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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 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...

Wild Arbor King (乔木王) was first introduced in 2006, and quickly became one of Mengku's most popular raw pu-erhs.  In 2006 it won the prestigious Ex...

Entirely wild arbor tea from early spring 2018! Tea leaves taken from 60 to 100 years old tea trees growing wild near Da Hu Sai in the county of M...

This is a special production of Bu Lang area old arbor pu-erh tea picked in the first flush of spring from a secret location in the Bu Lang Mountai...

A classic recipe from Menghai, but the first production of 2018 (1801). The highest grade material is always used for first batch productions and i...

This lovely little 150 gram mini cake is called "Wu Zi Deng Ke" (五子登科), and is the one of the highest grade premium ripe teas released by Menghai t...

A premium tippy blend from Menghai Tea Factory!  Aged in Kunming since it's release in 2011, this satisfying ripe pu-erh tea has lost all it's wet ...

This is a newer blend from 2005, consisting of an average of grade 6 tea leaves.  Similar to the classic 7562 blend which comes in the form of a br...

This is a new Xiaguan pressing for 2018, but a blend of of mao cha between 5 and 8 years of age.  It's pressed as a very tight iron cake, which wil...

Premium Xiaguan production made entirely from Bu Lang Mountain area tea leaves.  Wet piled in 2016 and pressed in 2017, these potent little mini ca...

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...

This is a spring 2007 pressing done in a small Feng Qing area tea factory and then aged in a dry storage condition in Guangzhou until August 2018 w...

Hai Zi Zhai (海子寨) is located in north JInggu just to the west of the 222 road to Zhenyuan.  There are only 12 families living in the village which ...

We are proud to invite you to experience our first ever production from Long Tan Village (龙塘 Dragon Pool)!  Long Tang village is a small village in...

Entirely wild arbor tea from early spring 2018! Tea leaves taken from 80 to 120 years old tea trees growing wild in the Mang Fei mountainous area ...

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. ...

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...

Entirely Old Arbor tea from the Spring 2018 Harvest from He Tao Di Village in Jinggu County of Simao.  He Tao Di (lit. Walnut Grove) Village is a ...

Nan Ban Qing Village 南板箐村 is a small village with just 260 inhabitants.  It's a lush semi-tropical village at an altitude of 1410 meters and cover...

This is a unique blend of three different high quality spring 2018 raw pu-erh teas from Lincang and Simao.  We relentlessly blended teas from vario...

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...

This is a first flush of spring 2018 pluck from Pa Sha Mountain (帕沙山) is just south of Gelanghe in the southeast part of Menghai County (Xishuangba...

Entirely first flush of Spring 2018 material from high altitude Ai Lao mountain.  The Ai Lao mountains peak out at about 3200 meters, making them ...

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 t...

Da Mao Shan 大帽山 is a remote area in the farthest souther section of Jinggu County right near the border of Jinggu and Lancang counties (both in Si...

Hong Ni Tang village (lit.  Red Mud Pool) is located in the far west of Jinggu not far from Mengku county (Lincang).  The tea trees from which thi...

Lin Xia Sheng Tai  林下生态 (lit. growing naturally in the forest) is a tea sourced from a village in Jinggu not far from Han Gu Di Village.  It's gro...

San Ceng Yun 三层云 is a small village southeast of Jinggu Town (the county seat) at an elevation of 1700 meters.  In total there are about 15 househ...

"Bai Ni Shui" is a small village to the southwest of Jinggu town in Simao prefecture.  Bai Ni Shui (lit.  White Mud Water) is situated at 1900 met...

This is a classic Haiwan production "深山老树" (lit. Remote Mountain, Old Tree).  First offered in 2005 as a premium blend of tea leaves from Menghai a...

This tea is made entirely from first flush of Spring 2018 high altitude Wu Liang mountain tea.  The Wu Liang mountains peak out at about 3300 mete...

Zao Qiao Di is a small village south of Jinggu Township in Simao Prefecture.  It's a high altitude village (1900 meters) with cool weather year-ro...

Our 5th production from Bing Dao village and the second from Spring harvested tea leaves! Bing Dao Lao Zhai (lit Bing Dao Old Village) is one of t...

Entirely old arbor tea from early spring 2018! The tea leaves for this tea cake were picked from 100 to 200 years old tea trees growing wild in th...

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...

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. ...

Na Han Village (那罕寨) is located near Bang Dong village in the county Mengku, Lincang prefecture.Bang Dong is a small village situated at an altitu...

Although this is a 2018 pressing the tea itself is 2016 Spring harvested tea from Jingmai Mountain area of Lancang County.  Harvested in 2016 and ...

Bang Long village is a Meng Song area village in Menghai County of Xishuangbanna.  Meng Song area is northwest from Nan Nuo mountains and is a very...

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. ...

We are excited to offer this premium ripe pu-erh cake made entirely from Spring 2017 Bu Lang mountain material. First flush material was collected...

This is our first ripe Jingmai Mountain tea released since 2012.  Entirely Jingmai mountain area tea harvested in 2017 and wet piled in Menghai.  S...

This tea is the result of a rather haphazard blend of ripe teas that I threw together one morning in April 2018.  The result was surprisingly excel...

This Year of the Dog "Blue Label" ripe tea is a blend of ripe pu-erh teas from 2013 and 2015.  Being a blend of semi-aged teas, it's almost complet...

Another high quality ripe pu-erh tea from Gu Ming Xiang!  This is entirely Spring 2011 fermented wild arbor tea from Bu Lang area of Menghai.  The...

Xiang 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...

Yi Shan Mo village spring harvested tea.  Yi Shan Mo along with Gua Feng Zhai, and Ma Hei village. Yi Shan Mo village tea is pure assamica varieta...