Journal

Tea seasons, brewing notes, and stories from the mountain.

Enshi Wildbrook Village Portrait 7 | Masters, Mountains, and the Cooperative Dream

Enshi Wildbrook Village Portrait 7 | Masters, M...

From Data to Tea I‘m June, founder of FlowerInverseTea, lead of Wildbrook Cooperative.  I was born in Hubei, a mountain province in central China known for its rivers and quiet...

Enshi Wildbrook Village Portrait 7 | Masters, M...

From Data to Tea I‘m June, founder of FlowerInverseTea, lead of Wildbrook Cooperative.  I was born in Hubei, a mountain province in central China known for its rivers and quiet...

Enshi Wildbrook Village Portrait 6| Songs, Survival, and the Chi Couple

Enshi Wildbrook Village Portrait 6| Songs, Surv...

The Chi Couple C hi is known in the village as a man with three family names. It means he connects people—growing up in one family, living with another, and...

Enshi Wildbrook Village Portrait 6| Songs, Surv...

The Chi Couple C hi is known in the village as a man with three family names. It means he connects people—growing up in one family, living with another, and...

Enshi Wildbrook Village Portrait 5| Wild Bees Found the Cleanest Man in the Village

Enshi Wildbrook Village Portrait 5| Wild Bees F...

Zhou’s Story — The Beekeeper Who Stays Clean Wildbrook Village · Enshi Mountains Zhou is the cleanest man in the village. This spring, he broke his leg. He hobbled into...

Enshi Wildbrook Village Portrait 5| Wild Bees F...

Zhou’s Story — The Beekeeper Who Stays Clean Wildbrook Village · Enshi Mountains Zhou is the cleanest man in the village. This spring, he broke his leg. He hobbled into...

Enshi Wildbrook Village Portrait 4 | Shendi: From a Name of Sacrifice to Her Own Strength

Enshi Wildbrook Village Portrait 4 | Shendi: Fr...

Shendi , this name was never meant to be hers.   In Chinese, it means :this daughter exists only to make way for the son her family still hopes for....

Enshi Wildbrook Village Portrait 4 | Shendi: Fr...

Shendi , this name was never meant to be hers.   In Chinese, it means :this daughter exists only to make way for the son her family still hopes for....

Enshi Wildbrook Village Portrait 1 | Woodsmoke, Mules, and the Quiet Power of Feng

Enshi Wildbrook Village Portrait 1 | Woodsmoke,...

Wildbrook Village · Villager Portrait A home that became a waystation, a family that keeps the mountains connected.  Feng doesn’t run a “guesthouse” in the usual sense. Her home was...

Enshi Wildbrook Village Portrait 1 | Woodsmoke,...

Wildbrook Village · Villager Portrait A home that became a waystation, a family that keeps the mountains connected.  Feng doesn’t run a “guesthouse” in the usual sense. Her home was...

Enshi Wildbrook Village Portrait 3 | A Barber’s Hands, A Tea Master’s Heart

Enshi Wildbrook Village Portrait 3 | A Barber’s...

        Wildbrook · Enshi Mountains        From scissors to tea leaves: how Jun found his way home to an old garden and an older promise....

Enshi Wildbrook Village Portrait 3 | A Barber’s...

        Wildbrook · Enshi Mountains        From scissors to tea leaves: how Jun found his way home to an old garden and an older promise....