Yunnan Sourcing Pu-erh Tea

October 2014 Autumn harvest tea leaves from 80-150 year old tea trees growing in Jiu Tai Po village in Jinggu county of Simao. Jiu Tai Po or "9 Me...

Ku Zhu Mountain is near Wenshan village about 7 kilometers southeast of Jing Gu town in Pu'er prefecture (previously known as Simao). Ku Zhu mount...

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...

Entirely Ancient Arbor tea from Autumn (October) 2014 Harvest from Mi Bu village in Yi Wu mountain range. Mi Bu village is in the area of Yi Bang ...

Entirely Ancient Arbor tea from Autumn (October) 2014 Harvest from Man Zhuan in Yi Wu mountain range. Man Zhuan is one of the six famous tea mount...

Mang Zhi is a small village of Yi and Yao people living west and south of Yi Wu town in the vicinity of Yi Bang and Xi Kong villages. Like the tea...

This year's Impression cake shares some similarities with it's 2012 counterpart.  It's a blend of different teas, but this year we used mao cha fr...

First flush of spring blend of Lincang wild and ancient arbor tea leaves. We call this "野心" or "Wild Heart." The tea is strong and balanced in tast...

A special release for 2014, the Year of the Horse. This is a lovely ripe pu-erh cake composed entirely of Menghai area harvested and fermented tea...

Ku Zhu Mountain is near Wenshan village about 7 kilometers southeast of Jing Gu town in Pu'er prefecture (previously known as Simao). Ku Zhu mount...

Yi Bi village is a small village about 5 kilometers south of Yi Wu town.  Yi Bi teas are classic Yi Wu teas.  They are sweet with little astringen...

An incredibly fantastic raw Pu-erh made from Wild Pu-erh tree leaves that have a dark purple color.  This 野生茶 (Wild Tea) is naturally dark in colo...

Entirely Gua Feng Zhai spring material from 60-80 year old tea trees!  Gua Feng Zhai is a famous but still remote village area near the Mengla-Lao...

Our 2014 Spring "Mu Shu Cha" (母树茶) refers to the mother tea trees of Mengku where the oldest and most primitive Yunnan Large Leaf varietal tea tre...

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 ...

Qing Mei Shan is a remote mountain area in Yong De county of Lincang.  The tea trees here are 100-300 years old and have been growing wild for cen...

This tea is made entirely from first flush of spring 2014 high altitude Wu Liang mountain tea.  The Wu Liang mountains peak out at about 3300 mete...

Entirely old arbor tea from early spring 2014! Tea leaves taken from oldest tea trees (150 to 300 years old) growing on Mang Fei mountain in Yong ...

Jing Gu Yang Ta village is in Jing Gu county of Simao prefecture (景谷秧塔寨).  It is well known for it's "Da Bai" (大白 - Big White) tea.  Actually the ...

Our first ever Spring production from Da Hu Sai village.  Our Da Hu Sai was picked in late March from wild grown tea trees ranging 80 to 200 years...

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

Bangbao village resides in the area of Bangdong county about 50km west of Lincang (city) and just a few kilometers west of the Lancang (Mekong) ri...

Entirely first flush of spring 2014 material from high altitude Ai Lao mountain.  The Ai Lao mountains peak out at about 3200 meters, making them ...

"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 fourth production (our 1st production was ...

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

An Autumn blend of Lincang wild and ancient arbor tea leaves.  We call this "野心" or "Wild Heart".  The tea is strong and balanced in taste with st...

Entirely wild arbor early October material from Man Nuo village in Bu Lang mountains.  Tea trees are 60 to 80 years old, growing naturally without...

Entirely wild arbor tea material from 80 to 150 year old tea trees in Yi Bang village (an area of north Yi Wu).  Expertly processed by the mother ...

From the same families as our 2011-2013 productions but entirely Autumn 2013 harvest material! "Mu Shu Cha" (母树茶) refers to the mother tea trees o...

Our first ever production from Da Hu Sai village.  Our Da Hu Sai was picked in the first week of October from wild grown tea trees ranging 80 to 2...

Our first ever production from Bing Dao village.  We have produced other teas from neighboring villages but this Autumn we met a grower that had e...

Entirely wild arbor tea from late Autumn 2013! Tea leaves taken from 100-200 year old tea trees growing on Mang Fei mountain in Yong De county of ...

For our 2013 production we used 2013 Yong De area ripe tea from spring harvest. This lovely semi-aged blend of ripe tea was mixed with Kunlun Snow...

Our Blue Label production celebrates the tail end of this Year of the Snake.  We selected the highest quality ripe tea fermented from Yong De coun...

Our fifth year in production "Yi Dian Hong"  aka Little Red is a great choice for a high quality but affordable ripe pu-erh tea from Menghai. This...

San He Zhai? Never heard of it? That's because it doesn't exist. Our San He Zhai (aka Three Harmonized Villages) tea cake is a blend of tea from t...

A tiny production from just three large old tea trees (三棵树) growing near Bingdao village in Mengku county of Lincang.  Entirely picked and process...

Our Jingmai production is made entirely from the one family's garden in Mangjing village in the Jing Mai mountain area.  Entirely hand-picked and ...

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...

Jing Gu Yang Ta village is in Jing Gu county of Simao prefecture (景谷秧塔寨).  It is well known for it's "Da Bai" (大白 - Big White) tea.  Actually the ...

A new recipe for 2013!  We used first flush wild and ancient arbor material from 4 different tea mountains in Simao to craft this lovely tea cake....

We are excited to offer this premium ripe pu-erh cake made entirely from Spring 2012 Bu Lang mountain material. First flush material was collected...

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 2...

Spring 2013 harvest from Xiang Ming village in the north of Yi Wu Mountain area.  A naturally occuring mixed leaf size hybrid from 80 to 100 years...

Entirely Gua Feng Zhai spring material from 100-200+ year old tea trees!  Gua Feng Zhai is a famous but still remote village area near the Mengla-...

Gao Shan Village is nestled in the Yi Wu mountains NNE of Yi Wu town and is one of the highest elevation villages in the Yi Wu range. Gao Shan vil...

Dong Gua Lin village is near Yi Bang mountain in the Yi Wu mountain area.  Like Wa Long It's a remote village and the tea we sourced from there is...

Entirely first flush of Spring material from Xin Zhai village outside of Yi Wu town.  Tea trees ranging from 100 to 200 years old!  Classic Yi Wu ...