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

Jing Gu Yang Ta village is in Jing Gu county of Simao prefecture (景谷秧塔寨).  It is well known for it's "Da Bai" (大白 - Big White) tea.  Actually the t...

A 2005 production from China Tuhsu Yunnan Import and Export Company, the original state-owned enterprise that was opened in 1938. This is one of tw...

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–...

A very nice ceramic tea caddy with a light blue glazing and lovely bamboo motif on the exterior. Good firm seal with a metal screw-in lid. Perfect ...

This is a pressing of a tea that is grown naturally without human intervention. The tea trees range from 40-200 years of age and grow naturally on ...

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...

"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...

Tian Tang Cao (天堂草) is another name for Jiaogulan (Gynostemma pentaphyllum).  Our Tian Tang Cao mini cake is a blend of Menghai-area Ripe Pu-erh T...

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 Zheng Qi Tan...

Gu Shu Bai Cha means "Old Tree White Pekoe Tea".  White Pekoe refers to a Jinggu varietal called Camellia Assamica Taliensis that is very large an...

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...

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

This year's Journey ripe tea cake is pure single-estate Luo Shui Dong Village tea harvested in spring and autumn 2024 and then wet-piled in the Jan...

Entirely first flush of spring harvested purple tea from Yang Ta village in Jing Gu county of Simao.  Purple Tea (Zi Cha) is a naturally occurring ...

Lovely De Hua Jade Porcelain Teapot in the classic Dragon Egg 龙蛋 style. Stunning translucent material with a solid heavy feeling, and excellent hea...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

Old Arbor Tea harvested from the Guang Bie Old Village area in the Bu Lang Mountains of Menghai.  Strong, with bitterness that precedes a strong th...

We are proud to invite you to experience our 2020 production from Long Tan Village (龙塘 Dragon Pool)!  Long Tang village is a small village in the n...

The Dai people in Xishuangbanna have been making bamboo roasted tea for centuries!  Our offering was made from 2019 Spring harvested Meng Song vill...

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. ...

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...

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...

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 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...

2009 Chunhai production stored in dry Guangdong storage until August 2023!  Very nice blend with some gong ting and some grade 1,3,5 sized leaves. ...

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....

  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 ...

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 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 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,...

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...

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...

From a remote, wind-brushed ridge at ~1,800 m in far northwestern Jinggu, right along the Bang Dong (Lincang) / Jinggu (Simao) borderlands, comes a...

Pure Titanium flask with a food-grade plastic lid and silicon seal. The lid also has a pure titanium filter piece that can be removed for easy clea...

Zi Sha (Purple Sand) Clay teapot made by Jin Jia Qi! Classic Rong Tian style! Mining area: western Fudong township of Yixing cityKiln temperature: ...

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...

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...

Hai Lang's sole ripe production from 2022! This premium ripe tea cake is composed of Yi Wu area tea leaves harvested from mature tea trees during A...

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...

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...

Lao Xian Ong ("Ong" is local dialect for "Weng") 老仙翁 (meaning is Old and Venerable Immortal or Old Sage) is a varietal of Dan Cong with more than ...

This is a 2016 Spring Harvest from Jingmai mountain in Lancang county of Simao.  Wild arbor mao cha was harvested from several different areas of t...