Writing

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Essays, field notes, research pieces, conversations and reading lists. Long-form, sourced, and revised when the ground contradicts them.

  • Camellia sinensis var. assamica growing on a mist-covered slope in Yunnan.

    Essay · 8 December 2014 · 15 min · EN

    Out of the Mist: The Old Tea Horse Road

    Chinese soil lacks selenium, and Tibet had horses. A conversation with a former caravan leader about what that trade actually was.

    Yunnan · Sichuan · Lijiang · Litang · Lhasa