Pu-erh Tea

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 ...

Made entirely from first-flush spring 2025 leaves picked in Bing Dao Lao Zhai (the “old village” south of Bingdao Lake, Mengku). Trees range from r...

From Mo Lie Shan (also called Shang Mu Lie) just south of Bingdao in Mengku, east of Bingdao Lake. Spring 2025 first flush from naturally grown 70–...

From the same Bang Dong area as our “Forest Tea,” this tiny production comes from a small grove of old tea trees, 三棵树 (“San Ke Shu,” three-tree gro...

A small harvest of just 24 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...

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 B...

This Cha Gao is a blend of Ripe Pu-erh Tea and Pricky Pear Cactus! Prickly Pear Cactus is carefully processed to include only the fleshy inner part...

This Cha Gao is a blend of Ripe Pu-erh Tea and Aged Tangerine Peel. The Aged Tangerine Peel imparts a fruity tangy sweetness and adds a lubricating...

This Cha Gao is a blend of Ripe Pu-erh Tea and Jasmine Flower. Jasmine Flowers 茉莉花 impart a honey sweetness to the earthy sweetness of the ripe pu-...

This Cha Gao is a blend of Ripe Pu-erh Tea and Gardenia Flower. Gardenia Flower is also called "Cape Jasmine" or 栀子花 in Chinese. The Gardenia flowe...

Classic Xiaguan mini tuo cha made from raw pu-erh tea.  Pressed in 2024 from a blend of 1-3 year old teas.   Each tuo is 3 grams making it perfect ...

Classic Xiaguan mini tuo cha made from ripe pu-erh tea.  Pressed in 2024 from 2023 harvested tea (possibly even older).   Each tuo is 3 grams makin...

This Cha Gao is a blend of Ripe Pu-erh Tea and Anhui Yellow (Sweet) Chrysanthemum flowers. The sweet viscous character of the ripe pu-erh blends wi...

Ripe Pu-erh Tea with Yunnan rose buds together in an instant tea resin.  The sweet viscous character of the ripe pu-erh blends with the floral swee...

A blend of Spring 2025 and Autumn 2024 harvested from old "Mother" tea trees growing in Big Snow Mountain area of Lincang. 200+ year old tea trees ...

Cha Tou is a kind of tea nugget that forms naturally from the pressures of compression and heat that occurs during the fermentation process. Typica...

Ripe Pu-erh Tea Resin with Sticky Rice Herb! Sticky Rice Scent Herb aka Nuo Mi Xiang (糯米香 Semnostachya menglaensis H. P. Tsui) is the Chinese name ...

This is a blend of Lincang (Mengku and Bangdong) area teas that is powerful, aromatic and flavorful!  This is a tea for aging and offered at a pric...

A lovely naturally grown tea from Man Gang village in the Bang Dong area of Lincang. Harvested in 2023 from Spring and Autumn teas and then wet pil...

Mo Lie Shan (aka Shang Mu Lie) is a mountain area with several villages south of Bingdao in Mengku just to the east of Bingdao Lake (a reservoir se...

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 is...

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 24 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...

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 altitud...

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. O...

We are pleased to offer our Spring 2024 harvested tea cake from "Man Gang Village" 漫岗 a small village just north of Bang Dong town (just west of Da...

We are pleased to offer this first flush of spring harvest tea cake from "Da Qing Zhai" 大青寨 a small village just north of Bang Dong town (just east...

A tiny production from a small grove of old tea trees (三棵树) growing near Bang Dong village in Mengku county of Lincang. Entirely picked and process...

Entirely old arbor tea from early spring 2024! Tea leaves taken from oldest tea trees (150 to 300 years old) growing on Mang Fei mountain in Yong D...

This is a blend of "ye sheng" purple raw pu-erh tea and ripe pu-erh from several regions! This pressing is our third pressing of a "ye sheng" raw a...

A lovely naturally grown tea from Man Gang village in the Bang Dong area of Lincang. Harvested in 2023 from Spring and Autumn teas and then wet pil...

This is a blend of 2 different Yong De area ripe teas! One of them is a 2022 wet-piled tea from and the other is cha tou from 2017! Both are from t...

We are very happy to offer a new Blue Label cake pressed from 2015 and 2017 wet piled ripe pu-erh tea from Yong De county in Lincang. We blended tw...

We are offering a set of two tea cakes pressed from old arbor material harvested in Autumn 2023. "Ascend" is pressed from 200+ year old tea trees g...

Xiao Hu Sai village (a neighboring village to Da Hu Sai). Our Xiao Hu Sai was picked in April 2023 from wild grown tea trees and bushes ranging fro...

This ripe cake is pressed from a wet pile batch made entirely from the Zhenkang area of Lincang. The tea leaves were harvested in 2023 and wet pile...

With this lovely cake we celebrate an age-old tradition of mixing raw and ripe pu-erh tea together to create a harmonious blend worthy of aging. Li...

A blend of Spring and Autumn 2023 harvested from old "Mother" tea trees growing in Big Snow Mountain area of Lincang. 200+ year old tea trees growi...

Nan Po Zhai is the closest village to Bing Dao village in the county of Mengku. It lies 2km from Bing Dao village in a roadless area filled with ce...

This cake is composed entirely from first flush of spring 2023 Na Han village (Bang Dong area of Lincang) tea leaves! The tea was wet-piled in a sm...

This is a classic re-imagined blend based on the original 1949 "Zhong Cha" Red Mark pressing. The 1949 Red Mark is probably the most sought after a...

This is a classic re-imagined blend based on the original 1952 "Zhong Cha" Green Mark pressing. A blend of tea from Spring 2023 flush, consisting o...

Our second Sanctuary release!! Sanctuary is a small wet pile batch of just 600 kilograms! We purchased 230 kilograms in total. Instead of separatin...

This is a special pressing under the DX sub-label for a prominent Guangzhou tea merchant.  Pressed from all spring teas harvested in 2009 and 2010,...

This is the classic Xiaguan "7663" Recipe, aka Xiao Fa tuo.  Straightforward Xiaguan ripe goodness here, but with an incredibly affordable price ta...

This is a ripe pu-erh Xiaguan pressed with tea harvested from Da Xue Shan (Big Snow Mountain) in Mengku County (Lincang) of Yunnan. This wet piled ...

This is a Spring 2022 Di Jie Village area old plantation harvest tea. The tea was wet piled during the summer of 2022 and then aged in Mengku until...

Entirely wild arbor tea from early spring! The tea leaves for this tea cake were picked from 20 to 60 years old tea trees growing wild in the Da Xu...