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  Take a flight around the Famous Tea Region of Jinggu County in Pu'er prefecture, previously known as Simao! Taste a curated selection of samples ...

This is a classic style "light piled" Liu Bao tea from Three Cranes Tea Factory in Wuzhou.  Much like the 100 gram cakes they produce, this is also...

This beautiful tea set is crafted from Ice Jade Porcelain (冰玉瓷), a refined high-grade porcelain known for its cool, jade-like translucence and exce...

Early-spring 2025 material from 60–80-year-old naturally grown trees (老太地 / 野放茶) on the southern slope of Ba Da Mountain, not far from Menghai (Xis...

Purely Xin Ban Zhang village plantation tea harvested in Spring 2023 and wet-piled during 2023.  Potent, thick, bittersweet chocolatey goodness! St...

This ripe tea cake is a blend of several unique batches of Bu Lang Mountain area teas! Thick, bitter, and sweet, with chocolatey bite and a potent ...

Classic Xinghai ripe pu-erh production.  Entirely Menghai area tea leaves fermented in the Xinghai tea factory (in Menghai town).  Aged for 9 year...

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

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...

"Yao Yun" aka "Yao People Rhyme" is pressed from first flush Yi Wu picked from 40-100 year old trees growing in the Yao Minority area southeast fro...

This year we were very lucky to be able to get about 7 kilograms of tea from a small grove of wild trees growing near Bang Dong village in Lincang....

Entirely Ancient Arbor tea from Autumn 2018 Harvest from Man Zhuan in Yi Wu mountain range. Man Zhuan is one of the six famous tea mountains in Ba...

This is a 2015 Spring Harvest blend of Menghai raw pu-erh teas.  Wild arbor mao cha was harvested from several different areas of Menghai (Bu Lang,...

Shuang Yi is a small producer of teas based in Menghai, they specialize in Banna teas, but also produce teas from Lancang (Jingmai, Bang Wei, and H...

Entirely Old and Ancient Arbor tea from the Spring 2017 Harvest from Mi Bu village in the Yi Wu mountain range. Mi Bu village is in the area of Yi...

Guan Zi Zai is a small Xishuangbanna based tea producer that specializes in Banna teas like Yi Wu, Nan Nuo, Mengsong, Bu Lang, Pa Sha and others. T...

San He Zhai? Never heard of it? That's because it doesn't exist. Our San He Zhai (aka Three Harmonized Villages) tea cake is a blend of tea from th...

Entirely first-flush Spring 2025 material from a high, remote site in the Ai Lao range (Jingdong County). The “Secret Garden” grove sits around ~2,...

2024 has been another great year for YS teas, particularly the ripe productions! Join us as we highlight some of the these great teas - Part 3. Exp...

Naka Mountain area is in the northern part of Mengsong area (north of Nannuo mountains). It's one of the higher altitude tea growing areas in Mengh...

Purely Xin Ban Zhang village plantation tea harvested in Spring 2022 and wet-piled during 2022.  Potent, thick, bittersweet chocolatey goodness! St...

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...

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...

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...

"Yue Chen Yue Xiang" means "The older, the more aromatic" and it's the perfect term to describe the essence of Pu-erh tea culture! This cake has be...

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...

Entirely old arbor tea from early Spring 2020! Tea leaves taken from oldest tea trees (100 to 200 years old) growing on Mang Fei mountain in Yong D...

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. ...

Taste a curated selection of Yunnan Sourcing Brand Blended Raw Pu-erh Tea Cakes from from 2012 and develop an appreciation for the distinct aroma, ...

This 100 gram tuo is made from Grade 1 "Yin Hao" tea from Yi Wu and Ba Da mountains in Xi Shuang Banna. The tuo was aged in Banna for 1 year befor...

A tiny production from just three large old tea trees (三棵树) growing near Bingdao village in Mengku county of Lincang.  Entirely picked and process...

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...

This is a Spring 2022 harvested from You Le mountain! Instead of being processed into Pu-erh tea, it was processed into a spectacular white tea! Yo...

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...

Jingmai Mountain is situated in Lancang County of Simao (now renamed Pu'Er) prefecture.  Jing Mai teas are incredibly unique as a large portion of ...

Autumn 2019 harvest from old "Mother" tea trees growing in Big Snow Mountain area of Lincang.  200+ year old tea trees growing at an altitude of 1...

We are pleased to offer our first ever tea cake from "Man Gang Village" 漫岗 a small village just north of Bang Dong town (just west of Da Qing and ...

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...

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...

Early spring 2024 material from 60 to 80 year old tea trees (老太地/野放茶) growing wild in the area of Ba Da mountain called "Elephant Mountain". The Ba...

A new old blend for 2024! Our original Cha Qi was released in 2011 and has since become a classic Yunnan Sourcing blend! Our 2024 Cha Qi is a uniqu...

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, grad...

A classic Xinghai ripe tea produced from Bu Lang mountain tea. Xinghai has titled this tea "Lao Ban Zhang", but that's pretty unlikely. Even large...

This ripe cake is pressed from a wet pile batch made entirely from Pa Liang village wild tea! Wild tea trees and bushes ranging in age from 30-80 y...

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...

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,...

  2021 was another spectacular year for YS teas, especially ripe! Join us as we highlight some of the these great teas - Part 4. Experience the d...

Taste a curated selection of Ripe Pu-erh from Jingmai and develop an appreciation for the distinct aroma, flavor and mouthfeel of this amazing regi...