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New Spring Harvest Teas

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New Spring Harvest Teas

Each spring, we work with a small group of valued suppliers - tea farms, cooperatives & tea markets - in sourcing teas early in the harvest. First pluck, Pre-Qing Ming and "before the rain" varieties of white, green, and black teas are the high grades of leaf we procure. Teas harvested in this time are some of the finest quality of the year. Buds and leaves are small, compact and rich in flavors. Leaves are crafted to notable flavors not typically available for export. As well, we procure popular cultivars known worldwide for their wonderful flavors.

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  • "Little Monkey" Tieguanyin

    "Little Monkey" Tieguanyin

    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...
    Bright, fresh & floral notes.

  • Anji White

    Anji White

    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,...
    Savory, rich "umami" flavors

  • Ben Shan oolong

    Ben Shan oolong

    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...
    Aroma, stone fruit, peachy.

  • Black Fragrance

    Black Fragrance

    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...
    Notes of molasses & fruit, with a lingering finish.

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    Black No. 6

    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...
    Malty, sweet flavors of chocolate!

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    Buddhist Tea

    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...
    A wonderful green tea, basket roasted, clean, savory & vegetal sweet. 

  • Drum Mountain White Cloud

    Drum Mountain White Cloud

    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...
    Flavor of honey

  • Emerald Green

    Emerald Green

    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...
    Sweet aroma, distinctive floral notes

  • Flower Fragrance

    Flower Fragrance

    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...
    "Fresh tea", sweet & lush, ambrosial
  • Golden Monkey - Lot #24

    Golden Monkey - Lot #24

    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,...
    Malty sweet, refreshing

  • Golden Needle -Jin Zhen

    Golden Needle -Jin Zhen

    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...
    Sweet fruity notes & cocao

  • Golden Peony

    Golden Peony

    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...
    "Fresh tea", sweet, rich fruity flavors
  • Green Monkey

    Green Monkey

    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...
    "Fresh tea", rich flavors, invigorating
  • Green Monkey King

    Green Monkey King

    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,...
    Orchid aroma, apricot flavor.

  • Green Snail Spring - First Grade

    Green Snail Spring - First Grade

    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...
    Flavors of asparagus, chestnut, hints of peach

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    Heavenly Blue Peak

    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...
    Lush & naturally sweet

  • Hojicha

    Hojicha

    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...
    Nutty fragrance, roasted & sweet
  • Honey Orchid

    Honey Orchid

    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...
    Lush, naturally sweet flavors.

  • Imperial Red

    Imperial Red

    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...
    Flowery notes, flavors of malt , molasses