Taiwan Sourcing Teas

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...

Organically grown Tie Guan Yin varietal in Pinglin, we found this new plantation by surprise. Pinglin has been a place to grow unique varietal that...

One thing you will immediately notice is that there are no markings of any kind on the wrapper, it's just plain white paper. This is due to the int...

The announcement of the plucking of this tea came in while we were on our trip to somewhere else in Taiwan. The iphone rang its bell when we were o...

Re-creating the exact same tea is already a difficult task, imagine improving that foundation to a whole new level. This tea is our answer to not j...

We made this tea right after the exhasuting Wu Yi processing, this new batch from Baigushan plantation has fully recovered its original potential t...

After the lighter approach of "Apple Magpie" we think it is time to push the boundary material to a new level. The fermentation is kind of like "Wo...

Different from "Lily Fairy" series tea althought not far away from it, this plantation is another proof that Zhushan can be a great source of some ...

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...

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...

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 ...

This is the material we discovered at the expo this 2022. Mr. Lai has been farming at this area since the beginning of high mountain craze, and Cif...

The advent of "Aura Jade" from last summer was one of our major breakthroughs of 2021. The possibility of summer material was completely revealed f...

"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...

What shall a tea processing team do when there is a harvest of clean and high elevation Qing Xin Oolong material is available in the summer? The an...

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...

"Red Lion" is one of our very popular teas. This plantation from Mingjian has proved us its unique character that is not any inferior to the famous...

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...

Caught us by complete surprise, we finallly met this legendary varietal that was mostly known on text book. A long lost varietal that was discovere...

With our "Ruby Lily" from last year nearly gone, we felt it was necessary to re-create this tea again, however with a different touch. The new proc...

This can be considered as the "official" version of red oolong from Taiwan Sourcing. In other words, we finally have a red oolong creation that was...

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...

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...

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 "...

As indicated by the number of this ripe pu-erh, the recipe for this ripe pu-erh was developed in 1985, and produced in Menghai, Yunnan province. It...

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,...