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...
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Jeff Fuchs
- Sep 27, 2022
- 1 min
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
- 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
- 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 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...
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,...
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....
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 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...
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