Fragrance and Tasting of Gongfu Tea: A Material-Visceral-Cultural Geographic Approach
Abstract
Despite gaining increased visibility in recent years, visceral food geographies alone are inadequate to address the active coagency of food matter and eating body. This article proposes a new material-visceral-cultural geographic framework and contextualizes it in the empirical case of gongfu tea. Through focus group interviews with tea merchants and experienced consumers, this study investigated the vital material-visceral-cultural geographies of place for Fenghuang single cluster. The findings offer a geographic interpretation of taste regimes and argue for the critical role of visceral geographies in sustaining tea culture.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Contact Dermatitis and Allergies
Wood and Agarwood Research
Chinese history and philosophy
Publication details
- Journal / source
- The Professional Geographer
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Volume
- 78
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 197–207
- Publication date
- 20 January 2026
- Language
- EN