International Tea Day, May 21st – Conversation on Youtube Live
Nice bit of recognition for the leaf as this coming May 21st has been officially designated as International Tea Day…though for many of...
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Jeff Fuchs
Nov 2, 20194 min read
Umami Flows West to Puerh and its Bite
A flow westward out of one of the most precision oriented cultures of the leaf to a tiny corner (and an old home of mine) in southwestern...
Jeff Fuchs
Oct 10, 20193 min read
Gyokuro Moments with Tea People – Japan
Some sage and simple wisdom as always from those who spend time at the source, at the cup, and in the tea houses. Travel through some of...
Jeff Fuchs
Feb 12, 20182 min read
Puerh – A Sheng Takes the Palates
Snow has that wonderful natural ability to paint big swaths white, and slow everything down to a trickle. “Cooperate or perish” say many...
Jeff Fuchs
Dec 1, 20178 min read
Puerh’s Ancient Cylinder – 竹面 – Zhú tǒng
A local with a freshly unveiled ‘tong’ coming out of its bamboo home. The round cylinder of compressed Puerh, known in southern Yunnan to...
Jeff Fuchs
Jul 26, 20171 min read
Interview with Love for Tea – The Tea Explorer
Love when the word ‘conversation’ is used instead of Interview. Had a wonderful ‘conversation’ with the eloquent Ruhani Sandhu of Rangsaa...
Jeff Fuchs
Jul 13, 20162 min read
Puerh – The ‘Sort’
Tea ends up in nuggets and in twisted desiccated things of tangy beauty. Cakes and compressed forms line shelves and delicate curled buds...
Jeff Fuchs
Feb 24, 20158 min read
A Brilliant Bit of Puerh Sampled…at Last
Almost ten years ago a particular Ban Zhang Puerh came gently into my life while sitting, ironically, in another tea town kilometres...
Jeff Fuchs
Jun 8, 20141 min read
Financial Times reviews our JalamTeas’ Tea of the Month Club…and loves it
Financial Times reviews (after significant sipping) our JalamTeas’ Tea of the Month Club offerings…and loves them. Sampling our rare...
Jeff Fuchs
Feb 14, 20141 min read
Award-Winning Writer Mariellen Ward Got Curious about an explorer, and then Interviewed Me
Always nice when someone is asking questions and allows responses which are laden with tangents (which I’ve been known to do). Mariellen...
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
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
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
Jul 26, 20132 min read
Expedition Preparation in Hong Kong – The Route of Wind and Wool
With Hong Kong’s torrents coming down and heat coming off of every surface, it seems strange to be packing down jackets, crampons,...
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
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
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...
Jeff Fuchs
Dec 3, 20121 min read
A Tea Lover’s Blog Post about Jalamteas November 7th Tea Event
Rare stories and rarer tea with Jeff Fuchs here. An evening of Jalamteas presenting a new model of Subscribing for rare teas. #Puerh...
Jeff Fuchs
Apr 27, 20124 min read
A Time of Talk … of Tea – Xishuangbanna lll
There is always a kind of inevitability of events in China. With the rush, the masses, the intensity of purpose, things just MOVE!! There...
Jeff Fuchs
Apr 15, 20124 min read
An Arrival – Xishuangbanna/Sipsongbanna
Heat, Green, Some Characters…and more Green Somehow it will always come to a bit of fluid that is waiting There are moments when the...
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