Taiwan Sourcing Oolong Teas

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...

This tea was inspired right on the day when we were processing the Tieguanyin and Buddha Hand for this spring. We have long known that Mr. Chang ha...

After nearly three years of absence, this legendary varietal is on our shelf again.This varietal "White Fur Monkey" originated from the Fujian prov...

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...

This year, the processing method of this tea was officially formalized after years of experiment. This "Orange Fairy of Lily" is the answer to the ...

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...

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

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

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...

Wtih two consecutive seasons having this plantation being bug bitten ("Lily Cream" and "Maiden Nectar"), it is hard not to think of the possibility...

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

Since the end of 2017, we have been working relentlessly with this particular plantation due to it magical material, and together we have produced ...

This was the plantation we did not have time to work with in the spring of 2021. Our schedule was very cramped with harvests elsewhere, so we misse...

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...

The 2020 Spring version of "Topaz Spring" was much more popular than we initially anticipated, but we did not make any plans to process new batch s...

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...

Ying Xiang varietal has been something very special to us since we met the Yang family. It has a modern character that only belongs to the 21st cen...

Due to the lack of yield at the Yakou and Nanshan, we almost could not offer any Qing Xin option this season except for the high end Tianhu that on...

If you already tried our "Mountain" black tea, you will realize this particular material from Sanlun village has a powerful potential to be made in...

Just as we were convinced "Nectar Earl" was a one-off experience, this season's "Overlord" gave us a huge surprise again. There is a twist added to...

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...

Nature has been playing an interesting game with us. Normally, little leaf-biting grasshoppers only appear in much warmer weather. This is why most...

Since we first started working with the Tianhu plantation, for the previous two previous "Lake" series teas, we have classified the plantation as "...

Nature continues to surprise us this winter. Not only was the general yield of this winter extremely low, it also brought us exceptional teas like ...

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...

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...

This tea was created after the success of "Nectar Frost of Spring," which was created thanks to our old friend Mr. Xie. This approachable Four Seas...

A rare and majestic Mikado Pheasant alighted on a tree branch above the road. After passing a cool eye over our vehicle, he spread out his dashing,...

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

Produced in the January of 2021 and very much like "Frosty Serpent" and "Frosty Mist," this season's harbor tea could be consider a "winter rhythm"...

Remember our "For Phoenix" Oriental Beauty made from Caopintou (草坪頭) area? This place is commonly known for its "Yushan tea," however it is not eve...

With success of "Twilight Jade" and "Night Jade" this Cui Yu plantation proved to be a phenomenal place for tea growing. This winter's Cui Yu is qu...

Sometimes tea trees can grow and sprout in exceptional condition that was normally considered "impossible," and teas such as "Winter Rhythm" (冬片) i...

Cui Yu is the hard effort which was invented by the godfather of modern Taiwanese tea Mr. Wu who passed away in 2000. It was named after Mr. Wu's g...

Thanks to the plantation that's located in the deep mountain environment with opulent sunshine exposure, our GABA tea material comes the 100% Jin X...

This varietal is now very rare in today's market. Before processing we already heard that this particular varietal could easily turn bitter in the ...

This Ying Xiang, like its cousin "Alluvial Series," "Noon Series," and the famous "Overlord," are now very mature and stable plantation we have bee...

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...

This "Pacific Petal" is the successor of our unusual "Pacific Bud" from the spring of 2018. There is a lot of improvement of this plantation and pr...

This black tea was processed along with our "Citrus Glow," and we decided to apply some concepts of processing Oriental Beauty into it. Due to the ...

A fully rolled Oolong tea from summer? Aren't summer tea supposed to be Oriental Beauty and black tea? Why are you selling a "summer" tea that is n...

Spring Harvest "Jin Xuan Golden Lily" Certified Organic Taiwan Oolong Tea Golden Lily is one of the famed "three sisters" oolong teas from Taiwan a...

GABA stands for Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid. Through a series of research, Japanese scholar Omori Masashi ( 大森 正司 ) confirmed it has a very powerful an...

GABA stands for Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid. The GABA content adds a thick layer of baked sweet potato taste to the tea and is proven to offer the drin...

Our "Honey Aroma" oolong tea gets its name from the fact that the leaves are bitten by grasshopper-like tiny bugs that stimulate the defense mech...

A delightful blend of Organic Cape Jasmine Flowers and Organic Si Ji Chun (Four Seasons) Oolong tea.   Si Ji Chun was organically grown and then ma...

Thanks to the plantation that's located in the deep mountain environment with opulent sunshine exposure, our GABA tea material comes the 100% Jin X...