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"Tiger Clan" is a new ripe blend for 2022! A blend of Mengku and Menghai area ripe teas gives this an incredible depth and complexity. Chocolate bi...

  2019 was another great year for YS teas especially ripe! Join us as we highlight some of the these great teas - Part 2. Experience the diverse ch...

The second production from Hai Lang Hao this year! Composed entirely of first flush Spring 2007 raw material. This cake is composed entirely from m...

This is a Spring 2013 Yi Wu cake that was wet-piled for about 25 days (instead of the full 45 days). This is what's called half-fermented or half ...

This is a potent blend of Bu Lang Mountain area plantation tea leaves picked in Spring 2013 and 2014. It's a powerful tea blend with a strong "in y...

This is a new blend of old arbor tea various sources.  "An Xiang" 暗香 (Secret Aroma) has a strong aroma, incredibly robust taste, and a thick mouth ...

"Hong He Yuan" 红河源 mark is a made by a now defunct Nan Zhao Tea Factory 南诏茶厂 (not to be confused with Xiaguan's Nan Zhao sub-label).  This is entir...

This is a Menghai area ripe pu-erh tea produced by a small tea factory in 2004. It was aged in Kunming from 2005 until now. It comes wrapped in a w...

Entirely spring material from Bu Lang area old plantation and wild arbor tea plants. Expertly fermented in a Menghai area tea factory. Just 4000 k...

This is small "farmer" production from a grower in "Yi Bi" village in Yi Wu area of Xishuangbanna. It's entirely late autumn harvested tea from wil...

A lovely old arbor (古树白茶) white tea cake made from first flush of spring 2024 tea harvested from old arbor tea trees in Nuo Wu and Ba Wai villages ...

Entirely Mannuo Village ripe pu-erh tea! Mannuo is a Bu Lang Mountain area village that is well-known for cultivating tea that has a thick bittersw...

Entirely Wu Liang Mountain area tea from certified organic tea gardens. This cake is called "Di Fu" 地氟 (low fluoride) as it was tested by Zu Xiang ...

This year we went all out to make a unique ripe blend! We blended 9 different teas from several regions and wet pile batches to create a complex an...

This is a premium new blend produced only in 2017 (so far) from Mengku area first flush of spring material. Lin Cha Zui (临茶醉) means Tea Drunk on Li...

Final year CNNP production. Old plantation tea from spring 2005 harvest was pressed into these potent tea cakes and dry aged in Kunming for 14 year...

This bamboo white is made from April 2024 harvested tea that is processed into a shade-dried white tea and then packed into bamboo sections and the...

Entirely Jingmai mountain area tea harvested in 2020 and wet piled in Menghai. Several leaf grades from two unique wet pile batches have been blend...

  2020 was another spectacular year for YS teas especially ripe! Join us as we highlight some of the these great teas - Part 2. Experience the di...

Yi Pin Tang is a small tea factory located in Menghai town and is run by yet another ex-Menghai tea factory manager. The tea is pressed entirely f...

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 di...

An unusual tea in terms of it's origins.  Yunnan-grown pu-erh was pressed in Yunnan and then packaged and sold under the "Chongqing Tuo" Brand (a s...

Entirely wild arbor tea from early spring 2016! Tea leaves taken from 60 to 100 years old tea trees growing wild near Da Hu Sai in the county of M...

We present to you our 2022 Peerless! A blend of rare and unique teas of the highest quality tea leaves. All the tea leaves were picked from mature ...

Entirely Jingmai mountain area tea harvested in 2019 and wet piled in Menghai. Several leaf grades from the same wet pile batch have been blended t...

This is a potent ripe tippy grade ripe pu-erh tea from Liming Tea Factory in Menghai. Lightly fermented to preserve it's aroma and strength this b...

Spring 2004 Harvested Yi Wu from a small Yi Wu local producer! This is a stone-pressed cake aged in Yi Wu and then Kunming. This is an excellent ex...

We are proud to announce our very first He Kai (贺开) village production!  He Kai village area is south of Menghai town on the way to Lao Ban Zhang. ...

These smaller cha tou are from a 2010 wet pile batch of Jinggu harvested tea! Aged in Jinggu town from 2010 until 2024, these are well aged with li...

Spring 2011 Jing Mai Mountain tea leaves were wet piled in Menghai town for 45 days before being graded, blended and pressed into these lovely ripe...

Made entirely from spring 2024 harvested tea from pure assamica bushes growing in Meng Song village. Meng Song village is northwest from the Nan Nu...

To celebrate this year we selected a wild arbor sourced Ripe Pu-erh tea from Spring 2014 and pressed into this lovely 250 gram cake. Tea leaves fr...

Entirely spring 2020 harvested tea from pure assamica bushes growing in Meng Song village.  Meng Song village is northwest from the Nan Nuo mountai...

Menghai tea factory has always been at the forefront of the process of creating ripe pu-erh tea through "wet piling". Their expertise at selecting ...

Wei Zui Yan means "Strongest Taste". Menghai tea factory first produced this blend in both raw and ripe form in 2006. This 2013 Ripe cake has a str...

Hui Man Xin brand is produced by a small Menghai area tea factory that specializes in local raw pu-erh teas and ripe pu-erh tea wet piling.  They'v...

Tian Fu Xiang was a small Menghai Tea factory that started in the early-2000s. Tian Fu Xiang was started by Zhang Li Xiang who worked for the Mengh...

This is a small production from the "Qi Sheng" Brand based in Kunming.  Li Fa Lou the owner is a close friend of mine and a Dehong (Mangshi) native...

Menghai Spring tea from 2001 was steamed inside the bamboo using wood fire in a pit.  As the bamboo heats up it releases it's perfume like aroma in...

Da Qing Gu Shu (Da Qing Old Tree) is my favorite tea from Spring 2015.  It's made from old tree tea leaves picked from the first flush of Spring. ...

A newer blend created to celebrate the birthplace of Xiaguan tea factory. Dali a smallish city at the base of the Cang Mountains, and bordering the...

You Le Zhi Chun (攸乐之春 aka “Spring of You Le”) is the second tea cake created under the new Yunnan Sourcing / Rui Cao Xiang label. This label is a ...

Early spring 2023 material from 60 to 80 year old tea trees (老太地/野放茶) growing wild on the southern slope of Ba Da mountain not far from Menghai tow...

This is a special FT (Fei Tai) Xiaguan release of the classic "Yun Mei" series iron cakes. This FT version has the wang 王 (King) denotation and is ...

Ben Wei Da Cheng means something like "Creating the Original Taste".  The question is a good one.  There are so many tea growing areas in Yunnan pr...

This is an excellent Cha Gao (tea resin) made entirely from first flush of spring 2013 Jinggu area Pu-erh tea, which was processed into Cha Gao in ...

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...

Spring 2019 Bu Lang material wet piled in summer 2019! Viscous, mild woody taste, sweet dried fruit and some bitterness. A classic Menghai region f...