2014 Yunnan Sourcing Brand Pu-erh Teas

Da Qing Gu Shu (Da Qing Old Tree) is my favorite tea from Autumn 2014.  It's made from old tree tea leaves picked at the end of Autumn.  Da Qing v...

Entirely Ancient Arbor tea from Autumn (October) 2014 Harvest from Man Zhuan in Yi Wu mountain range. Man Zhuan is one of the six famous tea mount...

Mang Zhi is a small village of Yi and Yao people living just north of Yi Wu town in the vicinity of Yi Bang and Xi Kong villages. Like the teas fr...

Entirely Ancient Arbor tea from Autumn (October) 2014 Harvest from Mi Bu village in Yi Wu mountain range. Mi Bu village is in the area of Yi Bang ...

Our 2014 Autumn "Mu Shu Cha" (母树茶) refers to the mother tea trees of Mengku where the oldest and most primitive Yunnan Large Leaf varietal tea tre...

Teng Tiao village (Rattan village) is located in Jing Gu county of Simao.  The leaves used for our production come from the oldest stand of trees ...

Our Red Horse mini cake is made entirely from Gongting grade ripe pu-erh tea from Yong De county tea leaves.  2013 harvested tea leaves were ferme...

First flush of spring blend of Lincang wild and ancient arbor tea leaves. We call this "野心" or "Wild Heart." The tea is strong and balanced in tast...

Big Snow Mountain (大雪山) is one of two Big Snow mountains in Lincang prefecture. One is in Mengku county and the other is in Yong De county. Our ma...

Our second production from Bing Dao village. We have produced other teas from neighboring villages but last Autumn we met a grower that had excell...

October 2014 Autumn harvest tea leaves from 80-150 year old tea trees growing in Jiu Tai Po village in Jinggu county of Simao.  Jiu Tai Po or "9 M...

Ku Zhu Mountain is near Wenshan village about 7 kilometers southeast of Jing Gu town in Pu'er prefecture (previously known as Simao). Ku Zhu mount...

Lao Shu Bai Cha means "Old Tree White Pekoe Tea".  White Pekoe refers to a Jinggu varietal called Camellia Assamica Taliensis that is very large a...

Qing Mei Shan is a remote mountain area in Yong De county of Lincang.  The tea trees here are 100-300 years old and have been growing wild for cen...

Xiao Hu Sai village (a neighboring village to Da Hu Sai).   Our Xiao Hu Sai was picked in late Autumn from wild grown tea trees 100+ years of age....

Ye Zhu Tang Village (lit. Wild Pig Pool) is small village about 5 miles to the north of Jinggu town and about two miles west (and uphill) from the...

Bang Dong Village (邦东寨) is located in the county Mengku, Lincang prefecture. Bang Dong is a small village situated at an altitude of 1600 meters. ...

Bangbao village resides in the area of Bangdong county about 50km west of Lincang (city) and just a few kilometers west of the Lancang (Mekong) ri...

"Cha Tou Sheng Yun" (茶头圣韵 aka Cha Tou Sage Verse) is our Cha Tou (Tea Nugget) ripe pu-erh brick and our fourth production (our 1st production was ...

Our first ever Spring production from Da Hu Sai village.  Our Da Hu Sai was picked in late March from wild grown tea trees ranging 80 to 200 years...

An incredibly fantastic raw Pu-erh made from Wild Pu-erh tree leaves that have a dark purple color.  This 野生茶 (Wild Tea) is naturally dark in colo...

Entirely Gua Feng Zhai spring material from 60-80 year old tea trees!  Gua Feng Zhai is a famous but still remote village area near the Mengla-Lao...

This year's Impression cake shares some similarities with it's 2012 counterpart.  It's a blend of different teas, but this year we used mao cha fr...

Jing Gu Yang Ta village is in Jing Gu county of Simao prefecture (景谷秧塔寨).  It is well known for it's "Da Bai" (大白 - Big White) tea.  Actually the ...

Ku Zhu Mountain is near Wenshan village about 7 kilometers southeast of Jing Gu town in Pu'er prefecture (previoiusly known as Simao). Ku Zhu moun...

Man Tang Hong series returns!  In the tradition of Man Tang Hong #2, Gong Ting and Te Ji we bring you #3.  This is from the same Lincang material ...

Entirely old arbor tea from early spring 2014! Tea leaves taken from oldest tea trees (150 to 300 years old) growing on Mang Fei mountain in Yong ...

Cha Tou is a kind of tea nugget that forms naturally from the pressures of compression and heat that occurs during the fermentation process. Typic...

Our 2014 Spring "Mu Shu Cha" (母树茶) refers to the mother tea trees of Mengku where the oldest and most primitive Yunnan Large Leaf varietal tea tre...

Qing Mei Shan is a remote mountain area in Yong De county of Lincang.  The tea trees here are 100-300 years old and have been growing wild for cen...

This tea is made entirely from first flush of spring 2014 high altitude Wu Liang mountain tea.  The Wu Liang mountains peak out at about 3300 mete...

Entirely "ye sheng" varietal tea from the highest reaches of the Wu Liang mountains.  Growing above 2000 feet these wild tea bushes range from 50 ...

Xiao Hu Sai village (a neighboring village to Da Hu Sai).   Our Xiao Hu Sai was picked in late March from wild grown tea trees 100+ years of age. ...

A special release for 2014, the Year of the Horse.  This is a lovely ripe pu-erh cake composed entirely of Menghai area harvested and fermented te...

Yi Bi village is a small village about 5 kilometers south of Yi Wu town.  Yi Bi teas are classic Yi Wu teas.  They are sweet with little astringen...