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A lovely old arbor (古树白茶) white tea cake made from first flush of spring 2023 tea harvested from old arbor tea trees in Nuo Wu and Ba Wai villages ...

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...

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...

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...

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

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 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...

A lovely old arbor (古树白茶) white tea cake made from first flush of spring 2023 tea harvested from old arbor tea trees in Nuo Wu and Ba Wai villages ...

Our "Fleeting Years" (流年) tea cake is a blend of aged mao cha from several different years and regions, ranging from 6 to 13 years of age. While al...

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...

A blend of Spring and Autumn 2022 harvest from old "Mother" tea trees growing in Big Snow Mountain area of Lincang. 200+ year old tea trees growing...

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...

New Ripe blend for 2022! Cha Tou + Various loose leaf ripes makes this a thick and complex blend. Ripe tea sourced from Mengku and Menghai was blen...

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...

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...

"Tiger Clan" is a new ripe blend for 2022! A blend of Mengku and Menghai area ripe teas gives this an incredible depth and complexity. Chocolate bi...

Ma Zui Shi is a small village in the mountains north of Jinggu county that sits at an altitude of almost 1800 meters. The tea was harvested in Apri...

Xiaguan has produced both a cake and tuo of this "Sheng Tai Lao Shu" (lit Organic Old Tree) since 2007. An incredibly fantastic raw Pu-erh made fro...

This is a ripe pu-erh Xiaguan FT Production of the Mushroom "Jin Cha" (tight tea).  Tea harvested from Da Xue Shan (Big Snow Mountain) in Mengku Co...

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 is premium Mengku ripe tea made from entirely spring harvested tea! Wet-piled in a Mengku area tea factory and then aged for about 2 years bef...

"Vista" is a potent satisfying blend of teas harvested in Spring 2016 from both Mengku and Jinggu tea mountains! Aged as mao cha in southern Yunnan...

Purely wild arbor Mengku area ripe tea! A blend of three different 2020 wet pile batches from Xiao Hu Sai, Ba Wai, and Da Hu Sai! This is a very fu...

A blend of Spring and Autumn 2021 harvest from old "Mother" tea trees growing in Big Snow Mountain area of Lincang. 200+ year old tea trees growing...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

Zheng Qi Tang is a small village in eastern Mengku county at an altitude of 2000 meters!  You can find 正气塘 here! This is our first ever Spring Harv...

Entirely Spring 2020 harvested tea from the Big Snow Mountain area of Mengku in Lincang. Pure, unadulterated teas were collected from two different...

This "little treasure" tea cake is pressed from Mengku area tea leaves harvested in Autumn 2020 and Spring 2021.  This is a potent tea cake with pl...

This is a Spring 2020 Di Jie Village area old plantation harvest tea. The tea was wet piled during the summer of 2020 and then aged in Mengku until...

A lovely 2004 spring harvest tea blended from Mengku area tea gardens!  Wu Chi Dao is a small Mengku area brand of Pu-erh tea that launched in 1999...

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)...

A blend of Spring and Autumn 2020 harvest from old "Mother" tea trees growing in Big Snow Mountain area of Lincang.  200+ year old tea trees growin...

Mengku County in Lincang (Yunnan) produces some of the best teas in the world!  Mengku grown teas have been processed into just about every kind of...

Di Jie Village 地界 is in the area of Bingdao in Mengku area of Lincang.  Di Jie Village is well-known not just for it's proximity to Bingdao, but a...

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 c...

This is a small wet pile batch of teas harvested in Spring 2020 from five villages in the Bingdao area (Mengku County of Lincang).  The five villag...

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.  This yea...

This is a pressing of Mengku tea harvested in Spring 2003 and then stored in Nan Jian until early 2020 when the tea stocks were moved to Kunming.  ...