not silver not clay

This is a small production from the "Qi Sheng" Brand based in Kunming.  Li Fa Lou the owner is a close friend of mine and a Dehong (Mangshi) native...

2022 is shaping up to be a fantastic year for YS teas, particularly the ripe productions! Join us as we highlight some of the these great teas - Pa...

An elegant gold-rimmed white porcelain gaiwan with a lovely spring pastoral motif.  White porcelain with gold color detailing (it's not real gold)....

Nice high quality heat-tempered glass with ceramic removable infuser core.  Big mouth and fast pour.  Elegant bamboo base acts as heat shield on th...

This ripe cake is pressed from a wet pile batch made entirely from Meng Song area (Menghai County) tea leaves harvested in 2019 and wet piled in la...

Mei Zi Qing is a small village in the remote Yong De county (Lincang).  Mei Zi Qing village tea trees range in age from 40 to 150 years growing at ...

SAMA has created a super thermally insulated flask for brewing tea, and for keeping your tea hot!  Multiple layers of stainless steel with a cerami...

A lovely old arbor (古树白茶) white tea cake made from first flush of spring 2024 tea harvested from old arbor tea trees in Nuo Wu and Ba Wai villages ...

Lovely gold on white porcelain motif!  Gaiwan with matching cups, glass cha hai, and a cloth cha bu are included in this set.  Everything comes in ...

This ripe cake is pressed from a wet pile batch made entirely from Meng Song area (Menghai County) tea leaves harvested in 2022 and wet piled in la...

This is an Yi Wu area pressing done by CNNP (or perhaps a farmer pressed CNNP?). Spring 2004 material was pressed using stone presses and then aged...

This is a Spring 2013 Yi Wu cake that was wet-piled for about 25 days (instead of the full 45 days). This is what's called half-fermented or half ...

Hai Lang celebrates his 16th year in the tea business. He started working with his parents supplying Yunnan grown medicinals, tea and foodstuffs to...

This is a unique offering from Xianyang area of Shaanxi.  Fu brick process was supposedly originally first done in Xianyang over 600 years ago! Jin...

Da Qing Gu Shu (Da Qing Old Tree) is made from old tree tea leaves picked from the first flush of Spring.  Da Qing village is located in Jinggu co...

This is from the Gao Jia Mountain area of Hunan.  This is wild tea picked in April then processed over a period of two months undergoing multiple ...

Expertly fermented 2024 material from the Jingmai area of Lancang county (Simao) was wet-piled and then pressed into this lovely 357 gram cake. Thi...

Entirely spring 2020 harvested tea from pure assamica bushes growing in Meng Song village.  Meng Song village is northwest from the Nan Nuo mountai...

Da Qing Gu Shu (Da Qing Old Tree) is made from old tree tea leaves picked from the first flush of Spring. Da Qing village is a remote area located ...

This is a new blend of old arbor tea various sources.  "An Xiang" 暗香 (Secret Aroma) has a strong aroma, incredibly robust taste, and a thick mouth ...

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 E...

A striking, high-fired Jianzhan set with classic oil-spot crystallization. The deep, iron-rich glaze frames tea liquor beautifully and the heavier ...

Finally the perfect tea brewer!  The design is such that the tea brewing happens entirely within glass and stainless steel, without coming into con...

Spring 2019 Ba Da mountain material wet piled in summer 2019! Viscous, mild woody taste, sweet dried fruit and some bitterness. The Ba Da mountains...

The "Xiao Fa" or "Little French" tuo is a classic Xiaguan Ripe Pu-erh tuo tea.  It has been produced since the 1970's. It was the first Pu-erh tea...

A small harvest of just 28 kilograms of tea from wild tea trees in a forest setting in the Bang Dong area of Lincang. True wild tea with a full-bod...

Cha Yu Lin is a small An Hua area tea producer that produces their own Fu Cha, Tian Jian and Qian Liang (and Bai Liang) Cha. They have been produci...

These lovely Cloisonné and ceramic teapot stands can also double as mini tea boats!  The cloisonné top is made using vitreous enamel on stainless ...

  Discover the world of Hunan Tian Jian tea!  Tasty teas to try, some with age, others younger.  All good! Want to learn more about Tian Jian tea? ...

Entirely Mannuo Village ripe pu-erh tea! Mannuo is a Bu Lang Mountain area village that is well-known for cultivating tea that has a thick bittersw...

An unusual tea in terms of it's origins.  Yunnan-grown pu-erh was pressed in Yunnan and then packaged and sold under the "Chongqing Tuo" Brand (a s...

Ai Lao Jue Se (哀牢绝色) aka "Ai Lao Rare Beauty" is the eighth tea created under the new Yunnan Sourcing / Rui Cao Xiang label.  This label is a co-p...

Ju Duo Zai is a rare varietal of Dan Cong Bush grown by just a few families in the Feng Huang (Phoenix) village area of Wu Dong Mountains.  Ju Duo ...

This lovely Tian Jian tea is named after the Chinese Hwamei bird which is endemic to the An Hua area of Hunan. The tea itself is a spring 2013 harv...

Exquisite Jingdezhen Porcelain Tea Cup Set. Each of the six cups in the set depicts on of the six distinct phases the lotus flower passes through i...

Experience the perfect harmony of traditional Gongfu brewing and modern portability. This exquisite travel set features a breathtaking crystalline ...

  Wild Grown tea leaves from Qing Zi Shan 罄子山 of the Gao Jia Shan mountains. This is the original An Hua tea varietal that has grown in the mountai...

Pu-erh tea is made from Yunnan large-leaf varietal of Camellia Sinensis. It is typically processed into compressed cakes, bricks and tuos. Pu-erh...

Bai Sha Xi is attempting to reproduce a classic "three blend" tea that was first produced in An Hua County of Hunan in 1825 and then gifted to the...

We've been searching for a premium single serving rice scent and ripe pu-erh tea, and we've found it with this premium offering!  This is a blend o...

Pressed in 2009 from Jinggu area 2008 spring harvested tea, wet-piled for 45 days in the Yi Shan Jinggu Tea Factory and then aged in Jinggu ...

The third “Sanctuary” release: a small-batch blend built from two separate wet piles, one from the Yi Wu area, the other from the Bu Lang area. We ...

Very nicely Guangdong aged Liming pressing! 7540 is Liming's take on the classic 7542. The almost 20 years of dry aging in Guangdong has moderated ...

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...

Aged Mao Cha blend entirely from the Jinggu region of Simao.  The tea was aged in a loose leaf form in hot and humid Jinggu for more than a decade ...

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...

Hui Man Xin brand is produced by a small Menghai area tea factory that specializes in local raw pu-erh teas and ripe pu-erh tea wet piling.  They'v...

Menghai Spring tea from 2001 was steamed inside the bamboo using wood fire in a pit.  As the bamboo heats up it releases it's perfume like aroma in...