Jeff Fuchs

Jun 21, 20224 min read

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

Jul 22, 20212 min read

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, 20211 min read

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 20, 20211 min read

International Tea Day - May the Leaf Long Reign

To the leaves, the pluckers, the makers, the sippers, the sources, the transporters and all of the tellers of tales. And tho this group...

Jeff Fuchs

May 10, 20211 min read

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, 20211 min read

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

Feb 16, 20212 min read

The Tea Sessions - A new column with Outpost Magazine

Given the span of time and efforts to immerse in leaves and the lives connected to tea, there aren’t many more satisfying additions than...

Jeff Fuchs

Feb 9, 20211 min read

Tea Horse Chronicles - Fields vs Forests

Blankets and ridges of green stimulant leaf lie in rows near Puerh. Here the leaf is entirely industry. Gorgeous industry, but still...

Jeff Fuchs

Dec 30, 20201 min read

Tea Horse Road Chronicles - The Pluck

Napu went up the tea tree amid a forest of tea trees, shimmying along a support branch, until she could access the buds and leaves two...

Jeff Fuchs

Dec 27, 20201 min read

Tea Horse Chronicles - The Fry

Dakpa and I had been rolling around tea forests, tea houses, and tea characters for months at this point along portions and strands of...

Jeff Fuchs

Dec 17, 20201 min read

Tea Horse Road Chronicles Continued - A Sanctuary of Leaves

We are engulfed in the ancient tea forest. Damp earth and mushroom smells hit us as Napu walks out in front of us through an entire world...