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This is a 2014 production made from Wu Liang Mountain area tea leaves wet-piled in a Jinghong (Xishuangbanna) tea factory and then aged in Jinghong...

Mini cakes are a great way to get to know a tea. They're not small, but they're not huge either, so they allow you to experiment with different bre...

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...

Lovely blend of ripe pu-erh tea from Nannuo and Bulang areas of Xishuangbanna!  Tippy, thick and aromatic! Xinghai tea factory is the 2nd producer ...

Another awesome offering from our "Aged as Mao Cha" series!  This time we were able to purchase a lovely lot of Big Snow Mountain (Mengku, Lincang)...

This is a 2020 pressing from 2014 Spring harvested leaves that were picked and processed into mao cha (loose leaf raw pu-erh tea) and then aged for...

"Ruo Deng Tian Ran" 若登天然  are the characters inscribed on Mount Tai in Shandong.  They are the words of of the famous Qianlong emperor who said tha...

Shou Mei (寿眉) is a style of White Tea that is grown in the Fuding area of Fujian province of China. The tea is the same varietal that is used to m...

This is a lovely lightly aged ripe tea made from Menghai harvested and wet-piled tea leaves.  It's a blend of various leaf grades that simulates th...

This is a lovely lightly aged ripe tea made from Menghai harvested and wet-piled tea leaves.  It's a blend of Gong Ting and other smaller leaf grad...

An Xiang (暗香) means something like "Ineffable Aroma".   Li Wen Hua named this tea as such to allude to an unusual and special aroma and taste in th...

"Jian Ru Jia Jing" is a blend of spring 2014 tea from Yi Wu area of Xishuangbanna.  Li Wen Hua has painstakingly blended this tea to achieve a stro...

Entirely Spring 2014 harvested tea from Meng Song area in the northeast of Menghai county, just north of the Nan Nuo mountain area.  Meng Song is h...

This is a 2014 Spring Harvest blend of Nannuo Mountainous region raw pu-erh teas.  Wild arbor mao cha was harvested from several Nannuo area villag...

This is the first "Bao He Xiang" ripe pu-erh tea cake released!  Produced from tippy grade Menghai area ripe tea blended from three different wet p...

Entirely first flush old arbor tea leaves from Gua Feng Zhai in the Yi Wu mountains.   Highly potent cha qi, but taste is balanced and thick with ...

Xiao Hu Sai village (a neighboring village to Da Hu Sai).   Our Xiao Hu Sai was picked in late March from wild grown tea trees 100+ years of age. ...

A lovely pair of mini cakes each in their own gift box.   The raw cake is made from Spring 2014 Ku Zhu Mountain old arbor tea.  Taste is strong an...

Entirely wild arbor tea leaves from Gelanghe area of Menghai.  60 year old tea trees and bushes spring 2014 harvest tea expertly fermented in Meng...

Wild Grown tea leaves from Gao Jia Mountain.  This is the original An Hua tea varietal thats has grown in the mountains of Gao Jia Shan and Yun Ta...

A lovely tea fermented from Menghai and Yi Wu area 2013 material. Pressed in 2014 (Batch 1401), this is pretty much drinkable now but will age and...

Lao Shu Bai Cha means "Old Tree White Pekoe Tea".  White Pekoe refers to a Jinggu varietal called Camellia Assamica Taliensis that is very large a...

Ye Zhu Tang Village (lit. Wild Pig Pool) is small village about 5 miles to the north of Jinggu town and about two miles west (and uphill) from the...

Our 2014 Autumn "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...

Da Qing Gu Shu (Da Qing Old Tree) is my favorite tea from Autumn 2014.  It's made from old tree tea leaves picked at the end of Autumn.  Da Qing v...

Teng Tiao village (Rattan village) is located in Jing Gu county of Simao.  The leaves used for our production come from the oldest stand of trees ...

Xiao Hu Sai village (a neighboring village to Da Hu Sai).   Our Xiao Hu Sai was picked in late Autumn from wild grown tea trees 100+ years of age....

Our Red Horse mini cake is made entirely from Gongting grade ripe pu-erh tea from Yong De county tea leaves.  2013 harvested tea leaves were ferme...

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...

Big Snow Mountain (大雪山) is one of two Big Snow mountains in Lincang prefecture. One is in Mengku county and the other is in Yong De county. Our ma...

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 ...