz - Informality shouldn't be lost
    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...
    Tea Horse Road Chronicles - Choices, No Choices, and some Courage
    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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