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Xiang Ming village is an area north of Yi Wu close to the Yi Bang mountain area of Mengla county in Xishuangbanna.  Xiang Ming unlike Yi Bang is e...

This is a matte Fei Cui glazing style over Jingdezhen ceramic base.  The high temperature firing process combined with the unique glazing technique...

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...

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...

This little brick is early spring tea of Menghai, picked in a 1 leaf to 1 bud ratio. This type of picking gives the tea a tippy look and feel with ...

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...

This is a 2005 fermented ripe pu-erh tea made by the Xiaguan tea factory. It comes in cellophane sealed cardboard boxes with a plastic satchel of l...

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 that we used to hand ...

Our second production from Bing Dao village. We have produced other teas from neighboring villages but last Autumn we met a grower that had excell...

Lovely De Hua Jade Porcelain Gaiwan. Stunning translucent material with a solid heavy feeling, and excellent heat retention! De Hua "Jade Porcelain...

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...

We are very excited to offer a sun-dried, wild arbor, pure assamica varietal Black tea! It's harvested from 100+ year old tea trees growing natural...

This is a 2016 spring wild harvested Tian Jian tea from Bei Wan 北湾 area in Anhua county. Wild grown tea (荒山茶) was picked and processed carefully us...

This is a small production with white wrapper pressed by a long-time friend of ours! She's finally decided to sell the tea after so many years! Thi...

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 ...

Classic Xiaguan mini tuo cha made from ripe pu-erh tea.  Pressed in 2020 from 2019 and 2018 material blended together.   Each tuo is 3 grams making...

Hai Lang has done it again.  Hai Lang collected 200 kilograms of spring 2017 harvested mao cha from several Yi Wu villages and had it painstakingly...

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...

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...

"Huang Shan Gu Shu" (lit. Remote Mountain Old Tree) is a mountain in Jinggu County of Simao where 100-300 year old tea trees are growing.  Huang Sh...

This is a classic Changtai Tea Factory offering pressed from a blend of 15 unique regions of Yunnan.  Changtai Tea Factory tirelessly collected Spr...

A lovely 2016 wet piled Liu Bao tea that was intentionally inoculated with "golden flowers" (金花 Eurotium cristatum).  This Liu Bao is made by oldes...

Produced in 2000, this Menghai ripe spent its first years aging in Menghai and then continued in Kunming, a clean, natural progression that has she...

Hong Mao Feng Black Tea from Jinggu, picked during the early spring flush, is carefully infused with fresh jasmine blossoms harvested in late May t...

Typically Yunnan green tea is made from hybridized varietals like Yun Kang #10, Chang Ye Bai Hao, or Yun Kang #100. These hybrids are drought-resis...

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...

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...

Expertly fermented 2023 material from the Jingmai area of Lancang county (Simao) was wet-piled and then pressed into this lovely 250 gram mini cake...

This is a production of Xin Ban Zhang plantation tea pressed by Xinghai Tea Factory of Menghai from Spring 2004! Aged in Guangzhou in a dry storage...

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 ...

This tea is made entirely from high altitude Wu Liang mountain tea.  The Wu Liang mountains peak out at about 3300 meters, making them the highest ...

This is the fourth cake in our "Road to Yi Wu" (易武之道) series of cakes.  We have selected fall harvest (谷花茶) wild arbor material from the area of "D...

Wild Hei Cha from Yun Tai Mountains. This is the original An Hua tea varietal that has grown in the mountains of Gao Jia Shan and Yun Tai Shan for ...

This is a lovely cloth cozy with embossed gold blossoms on a navy blue fabric.  Keep your teapot or gaiwan safe when storing or transporting! Dimen...

Peacock Feather glazed motif on ceramic, dipped in beach sand glaze.  Elegant well crafted ceramic gaiwan with a unique and vibrant look and feel!...

"Cha Tou Sheng Yun" (茶头圣韵 aka Cha Tou Sage Verse) is our Cha Tou (Tea Nugget) ripe pu-erh brick and our third production (our 1st production was in...

This bamboo leaf wrapped tea is a meticulously fermented ripe tea from a prominent Menghai area tea factory (Ye Zhuang Shuang Li).  Composed of a ...

This year we were very lucky to be able to get about 8000 grams of tea from a small grove of wild trees growing near Bang Dong village in Lincang. ...

Jia Ji Tuo (甲级沱茶 Special Grade Bird's Nest ) is a high quality blend with that characteristic heavy Menghai area qi!  Good mouth-feel and huigan th...

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. ...

Mu Shu Cha or "Mother Tree Tea" is made from a blend of Bing Dao wild arbor tea leaves and other Mengku area tea leaves from Spring 2012.  Mu Shu ...

Gong Xiang Dancong is one of the finest fragrant teas in Phoenix Mountain. It is named after the floral aroma diffuses with the wind when the tea i...

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 ...

This is a small production made of blended ripe pu-erh tea from the Menghai area. It's modeled after the famous Da Yi 7562 recipe, and does look mu...

This is a 2016 pressing from the world's foremost producer of ripe pu-erh tea!  Blended from various grades of semi-aged (2 to 3 year) ripe pu-erh ...

This is a Gong Ting grade Ripe pu-erh tea fermented using spring 2007 Jing Mai mountain material. The tea has been stored in a loose form in Mengha...

This is raw pu-erh tea brick from Pasha Mountain in Menghai.  Harvested and pressed in 2004 and then aged in Jinghong (Xishuangbanna) until now, ha...

Entirely first flush old arbor tea leaves from the Bai Sha He area Gua Feng Zhai (白沙河刮风寨) in the Yi Wu mountains.  Chu Jian 初见 means "to meet for ...