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Lao Huang Di is an area west of Long Tang village that has many wild tea trees. The trees range from 50-200 years in age and are completely feral. ...

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 d...

Entirely Autumn 2021 material from high altitude Ai Lao mountain.  The Ai Lao mountains peak out at about 3200 meters, making them second only to ...

This is our 2022 Cozy release! Smooth, velvety, sweet, and fruity ripe! Perfect comforting ripe tea for relaxing and winter hibernation!  Cha Tou h...

This tea is made entirely from first flush of spring 2013 high altitude Wu Liang mountain tea.  The Wu Liang mountains peak out at about 3300 meter...

This is a new blend for 2021! A blend of autumn harvested tea from several villages in Lincang! All wild arbor tea from mature trees! Potent mouth-...

This tea is harvested from untended bushes 野放茶 growing in the Guan Yang area of Fuding (Fujian province) at an altitude of 900 meters! April 2018 h...

An early Mengku Rongshi raw blend from 2007. This cake was pressed from a blend of 2007 first flush spring tea harvested in Mengku county of Lincan...

This is a classic early Mengku Rongshi ripe production using a Te Ji heavy blend of tea wet piled in 2005 (the cake was pressed 1/1/2006). This is ...

Entirely Zhang Jia San Dui Village ripe pu-erh tea! Zhang Jia San Dui is a Bu Lang Mountain area village that is well known for cultivating tea tha...

This year's Impression cake is a blend of tea leaves from Spring and Autumn, originating from Mengku, Bang Dong, and Jing Gu tea gardens. The tea h...

This is a certified organic ripe pu-erh tea produced by the Lao Man'e Tea Factory of Menghai.  This was wet piled in 2010 from Jingmai Mountain are...

This is a small "Farmer Yi Wu" pressing from Spring 2002 harvested tea.  Yi Wu mountain area is in the north of Mengla county in the NW part of Xis...

Spring 2003 Harvested Yi Wu from a small Yi Wu local producer!  This is a stone-pressed cake aged in Yi Wu and then Kunming. This an excellent exam...

This is a small production pressed by an Yi Wu tea grower in Luo Shui Dong Village.  The tea is entirely 2003 Spring Harvest from wild growing tea ...

This cake is pressed entirely from 2021 Spring harvested Yi Wu area tea that was wet piled in Menghai!  This is a tippy "Golden Needle" grade ripe....

Liming Tea Factory in cooperation with the Man Ke Village Tea Cooperative has established a certified organic tea garden in the mountainous area of...

This cake is pressed entirely from 2021 Spring harvested Yi Wu area tea that was wet piled in Menghai!   This is a creamy and fruity ripe with plen...

Ever since we started pressing our own Yi Wu teas back in 2009 we've dreamed of creating an offering of several Yi Wu villages bundled together in ...

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...

Classic Bu Lang blend with excellent Guangdong storage character.  Thick and sweet, creamy vanilla mouth-feeling and nice feeling all around.  This...

This lovely aged ripe tea was a Gold Medal winner at the 2006 International Pu-erh Tea Expo! Pressed in 2006 from Menghai area wet-piled tea leaves...

A lovely pressing from a small Menghai tea factory.  Xiang Ming Tea Factory was founded in 2001 and produces both ripe and raw pu-erh teas from lea...

Entirely Spring 2021 harvested tea from pure assamica bushes growing in Meng Song village. Meng Song village is northwest from the Nan Nuo mountain...

We are very excited to offer this aged Yi Wu raw pu-erh tea!  The tea was harvested in Spring 2003, and then stored as loose leaf "mao cha" in Yi W...

This is a well aged Guangdong storage ripe pu-erh tea pressed in 2008 by the Lao Man'e Brand.   This is composed of a blend of gong ting, te ji, gr...

This is a well-aged Guangdong storage ripe pu-erh tea pressed in 2006 by the Lao Man'e Brand. This is composed of Gong Ting (tippy grade) ripe pu-e...

Da Zhu Peng village is a high altitude village in the mountains north of Jinggu town at an altitude of 1830 meters!  The tea used to press this cak...

This is a pressing of a tea that is grown naturally without human intervention.  The tea trees range from 40-200 years of age and grown naturally o...

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 this t...

This is a special production with a limited quantity to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the modern incarnation of the Xinghai Tea Factory! This p...

Kunlu Mountain area is south-east from Jinggu town in Simao (halfway to Ning'er).  Kunlu Mountain has many old tea trees and alot of old plantation...

This is a small Menghai area tea factory production composed almost entirely of tippy ripe leaves! The blend is their take on the classic Da Yi "Go...

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...

This is a blend of Jin Zhen grade (golden needle) and Gong Ting (tribute) grade from two different wet pile batches. The Jin Zhen is from a 2018 Ba...

This is a blend of 7 different ripe pu-erh teas from 2019-2020 wet pile batches! Full-bodied, sweet and fruity, hardwood and mushroom, with tons of...

Menghai area lightly fermented material that is composed of gong ting and very small leaf-sizes that give it a woody flavor with a strong sweet and...

A lovely aged ripe pu-erh tea aged in hot and humid Xishuangbanna!  Made from Menghai area fermented tea this tea was fermented for 46 days in Men...

Qian Jia Shan (lit. Thousand Home Mountain 千家山) is a small village in the northern part of Jinggu county in Simao prefecture.  Being a high altitud...

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 mounta...

Ba Nuo Village is a small remote village about 10 kilometers (as the crow flies) from Bing Dao village in Mengku county (for map click here).  Our ...

Ya Kou Village is a small village near the border of Jinggu County and Mengku County.  It's just east of the Lancang river at an altitude of 1650 m...

We thought of offering this as another "Secret Garden" pressing, but instead we decided to keep the location of "Shi Pian Di" nameless. It's better...

This is a cake composed entirely of the "huang pian" (mature larger leaves) that were hand-plucked from the mao cha (loose leaf raw pu-erh) that co...

Liming Tea Factory is located in Menghai and specializes in both ripe and raw pu-erhs composed of Xishuangbanna tea leaves.  This cake is a blend o...

Our first ever pressing from "Cucumber Village" (黄瓜地) in Jinggu!  Old Arbor tea trees growing naturally at an altitude of 1700 meters were harveste...

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 i...

This is a unique blend of Mengku area wild arbor teas from the first flush of spring 2021! This is a strong and flavorful tea with a typically Meng...