In the foothills of Phoenix Mountain in China’s Guangdong Province, oolong tea growers tend ancient groves with the same reverence that Highland distillers give to malted barley. This shared ...

The teas are steeped in history, folklore and ritual. One tea tree in the Wuyi mountains is said to have been honored with the red robe of China’s emperor after its leaves cured the ruler of a ...

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Zisha teapots are closely associated with the Gong Fu tea (tea with skill) ritual, which has its origins in Zhangzhou, Fujian province of China, dating back to the late 17th century (1662-1692).

Liu Zhonghua, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, has noted that practical exploration of new quality ...

Joshua Kaiser, founder of Rishi Tea Company in Milwaukee, and Sean O’Leary, art director and tea buyer for the company, recently left on a trip to Yunnan, China. The birthplace of tea.

In the shadow of Sept. 11, appreciation for tea and all its quiet, ancient ritual is stronger than ever. People are hungry for transcendence, community and, because this is the Bay Area, flavor.

Researchers in China have positively identified a block of ancient vegetable matter as tiny tea buds that were lovingly tucked away in Han Yangling Mausoleum, a sumptuous tomb north of Xi'an.

Nowadays, the ancient tea forest supports three administrative villages, 15 settlements, and more than 6,000 people on the Jingmai Mountain. To protect the ancient tea forest, the governments of Pu’er ...