Oolong Tea

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...

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

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...

After years of searching for an organic plantation growing the Buddha Hand varietal, we finally encountered the opportunity to produce this ancient...

Rou Gui means Cinnamon in Chinese (肉桂茶). It's a varietal of Wu Yi Mountain rock tea that has been around since the Qing Dynasty. First flush of spr...

This year's mountain tea plan is a special one. We no longer seek sources of ancient tea trees. This spring we finally got in touch with the local ...

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...

Due to this season's unstable weather and draught, we experienced a great reduction of harvest this year. The yield of "Lily Dancong" was decreased...

This is a unique fruity tea with a orchid and peach pit aroma.  Our "Peach Pit Aroma" (aka Tao Ren Xiang) is grown at 900 meters, picked and proces...

After seasons and seasons of experimenting, we eventually reached the point of making the Jin Xuan varietal taste exceedingly close to the famous D...

Ya Shi Xiang Dan Cong (aka Duck Shit Aroma) is a rare Dan Cong varietal grown in and around Ping Keng Tou village in the Phoenix Mountains outside...

Mi Lan Xiang (aka Honey Orchid Aroma) Dan Cong is the most well-known Dan Cong style.  This is a high mountain pluck from older trees (Lao Cong) gr...

Harvested in Autumn 2013 and produced entirely by hand from start to finish using hand kneading and basket roasting. Re-roasted in 2019 and then ro...

As we successfully made the Jin Xuan varietal from Kanjiao into a red oolong tea on our "Crimson Lily," we realized we could create a red oolong on...

Gao Cong Shui Xian is a tea made from the older bushes of the Shui Xian varietal. To preserve the natural orchid fragrance of this tea, the roastin...

"Perfume of Spring" will be missed from our collection for a very long time due to Mr. Chen's decision not to continue the lease of the land. A sum...

The high mountains of the Wu Liang range in Simao are home to some of the greatest teas in Yunnan.  Perfect weather, high altitude and a pristine n...

What will happen to a Tie Guan Yin varietal if it is grown at high elevation, yet without the use of any pesticides or herbicides? This plantation ...

This summer was truly full of surprises. In the past three years, the Yeh family's plantation suffered from pest issue which resulted in a low yiel...

Hong Di Dan Cong is a unique hybrid varietal of Shui Xian and Rou Gui.  It grows only in the Feng Xi area near the reservoir near a village called...

This particular plantation gave us a strong impression last summer, so we could not resist the urge to come back again this winter. Since we had en...

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...

Mr. Chang was one of the very first tea farmers we approached back in 2018 when we began our tea processing journey. Back at the time we were not a...

The plantation at Yuli was no longer viable for us to process tea due to management reasons, so we had to find a new farmer to source the magical m...

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...

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 ...

Operated by the same family who grows the Guanxi TTES #17, we are looking forward to having long term collaboration with this plantation for the ex...

Like the famous Jin Xuan and Cui Yu, Egret (TTES #17) is still a relatively new varietal in the world of Taiwanese teas. It was formally introduced...

Tie Guan Yin has been completely gone from our collection since the disappearance of the Fanbaoshan plantation. Fortunately, some of the tea trees ...

Operated by the same family who grows the Guanxi TTES #17, we are looking forward to having long term collaboration with this plantation for the ex...

Ju Duo Zai is a rare varietal of Dan Cong Bush grown by just a few families in the Feng Huang (Phoenix) village area of Wu Dong Mountains.  Ju Duo ...

Gong Xiang Dancong is one of the finest fragrant teas in Phoenix Mountain. It is named after the floral aroma diffuses with the wind when the tea i...

This tea was produced right after the creation of "Ruby Stone." With harvest quantity that was unbelievably low, we were urgent to come up with a c...

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...