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This is a 2005 fermented ripe pu-erh tea made by the Xiaguan tea factory. It comes in cellophane sealed cardboard boxes with a plastic satchel of l...

Bang Dong Village (邦东寨) is located in the county Mengku, Lincang prefecture. Bang Dong is a small village situated at an altitude of 1600 meters. ...

This tea is made entirely from first flush of Spring 2024 high altitude Wu Liang mountain tea. The tea was processed into white tea using shade-dry...

This cake is pressed from a blend of Menghai area ripe pu-erh teas. The blend of tippy and medium sized leaves yields a classically Menghai smooth,...

Hai Lang has done it again.  Hai Lang collected 200 kilograms of spring 2017 harvested mao cha from several Yi Wu villages and had it painstakingly...

"Huang Shan Gu Shu" (lit. Remote Mountain Old Tree) is a mountain in Jinggu County of Simao where 100-300 year old tea trees are growing.  Huang Sh...

Our second production from Bing Dao village. We have produced other teas from neighboring villages but last Autumn we met a grower that had excell...

This tea is made entirely from high altitude Wu Liang mountain tea.  The Wu Liang mountains peak out at about 3300 meters, making them the highest ...

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

This is purely Lao Man'e village ripe pu-erh tea harvested from mature trees in Spring 2022 and then wet piled in Autumn 2022.  This is the most po...

Jia Ji Tuo (甲级沱茶 Special Grade Bird's Nest ) is a high quality blend with that characteristic heavy Menghai area qi!  Good mouth-feel and huigan th...

This is a spring 2018 harvested mao cha that was pressed in 2019.  It's from an undisclosed location in the Bu Lang mountains.  This is an incredib...

This is the fourth cake in our "Road to Yi Wu" (易武之道) series of cakes.  We have selected fall harvest (谷花茶) wild arbor material from the area of "D...

Made entirely from Spring harvested tea leaves! Bing Dao Lao Zhai (lit Bing Dao Old Village) is one of the two villages called "Bing Dao".  There ...

Entirely Ancient Arbor tea from Spring 2017 Harvest from Man Zhuan in Yi Wu mountain range. Man Zhuan is one of the six famous tea mountains in Ba...

Mu Shu Cha or "Mother Tree Tea" is made from a blend of Bing Dao wild arbor tea leaves and other Mengku area tea leaves from Spring 2012.  Mu Shu ...

Mini cakes are a great way to get to know a tea. They're not small, but they're not huge either, so they allow you to experiment with different bre...

This is a 2016 pressing from the world's foremost producer of ripe pu-erh tea!  Blended from various grades of semi-aged (2 to 3 year) ripe pu-erh ...

"Cha Tou Sheng Yun" (茶头圣韵 aka Cha Tou Sage Verse) is our Cha Tou (Tea Nugget) ripe pu-erh brick and our third production (our 1st production was in...

This is a Gong Ting grade Ripe pu-erh tea fermented using spring 2007 Jing Mai mountain material. The tea has been stored in a loose form in Mengha...

This is a blend of Bu Lang old plantation teas from the first flush of spring 2018!  Hai Lang has created a powerful blend of Bu Lang teas that is ...

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

This is a small production made of blended ripe pu-erh tea from the Menghai area. It's modeled after the famous Da Yi 7562 recipe, and does look mu...

Entirely first flush old arbor tea leaves from the Bai Sha He area Gua Feng Zhai (白沙河刮风寨) in the Yi Wu mountains.  Chu Jian 初见 means "to meet for ...

A lovely old arbor (古树白茶) white tea cake made from Autumn 2022 tea harvested from 80-300 year old tea trees in Man Gang village (Bang Dong, Lincang...

  2021 was another spectacular year for YS teas, especially ripe! Join us as we highlight some of the these great teas - Part 1. Experience the d...

Entirely spring 2019 harvested tea from pure assamica bushes growing in Meng Song village.  Meng Song village is northwest from the Nan Nuo mountai...

Gu Shu Bai Cha means "Old Tree White Pekoe Tea".  White Pekoe refers to a Jinggu varietal called Camellia Assamica Taliensis that is very large an...

Old arbor Jing Gu area camellia taliensis tea leaves were processed into this lovely lightly-wilted and then air-dried black/white tea and then pre...

Hai Lang has done it again.  Hai Lang collected 230 kilograms of spring 2016 and spring 2017 harvested mao cha from Gao Shan Zhai Village  and had ...

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 c...

A small production from a local producer and friend of ours in Mengku area of Lincang.  The was produced from pesticide-free tea harvested in spri...

Nice conveniently size little mini brick individually wrapped in paper and enclosed in a little beige box. Entirely blended Menghai material (Ba D...

Composed of Jing Gu Large White Pekoe varietal from Yang Ta village in Simao. An ancient arbor tea from early spring 2005, featuring prominent thic...

Wa Long village is not far from Man Zhuan village in the Yi Wu mountain area.  It's a remote village and the tea we sourced from there is in the m...

Entirely "ye sheng" varietal tea from the highest reaches of the Wu Liang mountains.  Growing above 2000 feet these wild tea bushes range from 50 ...

This tea cake is composed from early spring harvest of purple tea from the Yi Wu mountains in Xishuangbanna. Purple tea leaves from bushes aged 20 ...

This is the final Yunnan Sourcing production for 2009.  Fall tea harvested in mid-October from Mang Jing village in the Jing Mai mountains was used...

This is premium Mengku ripe tea made from entirely spring harvested tea! Wet-piled in a Mengku area tea factory and then aged for about 2 years bef...

This is made entirely from wet piled Bu Lang pu-erh tea picked in 2012 and 2013 and wet piled in 2013. After wet piling the ripe pu-erh tea was sto...

Our Man Tang Hong "Number 2" cake is composed from an average of grade 2 ripe tea leaves harvested from mature tea bushes in Mengku county (Lincang...

A blend of Lincang ripes teas from 5 different areas of Lincang! Smooth, thick, and potent with notes of fruit, mushroom, and chocolate! Entirely S...

This is a first flush of Spring 2019 pluck from Pa Sha Mountain (帕沙山) is just south of Gelanghe in the southeast part of Menghai County (Xishuangba...

This is a first flush of Spring 2019 "Huang Pian" from old tea trees in the area of Bang Dong village in Lincang.  Huang Pian (黄片) are mature leav...

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 ...

Classic Nan Jian Tu Lin production from 2002.  Tea from Lincang and Wu Liang shan have been blended into this potent little tuo cha!  Good fruity ...

Da Shan (lit. Big Mountain) is an area in the northwest of Jinggu county not too far from Bang Dong area (Lincang). Our Da Shan black tea is plucke...

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 ...