This article is a bit more “behind the scenes.” If you’ve browsed our site, you might have noticed quite a bit of Tibetan teaware - including Nixi pottery, hand-woven tea runners and Tibetan incense made from foraged wild herbs in Meili Xueshan. What’s the story behind these Tibetan offerings?

Verdant Tea's Tibetan offerings actually grew out of the very same months in China a decade and a half ago that sparked my love of tea.

My deep friendships with our partner-farmers started when I was a student-researcher collecting the folklore of tea growing regions. I was lucky enough to get a research grant to meet