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Purple tea (aka Zi Cha) is a large leaf varietal (Camellia Sinensis var. Assamica) that occurs naturally as a result of mutation. This ripe tea is ...

Ever since we started pressing our own Yi Wu teas back in 2009 we've dreamed of creating an offering of several Yi Wu villages bundled together in ...

Tian Jian tea from Anhua County of Hunan packed in aromatic bamboo leaves and baked (low temperature) dry in the leaves.  This process imparts a u...

A new old blend for 2025! Our original Cha Qi was released in 2011 and has since become a classic Yunnan Sourcing blend! Our 2025 Cha Qi is a uniqu...

First flush harvest black tea from Yixing in Jiangsu.  The home of the world famous Purple "Zisha" Clay Teapots is also an area that produces some ...

This rare and beautiful tea is crafted from spring harvested leaves plucked from established plantation bushes in the Mojiang area of Simao.  The t...

This premium white tea of Simao has been hand-rolled into perfectly symmetrical "earrings". When brewed, the ribbons sink to the bottom of the glas...

Our First Flush of Spring Imperial Grade Silver Needle White Tea was picked in the first week of March from the tender buds of Jinggu area "Da Bai...

From Simao's northern tea gardens in the Ai Lao mountain area if Jing Dong, this Yu Luo (Jade Snail) pure bud green tea is both potent and complex ...

Spring comes early in Yunnan! A mild sunny winter, quickly gives way to spring which allows for this fresh and nutty green tea. It is composed ent...

This is a special varietal of Purple "Ye Sheng" Wild Tree Tea.  It literally grows wild and this "sweet" sub-type is the most rare of all.  It took...

A special varietal grown in the highlands of Simao and picked in the very earliest stages of growth.  "Cui Ming" means "Emerald Bright" and is an ...

Tender shoots of tea buds are plucked during the first flush of spring and then expertly processed by hand into these tightly rolled pure bud "pear...

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 ...

A unique varietal of white tea grown in the high altitude mountains of Ai Lao range in the eastern part of Jing Dong County (Simao Prefecture). The...

We have offered the "Silver Strands" 银丝 varietal green tea (a robust one leaf to one bud ratio) since 2005, but decided to also offer it's first fl...

These little white buds come from wild-growing Camellia Assamica Dehongensis varietal.  It is a sub-varietal of camellia that grows in the tropical...

A companion to our Red Label (black tea) and Green Label (raw pu-erh), Silver Label is a pure wild-arbor assamica white tea pressed into convenient...

A companion to our Silver Label (white tea) and Green Label (raw pu-erh), Red Label is a pure wild-arbor assamica black tea (红茶) pressed into conve...

A companion to our Silver Label (white tea) and Red Label (black tea), Green Label is a pure wild-arbor assamica raw pu-ewrh tea (生普洱) pressed into...

"Bao Hong" tea is from Yi Liang county of Yunnan.  It's leaf is quite small and it carries a high level of aroma.  The leaves are always picked whe...

Produced in 2000, this Menghai ripe spent its first years aging in Menghai and then continued in Kunming, a clean, natural progression that has she...

A rare meeting of mountain fruit and Yunnan black tea. This is Spring 2025 Jinggu black tea hand-packed into the hollowed shell of Rosa roxb...

Cha Yu Lin is a small, artisanal producer based in the Anhua region of Hunan, known for crafting their own Fu Cha, Tian Jian, and Qian Liang / Bai ...

First flush of spring 2022 tea was harvested from wild tea trees growing in the Gao Ma village area of Anhua county in Hunan!  Hand-processed at ev...

Pressed in 2009 from Jinggu area 2008 spring harvested tea, wet-piled for 45 days in the Yi Shan Jinggu Tea Factory and then aged in Jinggu ...

The third “Sanctuary” release: a small-batch blend built from two separate wet piles, one from the Yi Wu area, the other from the Bu Lang area. We ...

  Tartary Buckwheat is grown in the Himalayan region of Yunnan at an altitude of 2700 to 3200 meters! Tartary Buckwheat also known as Indian Buckwh...

From Mo Lie Shan (also called Shang Mu Lie) just south of Bingdao in Mengku, east of Bingdao Lake. Spring 2025 first flush from naturally grown 70–...

Made entirely from first-flush spring 2025 leaves picked in Bing Dao Lao Zhai (the “old village” south of Bingdao Lake, Mengku). Trees range from r...

Entirely first-flush Spring 2025 leaf from Ge Deng village (革登) in the Yiwu mountains, southwest of Yi Bang and west-northwest of Yiwu town. Source...

From Wan Gong Zhai, a remote village on the Yunnan–Laos border just north of Gua Feng Zhai and south of Yi Shan Mo, three of the highest-elevation ...

From Yi Bang village in northern Yiwu, made entirely from wild-arbor trees roughly 60–80 years old. The Li family’s matriarch hand-fixed the leaf i...

Spring 2025 old-arbor leaf from Tian Men Mountain (天门山), Yiwu. Naturally grown, wild-arbor trees about 60–100 years old yield a thick, sweet cup wi...

Ma Tou Yan Rou Gui 马头岩肉桂 (lit. Horse Head Rock Cinnamon) is a unique varietal grown in the "Zheng Yan" Ma Tou Yan 马头岩 area of Wu Yi.  Zheng Yan (正岩...

Bai Ji Guan (aka White Cockscomb) is a classic Wu Yi varietal originating from the "Bat Cave" deep in the Wu Yi mountains.  First recorded in the M...

Our "Wild Huang Zhi Xiang" grows wild at 950 meters of altitude (Middle Mountain) above Da An Village.  This comes from a small stand of trees that...

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...

This "Yu Lan Xiang" (玉兰香) Dan Cong is from the middle mountain elevation (1150 meters) in Tou She village in the Wu Dong mountains in Northern Guan...

Just to let everybody know, there is only 400 grams (not kilograms) produced each year from the last remaining three Da Hong Pao tea bushes in the ...

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...

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...

Our Autumn Pasha Black tea is from old plantation bushes growing at an altitude of about 1650 meters, making it one of the highest altitude teas in...

Clean, well-stored early-2000s Menghai ripe modeled on the classic 7572 profile: smooth wood and dark-honey sweetness with a gentle cocoa note and ...

Pressed from Camellia sinensis var. assamica blossoms harvest from older tea trees in the Da Qing village and Ku Zhu mountain area in Jinggu, Simao...

A striking wild-tree sheng made from naturally purple Ye Sheng leaves gathered in the north-western area of Dehong (1,600–2,200 m). This population...

First-flush Spring 2025 white tea from old-arbor gardens in Nuo Wu and Ba Wai villages (Mengku, Lincang). Picked and hand-processed by two families...