Laboratory Tested for Pesticides
Yunnan Sourcing takes your health seriously! That’s why starting in October 2013 all of the Pu-erh teas produced under the Yunnan Sourcing Brand (云之源) were tested for pesticides (and for the pesticides we tested for), none of them exceed the EU's Maximum Residue Limit.
Our Yunnan Sourcing Brand Pu-erh Tea has been tested in the Sinoanalytica laboratory for the most common types of pesticides and did not exceed the limit set by the European Commission for Food Safety. From October 2013 until the end of year 2013 we tested for 26 pesticides. If there were pesticides present that are not in the list of 26 pesticides we tested for they would not have been detected. Starting in 2014 until now we started testing for 42 pesticides. Again if a pesticide is present that is not listed in the 42 pesticides we tested for the test would not detect it. From 2016 until now we tested for 191 pesticides.
For more information about the European Commission's safety standards for pesticides in tea see below.
Report Limit: This is the amount below which the MRL test is not able to detect. It’s 1/100th ppm (0.01 mg/kg) in most cases.
EU (MRL) Limitation: This is the Maximum Residue Limit for the given pesticide in Tea (code 0610000) set by the EU Commission on Food Safety. If a tea exceeded this limitation we would not produce it or sell it under the Yunnan Sourcing Brand label.
The MRL for each of the pesticides we tested for below can also be found at the EU Pesticides Database by following this address: http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-database/public/?event=pesticide.residue.selection&language=EN
If any levels of of DDT, DDD, or DDE (06-1, 06-2, 06-3, 06-4, 06-5) are detected (even if they are within the EU Limitation) Yunnan Sourcing LLC will not allow this tea to be used or included in our branded productions.
Should you have any questions at all about our testing and what it means, please don't hesitate to contact us by email here.
In 2013 we tested for 26 different types of pesticides.
In 2014 and 2015 we tested for 42 different types of pesticides.
In 2016 and 2017 we tested for 191 different types of pesticides.
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2013 Yunnan Sourcing "Yi Wu Gu Shu" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $22.50 USD - Original price $192.75 USDOriginal price$22.50 USD - $192.75 USD$22.50 USD - $192.75 USDCurrent price $22.50 USD| /In stockEntirely 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 ...
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2014 Yunnan Sourcing Gua Feng Zhai Spring Wild Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $11.00 USD - Original price $280.25 USDOriginal price$11.00 USD - $280.25 USD$11.00 USD - $280.25 USDCurrent price $11.00 USD| /In stockEntirely 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...
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2014 Yunnan Sourcing Mu Shu Cha Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $10.25 USD - Original price $273.50 USDOriginal price$10.25 USD - $273.50 USD$10.25 USD - $273.50 USDCurrent price $10.25 USD| /In stockOur 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...
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2015 Yunnan Sourcing "Autumn Man Zhuan" Ancient Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $0.00 USD - Original price $0.00 USDOriginal price $0.00 USD$10.25 USD - $198.50 USD$10.25 USD - $198.50 USDCurrent price $10.25 USD| /Entirely Ancient Arbor tea from Autumn (October) 2015 Harvest from Man Zhuan in Yi Wu mountain range. Man Zhuan is one of the six famous tea mount...
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2015 Yunnan Sourcing "Autumn Mang Zhi" Ancient Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $0.00 USD - Original price $0.00 USDOriginal price $0.00 USD$10.25 USD - $198.50 USD$10.25 USD - $198.50 USDCurrent price $10.25 USD| /Mang Zhi is a small village of Yi and Yao people living just west and south of Yi Wu town in the vicinity of Yi Bang and Xi Kong villages. Like th...
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2015 Yunnan Sourcing "Mu Shu Cha" Ancient Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $0.00 USD - Original price $0.00 USDOriginal price $0.00 USD$12.25 USD - $317.50 USD$12.25 USD - $317.50 USDCurrent price $12.25 USD| /In stockSpring 2015 harvest from old "Mother" tea trees growing in Big Snow Mountain area of Lincang. 200+ year old tea trees growing at an altitude of 1...
