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My top teas of 2025
Leafhopper’s brews in review.
 • Max Falkowitz
You have to ask nice for the foot-rolled tea
Body techniques of an indigenous Indian tea.
 • Max Falkowitz
Reviewing recent teapot purchases
Curlicued guricha + testing 2025’s teaware additions.
 • Max Falkowitz
How a tea farmer goes organic
Silky Yame sencha + what it takes to transform a tea farm.
 • Max Falkowitz
A tea person’s gift guide
No commissions or kickbacks. These recommendations are for the love of the game.
 • Max Falkowitz
What’s in and out at Flushing’s boba parlors
Plus a teapot giveaway and oolong blues concert.
 • Max Falkowitz
What is Korean tea?
Harmonious halmonicha + a look into East Asia’s underdog tea region.
 • Max Falkowitz
Do tea and alcohol go together?
Gin-scented white peony + the challenge of tea behind the bar.
 • Max Falkowitz
Leafhopper
Leafhopper
An insider's tour of the tea world, by award winning journalist Max Falkowitz.
Max's tea writing, elsewhere
Emerging tea regions for Imbibe
Nepali tea for the New York Times
Puer tea feature for Saveur
Hong Kong Tieguanyin for Imbibe
Tea and health for Bon Appetit
An introduction to tea for Serious Eats
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