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...

Each harvest season this rare tea offer flavors exceptional flavors of spring. Rich in amino acids, Anji offers a umami flavor unusual for a Chinese green. In the 1980s, in a bamboo forest above the Huang Pu River in the mountains of Zhejiang Province,...

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...

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...

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...

In the sixth and seventh centuries, tea drinking became increasingly popular with Buddhist monks as they realized the green leaf they so enjoyed was also a means of clearing the mind and providing stimulation for longer sessions of meditation...

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...

One of our favorite teas - Emerald Green is fresh aromas and flavors. A elegant yellow tea, "Cui Ya", is cultivated in the lush Huangshan Mountains of Anhui Province. These jagged, high mountains are cut with abundant, rushing streams, warm afternoon...

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...

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,...

Made in the tradition of needle-shaped teas from Northern Fujian Province, this lot is unusual in appearance and flavor. Tea makers working with varying methods of processing and preferred taste, over the years the styles of Golden Needle are now...

Golden Peony classes as a "Fresh Black 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...

Locally made spring teas in China embody tradition, terroir, and skill. In areas like FuAn, traditions in tea run deep. Their cultivars are famous and their flavors in high demand. But these small lots are not made for export. You must travel there to...

Perhaps no other tea embodies the artistry of China's teas more than the famous and impressive leafed Tai Ping Hou Kui (TPHK). Ours is a first-grade leaf grown on a spring-fed farm at an elevation of 800 meters in the Huang Shan Mountains. At night,...

Green Snail Spring - "Bi Luo Chun" - embodies much of what is wonderful about the spring tea harvest. Perhaps no green tea cups to the rich flavors of the season as this one. Ours is a first-grade leaf harvested in a pluck in the first week of April...

An exceptional spring green, this high-mountain cultivar is harvested only for a brief period in April. Heavenly Blue Peak (Tian Mu Qing Ding) is grown in bamboo forest preserves of Tian Mu Mountains, in Zhejiang Province. Literally translated as "eye of...

Hojicha is a distinctive green tea. It is made using stems from a Sencha cultivar and then roasting them at high temperaures to create an infusion with a light-to-reddish-brown appearance and a nutty fragrance. These beautifully uniform stems are...

One of our most popular black tea offerings, this early-pick, large-leaf Mao Feng cultivar slowly turns from its harvest green colors to rich shades of gold and black. Then, at the right moment, the leaves are skillfully fired, creating a lush, naturally...

One of 10 Famous Teas, "Yellow Mountain Hair Tip" grows on the slopes of the jagged and water-rich Huang Shan Mountains of Anhui Province. Produced from the Huangshan Da Yeh ("big leaf") cultivar, using a fine pluck "mao feng" standard for harvesting,...

Grown in the WuYi Mountains, IR is handmade using an oolong cultivar. Cups to a bright red color with lush, sweet notes characteristic of a black tea from this famous area. The leaves are a dark brown, thin and twisted with a...