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2016 Yunnan Sourcing "Autumn Bing Dao Lao Zhai" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $11.00 USD - Original price $283.25 USDOriginal price$11.00 USD - $283.25 USD$11.00 USD - $283.25 USDCurrent price $11.00 USD| /Our 4th production from Bing Dao village and the third from Autumn harvested tea leaves! Bing Dao Lao Zhai (lit Bing Dao Old Village) is one of th...
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2016 Yunnan Sourcing "Autumn Man Zhuan" Ancient Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $9.75 USD - Original price $182.00 USDOriginal price$9.75 USD - $182.00 USD$9.75 USD - $182.00 USDCurrent price $9.75 USD| /Entirely Ancient Arbor tea from Autumn 2016 Harvest from Man Zhuan in Yi Wu mountain range. Man Zhuan is one of the six famous tea mountains in Ba...
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2016 Yunnan Sourcing "Ba Wai Village" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $11.75 USD - Original price $301.00 USDOriginal price$11.75 USD - $301.00 USD$11.75 USD - $301.00 USDCurrent price $11.75 USD| /Ba Wai Village is in Mengku County of Lincang. It's 1.9 kilometers (as the crow flies) southeast of Bing Dao village in the highlands on the east...
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2016 Yunnan Sourcing "Cha Wang" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $10.25 USD - Original price $189.75 USDOriginal price$10.25 USD - $189.75 USD$10.25 USD - $189.75 USDCurrent price $10.25 USD| /Our very first Yi Wu blend! Entirely autumn harvested old arbor teas from Yi Wu area, both large and small leaf varietals. We feel that this ble...
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2016 Yunnan Sourcing "San Ke Shu" Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $11.75 USD - Original price $287.00 USDOriginal price$11.75 USD - $287.00 USD$11.75 USD - $287.00 USDCurrent price $11.75 USD| /A tiny production from just three large old tea trees (三棵树) growing near Bang Dong village in Mengku county of Lincang. Entirely picked and proce...
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2018 Yunnan Sourcing "Autumn Di Jie" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $11.75 USD - Original price $295.50 USDOriginal price$11.75 USD - $295.50 USD$11.75 USD - $295.50 USDCurrent price $11.75 USD| /In stockDi Jie Village 地界 is in the area of Bingdao in Mengku area of Lincang. Di Jie Village is well-known not just for it's proximity to Bingdao, but a...
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2018 Yunnan Sourcing "Autumn Xiang Chun Lin" Yi Wu Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $22.00 USD - Original price $188.75 USDOriginal price$22.00 USD - $188.75 USD$22.00 USD - $188.75 USDCurrent price $22.00 USD| /In stockXiang Chun Lin (香椿林) is a small village with just a few households and is just between Yi Shan Mo and Wan Gong (northeast from Yi Wu town, near th...
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2019 Yunnan Sourcing "Autumn Yi Shan Mo" Yi Wu Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $11.00 USD - Original price $155.75 USDOriginal price$11.00 USD - $155.75 USD$11.00 USD - $155.75 USDCurrent price $11.00 USD| /In stockYi Shan Mo village autumn harvested tea. Yi Shan Mo along with Gua Feng Zhai, and Ma Hei village. Yi Shan Mo village tea is pure assamica varieta...
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2019 Yunnan Sourcing "Ding Jia Zhai" Ancient Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $11.00 USD - Original price $159.75 USDOriginal price$11.00 USD - $159.75 USD$11.00 USD - $159.75 USDCurrent price $11.00 USD| /In stockWe 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...
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2020 Yunnan Sourcing "Bai Hua Tan" Yi Wu Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $22.00 USD - Original price $187.25 USDOriginal price$22.00 USD - $187.25 USD$22.00 USD - $187.25 USDCurrent price $22.00 USD| /In stockBai Hua Tan village (百花潭) is in the Yi Wu Mountains near Tong Qing He 铜箐河. The altitude of Bai Hua Tan is about 1700 meters (quite high for Yi Wu)....
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