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This is a blend of multiple types of Purple varietal (mostly black) teas from the first flush of spring 2022 harvest! A painstakingly blended cake ...

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...

Bang Wai Mountain is in the county of Lancang not too far from the Jingmai Mountains. Bang Wai tea, like Jingmai tea, is a naturally occurring mixe...

This is a blend of our four Bang Dong area teas. It's an equal amount of Man Gang, Na Han, Da Qing and Zi Cha. The combination of these similar reg...

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...

This is a Spring 2021 harvested tea (pressed in 2022)!  You Le Mountain (aka Ji Nuo mountain 基诺山) is situated east of Jing Hong city about halfway...

"Heaven's Door" is a old arbor tea spring 2022 harvested tea from the Yi Wu area of Xishuangbanna!   Plenty of Yi Wu sweetness with a thick charact...

Elixir is a blend of Bu Lang area material harvested in Spring 2022. Potent, aromatic, with plenty of bitter and butter-sweetness! Wrapper Design b...

Dragon and Tiger together represent a balance of power. We pressed two potent teas from the Xishuangbanna region together to create something power...

2022 is shaping up to be a fantastic year for YS teas, particularly the ripe productions! Join us as we highlight some of the these great teas - Pa...

2022 is shaping up to be a fantastic year for YS teas, particularly the ripe productions! Join us as we highlight some of the these great teas - Pa...

"King of the Jungle" is a unique blend of "aged as mao cha" Jinggu and Bang Dong wild arbor teas ranging in age from 2016-2018. Very nice lightly a...

Not sure what to drink?  Need a ripe tea that is affordable and tasty?  This is the perfect tea time tea!   Sweet and fruity ripe pu-erh tea with a...

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...

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...

"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...

This is an Yi Wu area pressing done by CNNP (or perhaps a farmer pressed CNNP?). Spring 2004 material was pressed using stone presses and then aged...

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...

This is purely Lao Man'e village ripe pu-erh tea harvested from mature trees in spring 2021 and then wet piled in autumn 2021.  This is the most po...

This is purely Lao Man'e village ripe pu-erh tea harvested in spring 2021 and then wet piled in the late summer of 2021.  Entirely Lao Man'e old pl...

We present to you our 2022 Peerless! A blend of rare and unique teas of the highest quality tea leaves. All the tea leaves were picked from mature ...

This is a classic Ripe tea blend, called "V93", it was first released in 2005 and quickly became one the most expensive ripe teas on the market. To...

Luo Shui Dong Village (lit. Water Dripping Cave) is nestled in the Yi Wu mountains NE of Yi Wu town.  It's one of the closest villages to Yi Wu tow...

Gao Shan Village is nestled in the Yi Wu mountains NNE of Yi Wu town and is one of the highest elevation villages in the Yi Wu range. Gao Shan vill...

Yi Shan Mo village spring harvested tea.  Yi Shan Mo along with Gua Feng Zhai, and Ma Hei village. Yi Shan Mo village tea is pure assamica varietal...

Mang Zhi is a small village of Yi and Yao people living just west and south of Yi Wu town in the vicinity of Yi Bang and Xi Kong villages. Like the...

Entirely Ancient Arbor tea from Spring 2022 Harvest from Man Zhuan in Yi Wu mountain range. Man Zhuan is one of the six famous tea mountains in Ban...

Wa Long village is not far from Man Zhuan village in the Yi Wu mountain area.  It's a remote village and the tea we sourced from there is in the m...

Guo You Lin 国有林 (lit. State Protected Forest) is a small area between Yi Wu town and Mengla town in the Yi Wu Mountains at an elevation of 1650 me...

This is a unique tea to be sure. It's made from Wild Tree Purple varietal tea (ye sheng cha) growing in the Mang Fei mountain area of Yong De count...

"Dream in Red" is a wild "ye sheng" varietal tea that was processed into a black tea. Of course, black tea is actually "red" tea in Chinese (红茶)! T...

A new release for 2022! Sanctuary is a small wet pile batch of just 800 kilograms! We purchased 300 kilograms in total. Instead of separating out t...

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...

2021 was another spectacular year for YS teas, especially ripe! Join us as we highlight some of the these great teas - Part 5. Experience the di...

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 di...

2021 was another spectacular year for YS teas, especially ripe! Join us as we highlight some of the these great teas - Part 3. Experience the di...

2021 was another spectacular year for YS teas, especially ripe! Join us as we highlight some of the these great teas - Part 2. Experience the di...

2021 was another spectacular year for YS teas, especially ripe! Join us as we highlight some of the these great teas - Part 1. Experience the di...

Lao Huang Di is an area west of Long Tang village that has many wild tea trees. The trees range from 50-200 years in age and are completely feral. ...

This is a spring 2013 Dehong area tea that was stored as mao cha in our warehouse in Kunming since 2013!  This year we decided to press it into thi...

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...

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 d...

Entirely Autumn 2021 material from high altitude Ai Lao mountain.  The Ai Lao mountains peak out at about 3200 meters, making them second only to ...

This is our 2022 Cozy release!  Smooth, velvety, sweet, and fruity ripe! Perfect comforting ripe tea for relaxing and winter hibernation!  Cha Tou ...

This tea is made entirely from first flush of spring 2013 high altitude Wu Liang mountain tea.  The Wu Liang mountains peak out at about 3300 meter...

This is a new blend for 2021! A blend of autumn harvested tea from several villages in Lincang! All wild arbor tea from mature trees! Potent mouth-...

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 ...