Fujian Province

In China, highest grades of Tieguanyin oolong are prized and often presented as gifts. These lots are judged not only on taste and aroma, appearance plays a very big part in the rating. Once a lot is processed, variations in leaf size and broken leaves...

One of spring's visual and taste delights has been "rested" or aged. In the intervening period, the tea has developed a deeper, rounder taste and a darker appearance more to the traditional style Bai Mu Dan. Now, 9 years aged, tea is showing darker...

Arguably one of the more aromatic of the Tieguanyin-style oolongs. Ben Shan or "Source Mountain" is a classic fruity-floral flavor oolong that steeps to fresh, fragrant aromas and fruity flavors. Made with a comparatively smaller-leaf cultivar grown in...

First buds of the harvest offer the most pronounced flavors and aromas of the season. As late winter temperatures begin to warm, particularly in the mountains, dormant tea bushes awaken and sprout dense, compact buds, the first new teas. Harvested by...

This Meizhan cultivar is made to customs of processing known in China as "fresh tea" denoting it is made to local timing of harvest, processing and flavor profile. Not made to a standard and certainly varied in its taste each season, this tea well...

Our "Black Dragon", a Congou, is made in the style of classic Fujian Province blacks. "Congou" is a name used in the tea trade for "gongfu" which means skill and patience, attributes needed to make a really good black. The leaves are mix of black and...

Black Fragrance is in the class of spring teas known as "fresh tea". These are early harvest teas made using longheld traditions of farming and processing of the leaves to create aromas and flavors favored in the local area. Typically, they are made in...

This lot was harvested in the 2nd pluck of the spring harvest in the WuYi Mountains. The leaves are quite aromatic and with oxidization – now a deep black color. While the name Gong Fu typically is used to describe a method of steeping tea, the...

The Fu'An area along the coast near the border with Zhejiang Province is mountainous and famous for rich tasting teas. The cultivars developed in these mountains over a period of hundreds of years now produce a variety of black teas that are widely...

Golden Peony classes as a "Fresh Tea". Plucked early in the season and crafted to local taste and aroma preferences, this black cups to a bright red color with a sweet, floral aroma. Using the Da Bai cultivar, the leaves are skillfully shaped, then fully...

Our sampler is your introduction to black teas from 3 different provinces and the opportunity to taste their finest offerings. Three cultivars have been crafted to distinctive leaf appearances and rich, lush flavors. Grown at varying elevations,...

Legend tells us that as the young maidens plucked the first, new leaves of spring, they placed the most precious in their blouses to be preserved for the enjoyment of the Emperor and his court. The story provides us with a wonderful name for one of our...

Grown at the higher elevations of the Guo Shan Mountains along the coast of Fujian Province, this tea was introduced by Buddhist monks who cultivated fields surrounding their monastery. In time, the tea became a source of revenue for the monastery as...

Drunken Concubine is named in recognition of the intoxicating flavors of a wonderful, high-grade Tieguanyin oolong. Our lot is named in honor of Gui Fei, who was the most trusted consort to the Tang Dynasty emperor Xuanzong. Grown in the AnXi...

One of the treasures of the spring harvest, Flower Fragrance is classed as a "fresh tea" made to local customs, in limited quantity and sold locally. Fresh teas and early harvest teas generally often have fragrances reminiscent of spring flowers. In this...

This local-style black offers a distinctive flavor! High-fired, this cultivar cups to a dry, lightly sweet flavor reminiscent of a Keemun tea. Leaves are long, thin and wiry. The telling characteristic of this tea from other Fujian Congou is its "dry"...

At traditional tea gatherings, Golden Eyebrow is held as a prestigious tea, one to be served proudly, knowing it will enhance friendship. A fine pluck, using buds and the top two leaves, our lot harvested early in spring 2021. The leaves are carefully...

Ever inventive, skilled grafting of a high-grade Tieguanyin oolong varietal with the early-spring harvest Huang Jin Gui cultivar created this aromatic and luscious offering - Golden Jade. The successful graft and propagation of this tea in the not too...

A cultivar grown in the mountains of the FuAn area has long been known to produce a aromatic & fine tasting Golden Monkey. This year's lot certainly meets this descriptor. The terroir of Fujian's mountainous coastline - its soils, rain, elevation,...

Organically grown in the Fuding area of northern Fujian Province, our Golden Monkey (Jin Hou) is a "special grade" made in the traditional style of long black leaves with a mix of gold buds. This lot has an impressive depth of flavor...