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Entirely Ancient Arbor tea from Autumn (October) 2010 Harvest from Man Zhuan in Yi Wu mountain range. Man Zhuan is one of the six famous tea mounta...

Nan Nuo mountain lies directly between Jinghong and Menghai and when you travel between these two Banna towns you will cross the northern part of t...

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 new Da Yi production for 2012. "Chun Jian Qing Tuo" means "Spring Tips Green Tuo" and is composed of spring 2012 material form Menghai area (Meng...

A harmonious blend of six different Yi Wu area villages old tea tree material. All six villages material come from the first flush of spring 2012. ...

This is part of the Cang Er series released by Xiaguan tea factory. The recipe differs slightly but the face of of brick is typically covered with ...

Yi Wu stone-pressed cake made from 50 to 80 year old tea trees growing in the Luo Shui Dong area nearby Yi Wu town! Just 40 kilos of this tea was p...

A solid tea with strong Yi Wu character, and large intact leaves processed in the traditional manner. Stone-Pressed with a large 40 kilogram stone ...

Mo Tian Mountain is little know mountainous area between Jing Gu and Zhenyuan in the prefecture of Simao. The area’s varietal is a large leaf varie...

Another lovely uncooked Pu-erh commemorating the Dai minority usage of the Thai calendar. Wild tree pu-erh compressed into brick form. Fairly big l...

Made entirely from Spring 2026 harvested wild-arbor Camellia sinensis var. assamica tea from Meng Song in Menghai County, these convenient 7 gram m...

This 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)! This expert...

This is purely Lao Man'e village ripe pu-erh tea harvested from mature old plantation tea trees in Spring 2025 and wet piled during 2025. The tea w...

Entirely first-flush Spring 2025 leaf from Ge Deng village (革登) in the Yiwu mountains, southwest of Yi Bang and west-northwest of Yiwu town. Source...

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...

Lovely De Hua Jade Porcelain cup, with a bamboo sections style. Stunning translucent material with a solid heavy feeling, and excellent heat retent...

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...

 "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...

We are pleased to offer our Spring 2024 harvested tea cake from "Man Gang Village" 漫岗 a small village just north of Bang Dong town (just west of Da...

Qin Zhou Ni Xing pottery has a history of over 1300 years. It is one of the "four famous" styles of pottery produced in China, along with Yi Xing, ...

We are pleased to offer our Spring 2023 harvested tea cake from "Man Gang Village" 漫岗 a small village just north of Bang Dong town (just west of Da...

Get all four of our fantastic 2022 Yunnan Sourcing Man Gang Tea Cakes at a nice discount! You'll get one 250g cake of each of these teas: 2022 Yunn...

  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 d...

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

Take a flight around the Famous Tea Region of Yi Wu! Taste a curated selection of samples from our 2018 Autumn Yunnan Sourcing Brand Yi Wu Tea Cake...

We are proud to offer an old arbor tea from "Da Zhong Shan" area of Mengku!  This tea is picked from high altitude old arbor tea trees (100-200 yea...

Entirely wild arbor tea from early spring 2018! Tea leaves taken from 80 to 120 years old tea trees growing wild in the Mang Fei mountainous area ...

Entirely Old Arbor tea from the Spring 2018 Harvest from He Tao Di Village in Jinggu County of Simao.  He Tao Di (lit. Walnut Grove) Village is a ...

Entirely Spring 2014 harvested tea from Meng Song area in the northeast of Menghai county, just north of the Nan Nuo mountain area.  Meng Song is h...

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. ...

Yi Bi village is a small village about 5 kilometers south of Yi Wu town.  Yi Bi teas are classic Yi Wu teas.  They are sweet with little astringen...

Spring 2013 harvest from Xiang Ming village in the north of Yi Wu Mountain area.  A naturally occuring mixed leaf size hybrid from 80 to 100 years...

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 vil...

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 ...

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...

Xi Kong tea like Yi Bang is special in that it is not large leaf varietal but rather a primitive small leaf varietal that has grown in this area fo...

This is a blend of multiple types of Purple varietal (mostly black) teas from the first flush of Spring 2026 harvest! A painstakingly blended cake ...

Da Qing Gu Shu is made from old-tree tea leaves picked at the end of Autumn 2025 in Da Qing village, a remote area of Jinggu County where old tea t...

A bold single-village ripe pu-erh made entirely from Xin Ban Zhang village tea harvested in Spring 2025, wet-piled during 2025, and pressed on Febr...

Knight’s Chamfer is a single-area ripe pu-erh pressed from 2025 Jingmai Mountain material harvested in Lancang County, then expertly wet-piled and ...

Ambigram is a distinctive single-area ripe pu-erh pressed from a wet-pile batch made entirely from Meng Song area tea leaves harvested in 2025 and ...

The history of Jian Shui purple pottery, which is also known as Southern Yunnan red jade, goes back hundreds of years. During the Song dynasty it w...

From Wan Gong Zhai, a remote village on the Yunnan–Laos border just north of Gua Feng Zhai and south of Yi Shan Mo, three of the highest-elevation ...

From the same Bang Dong area as our “Forest Tea,” this tiny production comes from a small grove of old tea trees, 三棵树 (“San Ke Shu,” three-tree gro...

Entirely wild arbor tea material from 100 to 250 year old tea trees in Yi Bang village (an area of north Yi Wu).  Expertly processed by the mother ...

A small harvest of just 24 kilograms of tea from wild tea trees in a forest setting in the Bang Dong area of Lincang. True wild tea with a full-bod...

So what is Duan Ni? In written Chinese, there are two letters for it. The first character is "緞", which means silk. It has a very similar pronuncia...

A lovely teapot created in the style of Dunhuang Silk Road era art!  The motif features pipa and harp players with the colors and styles reminiscen...