China - 2014

This Zheng Yan tea from Cindy Chen was baked 4 times over charcoal to achieve a medium baking level. Harvested from a single old tree within the Wuyi Scenic Area, this is a rare tea that offers a smokey and peppery dark chocolate flavor with ripe fruits and minerals. The flavor lingers several minutes. It has been aged dry for 3 years.

2014 late spring harvest, Mengsong area, moderate fermentation. Classic Menghai area ripe puerh tea made from 60-80 years old tea trees. Deep red tea soup, full and smooth with dark chocolate tones, sweet aftertaste. And It can be taken for many times. A great ripe puerh tea to drink now, but also valuable for long-term storage. Manufacturer : Mingshan tea house Production date : Late spring 2014 harvest Harvest area : Mengsong area Weight : 357g

This tea come from Mengsong area and single mountain and autumn late September harvest. Nowadays the old tree or gushu red tea is very popular. Most of these teas in the market have one problem. The processing is very bad. Our friend who is experienced puerh tea producer in Menghai invited an Fengqing red tea maker to help him make good red tea from their organic old tree garden. Trees in this mountain have 80-200 years and grown wild in the forest. This tea have heavy honey aroma, dark...

Neobvyklý ale vynikající červený čaj z málo známé oblasti Čang-pching. Jedná se o čaj vyrobený z kultivaru Šuej-sien, ze kterého se většinou vyrábí oolong. Čaj je lisovaný do kuliček cca 10g balených v papíře, jak je pro danou oblast typické. Tento tradiční způsob lisování byl kdysi v provincii Fu-ťien celkem běžný – pamětníci tvrdí, že se tak před několika desetiletími vyráběla dokonce i Tchie Kuan-jin v An-si. Dnes je nicméně Čang-pching posledním místem, které si tento zvyk zachovalo....

This premium tuo is a good blend of selected 1-3 years old materials. This tuo is high level powerfull blend for long term aging! Strong, good bitter, flowery taste with fast huigan. Export grade product, organic !

Yong Pin Hao adhere to the traditional process since its foundation in 1999. Each batch of manufactured according to traditional way - pure sun-dried materials, manual stone press, bamboo packaging, bamboo split strapping, classic design. Very good example of soft and never bitter Yiwu taste! Sun-dried materials come from surroundings of Luo Shui Dong village Yiwu area. Age of tea trees about 50 years. Clean and good storage in Kunming. Brewed tea have deep...

Di JIe is one of few villages around Bingdao. This maocha come from late September harvest, old tea trees only. Strong aroma, rich and stimulating in mouth, fast huigan. It is stronger than Bingdao, with some bitterness. This maocha is made by traditional way, not like many new "green tea" puerh which is easy for drinking now. But without future for aging!

This tea come from autumn 2014 harvest from Mengsong (Menghai), blend of tea from different villages, trees 60-80 years old, made by Dai minority. Put the tea into bamboo tube, then bake bamboo on the fire until lightly toasted. Press the tealeaves with a wooden stick when they are softened, and then fill up the tube again with more tealeaves. Repeat this procedure until tealeaves in the tube are compacted. Sweet, full tea soup with strong floral aroma. Drink now...

Lao Yu (老妪) : old woman Material for this cake came from a small Bulang minority village in Bada mountain. This village have very small quantity of tea trees that grow in the forest. Trees are relative old, but farmers cut the branches when trees get too tall. Tea trees are kept at easy-picking height because the tea is picked and made by old women in this village. They follow ancient ways to produce tea. Many of them make tea only for themself. We selected and...

An old arbor Menghai blend. Thick body, lingering kuwei [pleasant bitterness], and plenty of oomph. This tea is a continuation of last year’s New Amerykah. The blend is slightly different, focusing more on sweetness and body than on bitterness.

This tea is from Jingmai Da Zhai, grown in Da Ping Zhang area, and it is considered to be of the finest Jingmai tea available on market. We took few kilos of this Huang Pian to Kunming, where some of it we offer as loose leaves and rest will be pressed into the cakes. This raw puerh is the highest selection of older tea leaves ( Huang Pian - yellow leaves, or Da Ye Zi ). The older leaves, coming from the hundred year's trees, become bright yellow, red or orange tinted. The tea workers sort...

Selected grade famous high mountain green tea from Huilong Zhai, Dachang village, Lianghe county, Dehong prefecture. Huilong village, land area 1.28 square kilometers, elevation 1650 meters, average annual temperature 14.9 ℃, annual precipitation 1491.6 mm. Strong spicy fragrance of dry leaves. Pick one bud and one leaf or one bud/two leaves. This tea is very good for experimenting with little cooler water ! Low temperature make this tea milky cloudy, full in mouth...

Spring comes to Yunnan earlier this year. And also spring teas from regular spring harvest are picked a bit early.This good quality green tea comes from Simao area and was picked in late February. Picked one bud and two leaves. Commercial name for this tea is Bi luo chun in Kunming market, but we feel this tea doesn't look like original Biluochun, and the taste is not similar either. We call this tea Huoqing, because the look of jade green leaves is very similar to Yongxi Huoqing (涌溪火青,...

"Early Spring" - fresh green tea from higher elevations near Yun Pan Shan (1100m) in early spring harvest. Nice uniform leaves with a moderate share of silver fluffy tips. Leaves with a lightly fruity aroma, infusion with crisp pickle-green color, fresh delicate taste with a hint of typical chestnut blossoms fragrance.