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Entirely Old and Ancient Arbor tea from the Spring 2024 Harvest from Zhang Jia Wan village in the Yi Wu mountain range. Zhang Jia Wan is near Ding ...

Entirely Ancient Arbor tea from first flush of Spring 2024 Harvest from Ge Deng village (革登) in Yi Wu mountain range. Ge Deng is southwest from Yi ...

We have selected first flush of spring harvest (第一波春茶) wild arbor material from the area of "Ding Jia Zhai" (丁家寨), a mountain area near Lao Man Sa ...

Luo Shui Dong Village (lit. Water Dripping Cave) is nestled in the Yi Wu mountains NE of Yi Wu town.  It's one of the closest villages to Yi Wu tow...

Guo You Lin 国有林 (lit. State Protected Forest) is a small area between Yi Wu town and Mengla town in the Yi Wu Mountains at an elevation of 1650 met...

Cha Tou is a kind of tea nugget that forms naturally from the pressures of compression and heat that occurs during the fermentation process. Typica...

This is a premium blend that we've named "Ba Wang" 霸王, which means something like "Badass King." "Ba Wang" is a sort of neo-classical pu-erh tea ca...

This is a classic Ripe tea blend, called "V93", it was first released in 2005 and quickly became one the most expensive ripe teas on the market. To...

Entirely Ancient Arbor tea from Spring 2023 Harvest from Man Zhuan in the Yi Wu mountain range. Man Zhuan is one of the six famous tea mountains in...

Yi Bang Village is an area in the northern part of Yi Wu. Yi Bang tea is special in that it is not large leaf varietal but rather a primitive small...

This is a blend of 2 different Yong De area ripe teas! One of them is a 2022 wet-piled tea from and the other is cha tou from 2017! Both are from M...

Expertly fermented 2023 material from Jingmai area of Lancang county (Simao) was wet-piled and then pressed into this lovely 250 gram mini cake. Th...

We are offering a set of two tea cakes pressed from old arbor material harvested in Autumn 2023. "Ascend" is pressed from 200+ year old tea trees g...

Xiao Hu Sai village (a neighboring village to Da Hu Sai). Our Xiao Hu Sai was picked in April 2023 from wild grown tea trees and bushes ranging fro...

This ripe cake is pressed from a wet pile batch done entirely from Pa Liang village wild tea! Wild tea trees and bushes ranging in age from 30-80 y...

This ripe cake is pressed from a wet pile batch done entirely from Zhenkang area of Lincang. The tea leaves were harvested in 2023 and wet piled in...

Purely Xin Ban Zhang village plantation tea harvested in Spring 2023 and wet-piled during 2023.  Potent, thick, bittersweet chocolatey goodness! St...

This ripe cake is pressed from a wet pile batch done entirely from Meng Song area (Menghai County) tea leaves harvested in 2023 and wet piled in la...

Bang Wai Mountain is in the county of Lancang not too far from the Jingmai Mountains. Bang Wai tea, like Jingmai tea, is a naturally occurring mixe...

Golden Bamboo Garden Village (金竹园村) is a small village in Jinggu county that lies at an altitude of 1450 meters. It's a remote village with only a ...

This is a small production with white wrapper pressed by a long-time friend of ours! She's finally decided to sell the tea after so many years! Thi...

With this lovely cake we celebrate an age-old tradition of mixing raw and ripe pu-erh tea together to create a harmonious blend worthy of aging. Li...

This is our 2024 Cozy release! Our organic tea grower blessed us by offering us some 2018 wet piled organic cha tou, which we blended with 2023 wet...

Meng Zhu Da Shan 勐主大山 is a mountainous area in the far northwest part of Jinggu near the border of Bang Dong county (Lincang) and Jinggu county (Si...

Xiao Shui Jing Village (小水井) is located south-south-west from Jinggu Town. It's a small village with about 30 households and has been engaged in te...

Suan Zao Shu village is one of the most remote villages in the Jinggu area, taking nearly 2 hours from Jinggu town to arrive there. The winding dir...

A blend of Spring and Autumn 2023 harvest from old "Mother" tea trees growing in Big Snow Mountain area of Lincang. 200+ year old tea trees growing...

Nan Po Zhai is the closest village to Bing Dao village in the county of Mengku. It lies 2km from Bing Dao village in a roadless area filled with ce...

This cake is composed entirely from first flush of spring 2023 Na Han village (Bang Dong area of Lincang) tea leaves! The tea was wet-piled in a sm...

This is a classic re-imagined blend based on the original 1949 "Zhong Cha" Red Mark pressing. The 1949 Red Mark is probably the most sought after a...

This is a classic re-imagined blend based on the original 1952 "Zhong Cha" Green Mark pressing. A blend of tea from Spring 2023 flush, consisting o...

Another dry-aged ripe beauty from Menghai! A humble looking bamboo leaf wrapped brick with no nei fei belies its complex inner character. Some mild...

A CNNP production from 1998 blended along the lines of Menghai Tea Factory's classic 7262. Pressed from Menghai harvested tea leaves and also wet-p...

A very interesting blend of tea with tea from Bu Lang and Yi Wu mountains with Autumn 2020 and Spring 2021 harvested teas from both mountains! Four...

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 ...

This is a premium blend that we've named "Entourage." Composed of a blend of 3 teas from Lincang and Menghai lends this tea a complex taste, aroma ...

Our second Sanctuary release!! Sanctuary is a small wet pile batch of just 600 kilograms! We purchased 230 kilograms in total. Instead of separatin...

We are proud to offer a Certified Organic "Gong Ting" Ripe Pu-erh Tea from Yunnan.  This tea was grown in the area of Simao and was harvested in A...

We are proud to offer a Certified Organic "Te Zhi" Ripe Pu-erh Tea from Yunnan. This tea was grown in the area of Simao and was harvested in April...

This is the first release of the new DaYi 3rd generation style wet-piling. A totally unique process that is used only in their "Yi Yuan Su" line of...

This is the classic Xiaguan "7663" Recipe, aka Xiao Fa tuo.  Straightforward Xiaguan ripe goodness here, but with an incredibly affordable price ta...

"Hong Yu"  aka "Red Jade" is a rarely produced blend from Menghai Tea Factory (DaYi brand)!  This is the second production ever produced.  The firs...

A classic recipe from Menghai. This is an average blend of 7th grade material that was fermented last year, so the cake does not have that just fer...

A new old blend for 2023! Our original Cha Qi was released in 2011 and has since become a classic Yunnan Sourcing blend! Our 2023 Cha Qi is a uniqu...

Spring 2023 harvested tea leaves that are 100% sourced from Lao Man'E Village (Bu Lang Mountains) tea from old plantation trees and bushes. Being p...

We are very excited to offer a sun-dried, wild arbor, pure assamica varietal Black tea! It's harvested from 100+ year old tea trees growing natural...

Entirely wild arbor tea from first flush of Spring 2023 Harvest from Ge Deng village (革登) in Yi Wu mountain range. Ge Deng is southwest of Yi Bang ...

This is a first flush of Spring 2023 pluck from Pa Sha Mountain (帕沙山) is just south of Gelanghe in the southeast part of Menghai County (Xishuangba...