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First flush material from "Lian Ge Village" in Zhen Kang county of Lincang.  Zhen Kang county is home to some of the remotest border areas and high...

Autumn tea leaves from 100-200 year old wild arbor tea trees growing near Xi Bang village in Lincang.  An incredibly potent tea that gives a feelin...

During our travels in Wu Liang we came across this incredibly well aged mao cha from 2007 spring harvest.  It has been aged in a superbly clean and...

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...

Our 2012 "Little Bit of Red" production is made entirely from Menghai area material fermented in 2009 and 2010.  Similar to last year's blend, but ...

Entirely wild arbor tea from early spring 2012! Tea leaves taken from 100-200 year old tea trees growing on Mang Fei mountain in Yong De county of ...

Zhu Peng Zhai is a small village in the mountains of Yong De county in Lincang.  Zhu Peng Zhai means "Bamboo Roof Village". Our 2012 production is ...

Nan Po Zhai is the closest village to Bing Dao village in the county of Mengku. It lies two kilometers from Bing Dao village in a road-less area fi...

Our 2012 Spring "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 tree...

Shang Chun "赏春" means "Springtime Reward." We tirelessly blended a variety of different wild arbor and ancient arbor mao cha to create this recipe ...

First flush of spring 2012 material from 60 to 100 year old wild arbor tea trees growing in Xin Ban Zhang village. Xin Ban Zhang is the neighbor vi...

Jia Bu is a neighboring village to Xi Kong village (3.3km due NE from Xi Kong) and shares a similar character to Xi Kong but still entirely unique ...

This tea cake is composed from early spring harvest of purple tea from the Yi Wu mountains in Xishuangbanna. Purple tea leaves from bushes aged 20 ...

Entirely first flush of spring 2012 material from high altitude Ai Lao mountain.  The Ai Lao mountains peak out at about 3200 meters, making them s...

This tea is made entirely from first flush of spring 2012 high altitude Wu Liang mountain tea. The Wu Liang mountains peak out at about 3300 meters...

Entirely first flush of Spring material from Jiu Miao village outside of Yi Wu town. Tea trees ranging from 100 to 400 years old! Classic Yi Wu Anc...

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...

"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...

Entirely Lao Man E old plantation material Lao Man E village in the Bu Lang mountains. Lao Man E is a village in the Bu Lang Mountain range, not f...

Our first ripe production of 2012. Expertly fermented 2011 material from Jingmai area of Lancang county (Simao) was graded and pressed into this lo...

Man Tang Hong Te Ji ripe cake is entirely Te Ji grade ripe tea, no other grades of tea were blended into it.  The material used was expertly fermen...

Our first raw production release for 2012! First flush of spring material from Yi Bi and Lou Shui Dong blended together in equal parts. Entirely no...

Our first raw production release for 2012! First flush of spring material from Man Zhuan village (Yi Wu mountains). Entirely no-spray tea leaves pi...

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...

Entirely wild arbor tea from late Autumn 2011! Tea leaves taken from 100-200 year old tea trees growing on Mang Fei mountain in Yong De county of L...

Feng Yun is a blend of teas from three distinctly different areas of southern Yunnan.  This blend is the the lighter of the three in taste. It spor...

This is a powerful tea cake made entirely form first flush of spring 2012 material from Yong De county in Lincang.  Strong and astringent taste bu...

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 ...

This is a powerful tea cake made entirely form first flush of spring 2011 material from Yong De county in Lincang. Strong and astringent taste but...

This is Mengku's classic blend of early spring material from Mengku county of Lincang.  Processed carefully to lock in the sun-dried essence and t...

Mengku has blended Lincang wild arbor material entirely from autumn harvest 2010 and pressed into these hefty 1 kilogram bricks. Simple relatively...

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...

"Yue Chen Yue Xiang" means "The Older, the More Aromatic".  This is the first thing that I ever learned about Pu-erh tea.  In 1996 I went to the c...

Elephant Mountain is a small Dai minority village community in Menghai County with a Dai Temple of some renown.  It's also a tea growing area and ...

A new for 2015 production from Menghai Tea Factory (Da Yi Brand).  "Sui Yue" means both time and timelessness.  It's meant to express continuity f...

The name of this production "Chu Xin" means "Foremost in the Heart" and reflects the fine and exquisite nature of this tea.  Although this was pre...

A blend of Nannuo Mountain area tea leaves from Autumn 2010.  Autumn tea leaves from various Nannuo area villages were pressed into this tasty bri...

A powerful first flush of Spring 2015 tea from 50-80 year old trees growing in Da Xue Shan area of Lincang (45 km west of Lincang City).  Da Xue S...

Ku Zhu Mountain is near Wenshan village about 7 kilometers southeast of Jing Gu town in Pu'er prefecture (previously known as Simao).  Same as the...

A lovely aged ripe pu-erh made from fermented Mengku area material.  Fermented in 2007 and then aged in Jinggu County before being pressed in 2012...

This is a small production tea that is made entirely from Menghai area material. Huang Ying has been an connoisseur of fine teas for well over a d...

The tea is entirely Menghai area material fermented at Xinghai tea factory and then aged 2 years before pressing.  Medium level fermentation and h...

Nice conveniently size little mini brick individually wrapped in paper and enclosed in a little beige box. Entirely blended Menghai material (Ba D...

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 ...

A premium mini tuo composed entirely of grade 3 whole leaf ripe pu-erh tea! Mengku tea (Lincang) was expertly fermented for 47 days in a small Men...

A special production by Ye Zhuang Shuang Li tea factory of Menghai. Spring 2011 fermented material has been pressed into these lovely 200 gram squ...

This is the fourth year of "Cha Wang" (Tea King) has been produced. It is and will be produced only from first flush of Spring tea from Ancient Ar...

This is Hai Lang Hao's special autumn blend of ancient arbor tea. The name "Zhu Jiu" (煮酒) means to "boil liquor" and it represents how the deep-co...