He poured boiling water into his guests ... Chaye (tea leaf) was called ming in ancient times. Shenlong’s discovery of tea leaves revealed that tea could cure illness. Over the millennia ...

But not pu’erh. Tea enthusiast and author Jeff Fuchs, featured in The Tea Explorer, travelled to ancient tea forests in China’s southern Yunnan province. Pu’erh tea leaves are hand-plucked ...