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Tea Category

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.

Tea Category There are 47 products.

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  • Old Arbor Tea Trees

    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.

  • Wild Tea Trees

    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.

  • Purple Tea Variety

    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

  • Purple Sprout

    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

  • Huang Pian - Yellow Leafs

    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.

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    Wild tea trees from Ming Feng Shan in Yongde county. The leaves  haven't gone through any artificial heat processing but simply being dried on the sun , which promotes fruitiness and partial ageing typical for "shai hong" style tea. Obvious sweet-sour notes of wild tea leaves which can be brewed longer with smaller amounts without being worried of any...

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    Opened big buds "ya bao" and small leaves from wild tea trees from area of Big Snow Mountain. No artificial heat processing applied , just simply dried out on the sun as white tea. Hard pressed 7g mini brick opens after 3rd infusion and give citrusy-sweet lemonade which is very refreshing in hot weather. Flowery and vegetal notes might be experienced in...

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    Spring harvest from big wild varietal three tea trees. No Huang Pian selected out as the amount harvested is already small enough. Typical sweet sour fruity taste but also with oolong notes reminding the Oriental Beauty tea. That's due to the additional "yao qing " shaking processing.

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    Early spring harvest from wild tea trees growing on Big Snow Mountain in the Yong De area is processed as sheng puerh tea and pressed into 6g mini cakes, which can be easily halved for lighter brews. The sweet (from Ya Bao) notes with a sourish taste, typical of ye sheng tea, are preserved in airtight, sealed pouches for slower oxidation. Use drop down...

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    Small batch fermentation of old arbor tea trees from Pasha. Not sorted material as it came out of the pile , so some small cha tou ( pellets ) are in presence.  Soft fruitiness with touch of walnuts are the probably the main notes. The rest you can discover yourself by thoroughly brewing the sample which we offer in different sizes.

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    Hard pressed 5g mini cake white tea made of Taiwanese small leaf variety Qing Xin Ruan Zhi planted in Yunnan Dehong state in approx elevation of 2200m alt. Slight vegetal taste due to the low oxidation well paired with sweet flowery oolong taste and fruity notes of white tea and sweet aftertaste. Use drop down option for discounted prices with bigger...

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    Spring harvest from old arbor tea trees , growing in forest near Bai Hua Tan village. Fruity notes from the first cup,  but much deeper than Gao Gen sheng we also offer.  Almost no astringancy, mineral taste / feel in mouth accompanied by flowery notes lingering in nose. Stronger infusions reward with syrupy sweet tea liqueur with adequate , yet not...

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    These ya bao are picked from the wild purple tea trees varietal Zi Ya in Bangdong -  Lincang. Flowery and fruity scent with touch of pine trees in aroma from brewed buds. The taste is gentle , as expected from yabao ,  but noticeable sweet with gentle peach notes in aftertaste.

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    Early spring harvest from wild tea trees of Ailao mountain. The tea leaves have been processed as a white tea with slightly longer withering which is noticeable in deep fruity notes along with a natural floral texture. Less grassy fresh taste makes it easy and enjoyable drinker for sensitive stomachs. Handmade pressed dragon balls are , of course , not...

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    Hand-pressed “Dragon Balls” of 6–8g sheng Pu-erh from the Jinggu region. Made from the spring harvest, these are composed primarily of the rare purple tea cultivar Zi Ya. The tightly compressed dark leaves gradually unfurl, with sweet and fruity notes becoming especially noticeable after the fifth infusion, as the ball takes time to fully open. Some...

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    Unsprouted tea leaves from wild tea trees of Dehong area lightly oxidized as very light roasted red tea is made. These buds "ya bao "are basically a Ye Sheng Hong without the leaves and so the taste is pure sweet with touch of fruitiness and some peach notes, yet without any bitter background.It is very difficult to control the oxidation of the buds so...

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