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In general, this is a blend of Bulang ( Zhang Jia San Dui, Mang Ba Zhai,...

Unconventional processing of a Taiwanese varietal grown in a...

Spring harvest of leaves, handpicked from a very small organic Taiwanese...

Spring harvest of premium tea leaves handpicked from a small organic...


Medium-light roasted entry level Yancha made of Su Xi Lan "Plain Orchid"...

Xue Pian, meaning “Snow Flake,” designates Dancong tea made from the...

Half handmade teapot from Yixing purple “Zi Ni” medium-thick clay in...
Selected category of tea divided into groups by its character ,
grade or type like old arbor trees, wild tea trees ,
purple varietal or huang pian - the yellow tea leaves.
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老乔木 / 古树茶
Old arbor tea tree or Ancient tea tree ( Gu Shu Cha ).
Selection of the arbor tea trees with age above 150 years.
野生茶
Originally the wild tea tree term signify the tea tree growing on place where is no any human intervention,
but in time and market demand that kind of tea is almost impossible to get on Chinese tea market ,
not speaking of exported tea.
The wild tea tree variety has been planted in tea gardens and plucked like any other tea tree.
Processing of Ye Sheng teas is usually with tea flowers "ya bao" together in order to gain sweetness and mellow taste.
紫娟
Category selection of Purple variety tea Zi Juan.
A reputedly scarce purple-leaf Yunnan (云南) Da Ye (大叶) cultivar,
high in Anthocyanin "hua qing su" (花青素), developed in the 1980s
from Nannuoshan (南糯山) sources, used for lücha (绿茶)
and pu’ercha (普洱茶), literally Purple Beauty
紫芽
Purple Sprout " Zi Ya " : young leaves of tea trees that have been exposed
to more than the usual amount of sunlight,
causing them to turn purple, a tendency that,
while it may or may not improve tea quality in general,
is intentionally used in some pu’ercha (普洱茶) cakes;
confusingly, this is also used for a naturally occurring mutation first noticed in Wuyishan (武夷山) where high huaqingsu (花青素) content yields a purple leaf color
老黄片
Old Yellow Leaf in translation.
Old leafs from tea tree which have it's distinctive flavor characteristics.
Commonly used among the tea farmers as regular daily drinker with lunch , dinner or just quenching the thirst in hot days.
Although name from the producer suggests ancient tea trees but we believe this one is not the case. Yet, it is truly well made sheng puerh from wild variety tea trees growing in Dehong state. Sweet-sour notes with typical wild mushroom notes will hit your nose and tastebuds afterwards. Harder infusions will release bitterness but increase the sweetness...
Purple variety sheng pu-erh from Pu'er area hand rolled and pressed into the " Dragon balls" weight of 6 - 8g . Purple-ish tea liquor is sweet with dominating herbal dry camomile aroma and taste with slight touch of fruits in combination with slight bitterness and astringency, which can adjusted by temp. and steeping time, in order of making well...
Purple variety sheng pu-erh from Puer area. Purple-ish tea liquor is sweet with touch of prunes and noticeable notes of chamomile. It's quite an interesting tea because it feels like drinking herbal tea with plum juice. There are various versions of this particular sheng differencing by the processing. We have chosen traditional sun dried for it's unique...
Combination of Jing Gu Yue Guang Bai and Zi Juan (white tea made of purple varietal leaf) makes well balanced taste of flowery-fruity notes of YGB combined with herbal notes of Zi Juan. We recommend to start with lighter infusions in order to find your own sweet spot of this unique taste of white tea which you normally won't find on market as we made...
" Say good words , have a good thoughts , and do good deeds " written in Dai language on the wrapper of this purple varietal sheng puer cake made only in 5kg batch from 7 tea trees growing in forest. It's not typical sweet aromatic high temp. kill green processed Zijuan from Jingmai but traditional one for ageing. Bitter and in certain stage astringent,...
An interesting piece of 250g brick from good old comrades. The purple tea leafs were pressed and stored in Menghai for few years , then in Kunming , so it has a slight touch of wet storage but rather pleasant. ( not like HK or GZ storage ). Well balanced tea liquor is soft and offers pleasant fruity sweet mouthfeel with touch of "Mei Zi" - the Chinese plum.
357g pu-erh tea cake entirely made of "huang pian" - the yellow tea leafs. The spring harvest from plantations and tea gardens of Simao ( Pu'er ) area were processed and pressed by Yun Hong Tea company. Yellow leafs give nice sweet tea soup along with intensive smoky flavor, typical for this type of leaf. Nice caramel-honey-smokey scent sticks to the...
Yellow leafs from small arbor tea trees growing in Mengku area pressed into the 1kg brick wrapped in bamboo leaf. Medium-dark Lincang fermentation without excessive smokiness as it would be typical for that area, yet gentle notes are in present. Late afternoon or evening drinker for those who seek light , yet sweet and warming tea without earthy notes....
Yellow tea leafs of autumn harvest from small village near to the Myanmar borders in approx 1800m alt. The tea production is very limited there due to the steep hills around and only small area is covered by young arbor tea trees . Notes of chrysanthemum like in tea from Bingdao are quite vivid in the cup. Very good price compare to marketing overpriced...
Old yellow leafs from arbor tea trees growing around Bao Thang Lao Zhai near NaKa. Very fruity, sourish pleasant front taste of brewed leafs developed during the years of Kunming storage. No any smoke , just sweet liqour with slight touch of dry and on top of the tongue, yet not any excessive astringency. Easy drinker even for non puerh drinkers.
1kg hard pressed brick of yellow leafs " huang pian " from old arbor tea trees growing near Bang Dong village will remind you Xi Gui very much in taste. Sweet , flowery and not afraid of longer steeping brewed with smaller amount or strong infusions with shorter steeping times which makes expected "hui gan" sensation much more intensive. We also offer...
Sheng puerh with yellow tea leafs " huang pian "from Lincang, hard pressed into 8g flat mini brick, individually packed, convenient for traveling and slowing down the oxidation same time. Means it is ageing slower. Sweet taste around 6 - 8 steepings, with touch of green apple skin in notes , without smoky notes as those are common with huang pian. select...