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Jeff Fuchs
Jan 3, 20141 min read
Tea Interview with Tealet and Jeff Fuchs…with Tea
Tealet’s fearless leader Elyse Petersen sits down for an interview with yours truly about tea, where I get to gently rant a bit about...


Jeff Fuchs
Dec 15, 20131 min read
Two Worlds – The Himalayas and the South Pacific – and Global Warming
So much of the time I’ve had here with the East West Center in Honolulu as an invited speaker has been time spent showing, seeing, and...


Jeff Fuchs
Nov 28, 20131 min read
JalamTeas Tea Review (a good one) of our Nannuo Shan Puerh
Our Jalamteas’ Nannuo Shan unfermented Puerh from one of the areas I hand source, finds a fan and gets a great review from witty tea blog...


Jeff Fuchs
Nov 15, 20131 min read
Interview with Wild China about Trade Routes
The Enduring Obsession and Importance of the Himalayan Trade Routes here #TeaHorseRoad #TeaHorseTrails #Himalayantravel #Chinatravel...


Jeff Fuchs
Oct 31, 20131 min read
Our Jalamteas’ Zhang Lang Tea gets some good press from ‘Tea for Me Please’
One of our newest (and rarest) offerings at Jalamteas gets a nice bit of press from Nicole Martin at ‘Tea For Me Please‘. To see the...


Jeff Fuchs
Oct 29, 20131 min read
Tea Horse Road Portraits Appearing in China’s GoKunming
A series of portraits that I took along that immortal route and obsession of mine, The Tea Horse Road. The series is simply called ‘The...


Jeff Fuchs
Oct 28, 20131 min read
New Article in About.com About the Tea Horse Road…
Was asked to do an article about those stunning and often tortured Himalayas for About.com on trade and those icons of the mountains, the...


Jeff Fuchs
Oct 24, 20131 min read
Expedition Update: Video of Parang La Descent
A little video clip here shot as our team descends the magic monochrome of ice that is the Parang Pass. This pass was as notorious for...


Jeff Fuchs
Oct 21, 20131 min read
South China Morning Post Feature of our expedition – “The Pass Masters” –
My feature of the ‘Route of Wind and Wool’ in full tea fuelled ‘colour’ here #JeffFuchsArticle #Therouteofwindandwool...


Jeff Fuchs
Jul 19, 20131 min read
Johnny Jet Interviews Jeff Fuchs for Travel Style
A bit of fun about favourites, ‘un-favourites’, food and why’s with America’s Mr. Travel Johnny Jet here. Photo courtesy of David Atkin...


Jeff Fuchs
Jul 18, 20131 min read
Expedition Update: Jalamteas sponsors ‘The Route of Wind of Wool’ with green fuel
Not coming as a shock to many, our expedition has gained some fuel of the ancient green variety from my own co-founded ‘Jalamteas‘....


Jeff Fuchs
Jul 10, 20132 min read
Expedition Update: The Where’s and What’s of the ‘Route of Wind and Wool’
Our intended route – a faint path at best that disappears entirely in the snows and sands at times – will average 4,000 metres + and will...


Jeff Fuchs
Jul 10, 20131 min read
Expedition Update – Award Winning ‘Kensington Tours’ generously sponsors our ̵
Our expedition has been enhanced with Kensington Tours’ enormous support of ‘The Route of Wind and Wool’. I’m now a contented ‘Explorer...


Jeff Fuchs
Jul 7, 20132 min read
Expedition Team – An Introduction
Nothing – no journey, no endeavour can happen without a team and somewhat of a shared vision. Journeys through the mountains require...


Jeff Fuchs
Jul 7, 20131 min read
Expedition Update – The North Face Sponsors our Journey
With less than a month to go before our “Route of Wind and Wool” commences, and with training and prepping continuing it is time to pay...


Jeff Fuchs
Jun 29, 20132 min read
Expedition Update “The Route of Wool and Wind”
Time is winding down on preparations for Michael and I to depart for Ladakh and the India Himalaya. Our month long exploration of one of...
Jeff Fuchs
May 15, 20131 min read
‘Tea for Me Please’ Reviews our own Jalamteas’ Nannuo Mountain Puerh…and lov
Our very own Jalamteas’ Nannuo ‘unfermented’ Puerh tea cake gets a sip, a review, and then a good deal more sips from ferocious tea...


Jeff Fuchs
May 10, 20131 min read
Tom Carter’s China Anthology: “Unsavory Elements” – Stories of foreigners on
Proud to be a contributor to this spirited and very ‘now’ book on China’s potent ‘present’ tense. Book now available from Earnshaw Books....


Jeff Fuchs
Jan 16, 20131 min read
My latest article for UNESCO on tea
Goes without say that the article (titled “Ancient Green Wisdom“) is best read with a cup of tea and perhaps a good deal more than simply...


Jeff Fuchs
Jan 7, 20131 min read
Jalamteas Little Success Story Continues
With the New Year here in the present tense, we at Jalamteas wish to thank our sipping supporters who had a wonderful impact on our...
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