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This is our 2024 Cozy release! Our organic tea grower blessed us by offering us some 2018 wet piled organic cha tou, which we blended with 2023 wet...

Chen You Shan 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 prod...

Meng Zhu Da Shan 勐主大山 is a mountainous area in the far northwest part of Jinggu near the border of Bang Dong county (Lincang) and Jinggu county (Si...

Xiao Shui Jing Village (小水井) is located south-south-west from Jinggu Town. It's a small village with about 30 households and has been engaged in te...

Suan Zao Shu village is one of the most remote villages in the Jinggu area, taking nearly 2 hours from Jinggu town to arrive there. The winding dir...

Autumn harvest tea leaves from 200-300 year old tea trees growing in Jiu Tai Po village in Jinggu county of Simao. Jiu Tai Po or "9 Mesa Village" i...

Harvested in Autumn 2013 and produced entirely by hand from start to finish using hand kneading and basket roasting. Re-roasted in 2019 and then ro...

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...

2023 was a great year for YS teas, particularly the ripe productions! Join us as we highlight some of the these great teas - Part 4. Experience the...

2023 was a great year for YS teas, particularly the ripe productions! Join us as we highlight some of the these great teas - Part 3. Experience the...

2023 was a great year for YS teas, particularly the ripe productions! Join us as we highlight some of the these great teas - Part 2. Experience the...

2023 was a great year for YS teas, particularly the ripe productions! Join us as we highlight some of the these great teas - Part 1. Experience the...

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...

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...

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 mini tuo have been dry aged in Kunming since 2015 (previously stored in Menghai). They were produced by a Menghai area tea factory and...

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...

Here we have a classic blended Menghai recipe cake from the old school Nan Qiao Tea Factory. Potent first flush of spring 2005 tea from Menghai (Bu...

Chang Da Hao is a classic Yi Wu producer that we've sold a couple of times over the last 20 years! This offering is a cake pressed from Spring 2006...

1980's Liu Bao stored in Wuzhou Guangxi.  Very cleanly stored Liu Bao with all the good  hallmarks of aged Liu Bao, and yet not funky or moldy tast...

Our Autumn Pasha Black tea is from old plantation bushes growing at an altitude of about 1650 meters, making it one of the highest altitude teas in...

Another dry-aged ripe beauty from Menghai! A humble looking bamboo leaf wrapped brick with no nei fei belies its complex inner character. Some mild...

A CNNP production from 1998 blended along the lines of Menghai Tea Factory's classic 7262. Pressed from Menghai harvested tea leaves and also wet-p...

A very interesting blend of tea with tea from Bu Lang and Yi Wu mountains with Autumn 2020 and Spring 2021 harvested teas from both mountains! Four...

Most examples of rice scent herb and ripe tea are made from inferior ripe pu-erh leaves or are younger productions with less age. Here we have a tu...

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 ...

Ever since we started pressing our own Yi Wu teas back in 2009 we've dreamed of creating an offering of several Yi Wu villages bundled together in ...

Gao Cong Shui Xian is a tea made from the older bushes of the Shui Xian varietal. To preserve the natural orchid fragrance of this tea, the roastin...

Rou Gui means Cinnamon in Chinese (肉桂茶). It's a varietal of Wu Yi Mountain rock tea that has been around since the Qing Dynasty. First flush of spr...

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?  ...

We are proud to offer a Certified Organic White Tea cake from Yunnan. This tea was grown in the area of Simao and was harvested in April.  This "Mo...

This is a premium blend that we've named "Entourage." Composed of a blend of 3 teas from Lincang and Menghai lends this tea a complex taste, aroma ...

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

We are proud to offer a Certified Organic "Gong Ting" Ripe Pu-erh Tea from Yunnan.  This tea was grown in the area of Simao and was harvested in A...

We are proud to offer a Certified Organic "Te Zhi" Ripe Pu-erh Tea from Yunnan. This tea was grown in the area of Simao and was harvested in April...

This is a special pressing of Menghai area ripe pu-erh tea that was wet-piled in Menghai and then aged in Kunming until now!  This is a classic sha...

The variety Hei Dan recorded in 'The Compendium of Chinese Tea Varieties' is the same as Wu Dan. In Minnan dialect, the pronunciations of 'Wu' (bla...

This tea is harvested from untended bushes 野放茶 growing in the Guan Yang area of Fuding (Fujian province) at an altitude of 900 meters. April 2021 h...

This is a first flush of spring 2023 harvested tea!  You Le Mountain (aka Ji Nuo mountain 基诺山) is situated east of Jing Hong city about halfway be...

This is the first release of the new DaYi 3rd generation style wet-piling. A totally unique process that is used only in their "Yi Yuan Su" line of...

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,...

We have put together a collection of our highest quality High Mountain Dan Cong Oolong varietals into one set! In this set you will receive 8 grams...

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 ...

"Hong Yu"  aka "Red Jade" is a rarely produced blend from Menghai Tea Factory (DaYi brand)!  This is the second production ever produced.  The firs...

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...