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Like "Lily Jade" of this season, this "Jade Lotus" is our attempt to explore the possibility of light fermentation with traditional processing. Unl...

Nanshan is now some of our favourite places when it comes to Qing Xin oolong varietal. To be honest, we think this is the very few places that cult...

Golden Honey Aroma is a Mid-March harvested black tea grown in the Ning'er area of Simao. It's an old varietal that is referred to as 老号 (lit. old ...

In Autumn 2013 we visited several areas of Lincang, including Mengku and Yong De counties.  Our famous "Mu Shu" pu-erh from old arbor tea trees has...

“Lao Cong” (or old bush) Shui Xian is grown in the Jiulongke area of Wu Yi. Jiulongke is included in the “Zheng Yan” (lit. “Proper Rock”, meaning s...

This is a premium Lapsang Souchong (smoked Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong) black tea harvested from old plantation bushes in the Wu Yi area of Fujian.  The ...

This is the original Feng Qing varietal black tea!  The leaves are from old trees and bushes growing naturally ranging in age from 80-120 years of ...

This is a tippy picked lightly roasted Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong that was picked during the first flush of spring.  After several months of roasting an...

Our Certified Organic teas are certified organic by EcoCert SA and are certified organic to international standards (EcoCert is IFOAM accredited)....

This is a unique process Tie Guan Yin wherein just completed Jade Tie Guan Yin is sealed with Osmanthus flowers for 4 days.  After 4 days the Tie G...

We decided to do something even more labor-intensive this season to stretch the potential of Taiwanese tea, linking it back to its ancestors. Do yo...

Finally, the long-awaited Wu Yi tea (the one we did a Live video series of, showing the arduous all night processing) has finally arrived after a m...

Our Xing Ren Xiang 杏仁香 Dan Cong Oolong is grown in Ping Keng Tou 平坑头 Village at an altitude of 870 Meters (Middle Mountain).  It comes from trees a...

This wonderful plantation was half abandoned by its original owner, and was fortunately discovered by our friend, Mr. Liao. Mr. Liao is a young far...

With "Water Dragon" from the spring of 2021 running out, we felt the urge to create a new Shui Xian for this season utilising our new method of tea...

This Premium "AA" grade Da Hong Pao is light-medium level roast, and brews a thick golden-orange color tea soup.  The aroma is fruit and spice with...

Premium Grade Tie Guan Yin is made from a genuine varietal of Tie Guan Yin from Gande village in Anxi County of Fujian province. The tea is full of...

Our AA grade Premium Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong is picked in a 2 day window when the bud/leaf sets are small and tender.  The tea is expertly wilted und...

Huang Jin Gui (Golden Turtle) is another varietal of Anxi Oolong tea.  Lacking the slight sour-bitterness of Tie Guan Yin, it is characterized by a...

Our Premium grade "Jin Jun Mei" is spring harvest from the Wu Yi mountains of Fujian.  Wu Yi Shan is well know for it's rock oolongs (like Da Hong ...

We have been searching for a high grade Anxi Ben Shan oolong that would satisfy even the most discriminating aficionados of Jade oolongs (very ligh...

Our Dragon Well (Long Jing) Teas were picked in the early Spring before the Qing Ming holiday. They have been selected from trusted growers located...

Spring harvest Jin Xuan tea grown on Tai Hua Mountain in Anxi county of Fujian.  Taiwanese Jin Xuan varietal tea growing at an altitude of 1100 met...

This is a premium grade Qimen (aka Keemun) harvested in Huangshan county of Anhui.  Qimen Black Tea (祁门红茶) is among the most famous black teas in C...

Pure Gold Tips expertly processed to enhance and preserve the hairy fuzz on these tiny little buds.  Tong Mu Guan Village near Wu Yi in Fujian is t...

Get to know Purple Black Tea with these 5 superb samples. Prepare yourself for a completely unique black tea experience! Purple Tea is a special Yu...

Purple leaf "Zi Cha" was harvested in Late April from the Jing Mai mountainous area in Lancang county of Simao.  The fresh purple leaves were then...

This is a unique tea to be sure.  It's made from Wild Tree Purple varietal tea (ye sheng cha) growing in Mangshi County of Dehong.  The tea grows w...

The Jin Xuan from Ruifeng area experienced a great reduction in production this season due to the lack of water in autumn and cool weather in winte...

This particular plantation has been our source of creating lightly fermented oolong such as "Lily Jade," "Lily Meadow," and "Lily Hermit" to satisf...

As the "Assam" is running critically low, which was a red oolong made with two varietals combined, we know this is the right path to make this big ...

In the winter season of 2021, we successfully took two varietals commonly used for black tea production and successfully made them into oolong tea ...

This is the improved version of "the Eight" from the winter of 2021, since then we have learnt more about the trait of big-leaf-varietal. The adven...

The development of TTES #8 can be traced all the way back to the Japanese era in Taiwan, which was the golden era of Taiwanese tea. Although this v...

Take a special flight to the Famous Tea Region of Yunnan! Taste Scott's personal favorites from this year's Spring Harvest of Yunnan Black Teas. Tr...

It has been two years since we first discovered this living fossil plantation in the spring of 2020. As the years have flown by, the seasonal yield...

High quality hand-picked and processed silver needles (pure bud) white tea from Da Si village in Feng Qing county of Lincang. Slight cinnamon spice...

Ta Ku Hou village is a small village near Phoenix town just to the west at an altitude of 1350 meters.  This is one of highest altitude villages in...

Sunrise Symphony is an invigorating blend of black teas from 3 famous tea-producing regions. The idea was to create a blend that can stand up to mi...

The grower of this Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong (正山小种) calls this "Sweet Potato" (红薯) Xiao Zhong.  The processing and roasting of this tea was done with t...

Our Tai Ping Hou Kui is grown in Hou Gang village near Huangshan Mountain in Anhui.  It was harvested in mid-April (first flush) from a decades-old...

Hui Long Zhai lies in the western part of the county of Teng Chong (Bao Shan Prefecture), a mountainous region with peaks as high as 3000 meters b...

Tong Mu Guan is a village in the Wu Yi Mountains near the Fujian and Jiangxi border.  It's well known for it's Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong and Jin Jun Me...

This is a Tong Mu village area Jin Jun Mei that is processed with low heat and short frying times to preserve the trichomes (leaf hairs) on the lea...

Processed with very light oxidization and roasting this Feng Qing area tea has a strong taste with some astringency and a long floral sweet after-t...