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...

Jeff Fuchs

Feb 28, 20241 min read

Expedition Update - Departures

The concept of a ‘departure' has all changed since Sebastian’s arrival into our little orbit. Now a departure isn’t simply an exciting...

Jeff Fuchs

Oct 5, 20231 min read

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

Oct 10, 20221 min read

Tsetan - Tea Horse Road Trader

We sat in the dark gloom of his home, with a bit of lukewarm butter tea roaming around our hands. Another of the remaining legends of the...

Jeff Fuchs

Sep 27, 20221 min read

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

Aug 14, 20222 min read

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

Aug 17, 20211 min read

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...

Jeff Fuchs

Jul 3, 20211 min read

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,...

Jeff Fuchs

Jun 30, 20211 min read

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....

Jeff Fuchs

Jun 9, 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 10, 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

May 3, 20211 min read

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 20, 20211 min read

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 10, 20211 min read