Munnar Tea Hills
Although Munnar, India, is known for its quantity of tea (rather than its quality of tea), it is one ...
Tea Meditation
I feel truly lucky to have been able to learn about tea culture beyond the surface level. Here, one ...
San Lin Xi Tea Cliff
The steep, high-elevation slopes of this tea farm in San Lin Xi help produce a particularly fragrant oolong. Hiking ...
Delhi Street Chai
In Delhi, a chai wallah (literally, tea person) gives her chai a foamy texture by bringing it to a ...
Lindsey in Tokyo
During my second visit to the stunning Cha Ginza tea house in Tokyo, I was given the privilege of ...
Tea “Soup” in Miaoli, Taiwan
Around the world, tea us used in many types of unusual drinks and foods. In Miaoli, Taiwan, a powdered ...
Tulsi & Ayurveda
I’m writing from a hospital in Kerala, India. I’m exhausted, nauseated, sore all over and have been subjected to ...
Tea Myths
Myth: Emperor shen nong discovered tea in 2737 b.c. Debunker: Wu De, founder of Global Tea Hut Fact: This ...
Darjeeling’s Tea Strikes
A current of pain and passion ran through the protest site outside the Darjeeling district magistrate’s office this spring. ...
Taiwanese Oolong Factory
In Dong Ding, Taiwan, oolong factory workers heave bundles of oolong into rolling machines and drying machines. The arduous ...
Dong Ding Tea Gathering
To me, one of the most fascinating things about tea is its many cultural variations around the world. Here, ...
Cloves in the Nilgiri Mountains, India
Visiting the spice fields of South India, I was able to see how the spices used to flavor many ...
Tea Cupping
Standardized cupping sets help tea tasters evaluate teas in a consistent and scientific manner. Here, white, green and black ...
Green Leaf Grading
In many British-influenced tea producing areas, teas are graded according to leaf type, leaf size and the number of ...
Tea Seeds
Tea seeds lay drying in Pinglin, Taiwan, a few hours north of Taipei. Dried seeds are either used for ...
Peppercorns & Masala Chai
After visiting India for tea research in 2007, I thought I had chai pretty much figured out. That country ...
Lapsang Souchong
Depending on whom you ask, Lapsang Souchong is characterized either as a deeply smoked black tea or an overpoweringly ...
Taiwan’s Tea Competitions
It’s an early morning in December 2011, and I’m heading down the main road in Lugu, located in Taiwan’s ...
Low-Fired Clay Teacups
In Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) and in the outskirts of other major Indian cities, potters make low-fired clay teacups, which ...
Tea Plucker
A tea plucker holds out a portion of her bounty in Miaoli, Taiwan, where bug-bitten summer teas produce the ...
Tea Eggs
Tea eggs simmer in a pot in Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan. They are considered to be a local delicacy, ...
Withering Dance
In San Lin Xi, Taiwan, tea workers spread fresh leaves out for withering. Their work is exacting, rhythmic and ...
Taiwanese Tea Valley
If traveling to tea producing countries full time has taught me anything, it is this: In tea as in ...
CTC Oxidation Conveyors
Here, CTC tea is oxidized on a conveyor belt. It is part of one of the world’s most automated ...
Aged Oolong
Tasting aged oolongs in Taiwan is one of my most memorable tea experiences. This particular oolong was older than ...
Sun Moon Lake Black Tea
At a Taiwanese tea event, a teacup of Taiwanese black tea is elegantly displayed. Although Taiwan mainly produces oolong ...
Matcha Sweets
In Tokyo, Matcha green tea is often fused with Western and traditional Japanese sweets to form innovative flavor profiles. ...
Iced Tea Vendor
When interacting with hundreds of tea vendors around the world, it is impossible not to see each one’s personal ...
Duck Blood ‘Tea’
It’s often said that there are two things to do in Hong Kong: eat and shop. This general rule ...
Tea Mists
In Taiwan, a fresh, young tea shoot pokes out above the surrounding tea bushes, while mist and clouds pass ...