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

Jan 18, 20192 min read

The Tea That Got Away

Every single year on the tea foraging and sourcing missions I go on, there is a tea that – for any number of reasons – I miss out on...

Jeff Fuchs

Sep 7, 20187 min read

Puerh and its Other Worlds – Still There

Puerh – The Forest Journeying back into Yunnan’s Xishuangbanna for a later than usual annual immersion into Puerh sourcing, learning and...

Jeff Fuchs

Mar 24, 20135 min read

South Tea Sips l : Marco, Matè, and Menghai

Marco Antonio Zamboni Zalamena and his matè bag have arrived but I cannot find either. Three different bus stations in southern Yunnan’s...

Jeff Fuchs

Jun 2, 20125 min read

Jingmai Pu’erh – Menghai Part V – Last Sips

Few things bring people to concur like trees do. We need more of them everywhere and of every kind, and when the trees happen to be tea...

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...