Oolong Tea

Da Dan (大旦) varietal oolong is a unique Huang Jin Gui sub-type that is relatively rare and is often blended with Tie Guan Yin to bolster the overal...

Mi Lan Xiang (aka Honey Orchid Aroma) Dan Cong is the most well-known Dan Cong style. Bai Ye varietal is used and was expertly processed using a tr...

We've been selling a Hairy Crab oolong for more than 15 years and we thought it was the best "Mao Xie" varietal there was. Now in 2023 we've found ...

Wen Zhong Dan Cong (文种) is a high mountain Dan Cong from Wu Dong area of Guangdong.  It's also picked the earliest of any Dan Cong's and has a smal...

This "Pacific Petal" is the successor of our unusual "Pacific Bud" from the spring of 2018. There is a lot of improvement of this plantation and pr...

Nanshan is now some of our favourite places when it comes to Qing Xin oolong varietal. To be honest, we think this is the very few places that cult...

Jin Yao Shi (lit. Golden Key 金钥匙) is a unique Wu Yi varietal. Ours is grown in Wu Yi Gong Shan Qian Village, Mi Tuo Temple (武夷宫山前村弥陀寺) at an elevat...

“Lao Cong” (or old bush) Shui Xian is grown in the Jiulongke area of Wu Yi. Jiulongke is included in the “Zheng Yan” (lit. “Proper Rock”, meaning s...

Growing in Li Zi Ping Village near Phoenix Town "Xiong Di Zai" (brothers) tea varietal plants aged 80-150 years are growing naturally at an altitud...

Tie Luo Han (铁罗汉) or Iron Arhat is a rare varietal of Wu Yi Mountain Rock tea.  It's one of the 4 "Si Da Ming Cong" or most well known Wu Yi rock t...

This is a lovely middle mountain (中山) elevation Mi Lan Xiang (蜜兰香) from Da An village, grown at an altitude of roughly 900 meters from decades old...

The variety Hei Dan recorded in 'The Compendium of Chinese Tea Varieties' is the same as Wu Dan. In Minnan dialect, the pronunciations of 'Wu' (bla...

Take a flight around the Famous Tea Region of the Phoenix Mountains! Taste a curated selection of our premium whole leaf teas and develop an apprec...

Like "Lily Jade" of this season, this "Jade Lotus" is our attempt to explore the possibility of light fermentation with traditional processing. Unl...

"Chun Lan" aka Spring Orchid (春兰) is a unique and quite rare varietal from Wu Yi mountains in Fujian.  Grown on rocky outcroppings near Xing Cun Zh...

This tea was inspired right on the day when we were processing the Tieguanyin and Buddha Hand for this spring. We have long known that Mr. Chang ha...

Produced in the January of 2021 and very much like "Frosty Serpent" and "Frosty Mist," this season's harbor tea could be consider a "winter rhythm"...

"Ba Xian" also known as the Eight Immortals Dan Cong grows in a couple of villages (Phoenix, Ping Keng Tou, and Zhong Shan) in the Wu Dong mountain...

With success of "Twilight Jade" and "Night Jade" this Cui Yu plantation proved to be a phenomenal place for tea growing. This winter's Cui Yu is qu...

This wonderful plantation was half abandoned by its original owner, and was fortunately discovered by our friend, Mr. Liao. Mr. Liao is a young far...

The development of TTES #8 can be traced all the way back to the Japanese era in Taiwan, which was the golden era of Taiwanese tea. Although this v...

We decided to do something even more labor-intensive this season to stretch the potential of Taiwanese tea, linking it back to its ancestors. Do yo...

Ta Ku Hou village is a small village near Phoenix town just to the west at an altitude of 1350 meters.  This is one of highest altitude villages in...

After seasons and seasons of experimenting, we eventually reached the point of making the Jin Xuan varietal taste exceedingly close to the famous D...

In the winter season of 2021, we successfully took two varietals commonly used for black tea production and successfully made them into oolong tea ...

This is a unique fruity tea with a orchid and peach pit aroma.  Our "Peach Pit Aroma" (aka Tao Ren Xiang) is grown at 900 meters, picked and proces...

After years of searching for an organic plantation growing the Buddha Hand varietal, we finally encountered the opportunity to produce this ancient...

Due to this season's unstable weather and draught, we experienced a great reduction of harvest this year. The yield of "Lily Dancong" was decreased...

This year's mountain tea plan is a special one. We no longer seek sources of ancient tea trees. This spring we finally got in touch with the local ...

It has been two years since we first discovered this living fossil plantation in the spring of 2020. As the years have flown by, the seasonal yield...

As we successfully made the Jin Xuan varietal from Kanjiao into a red oolong tea on our "Crimson Lily," we realized we could create a red oolong on...

Ya Shi Xiang Dan Cong (aka Duck Shit Aroma) is a rare Dan Cong varietal grown in and around Ping Keng Tou village in the Phoenix Mountains outside...

Mi Lan Xiang (aka Honey Orchid Aroma) Dan Cong is the most well-known Dan Cong style.  This is a high mountain pluck from older trees (Lao Cong) gr...

What will happen to a Tie Guan Yin varietal if it is grown at high elevation, yet without the use of any pesticides or herbicides? This plantation ...

Hong Di Dan Cong is a unique hybrid varietal of Shui Xian and Rou Gui.  It grows only in the Feng Xi area near the reservoir near a village called...

This particular plantation gave us a strong impression last summer, so we could not resist the urge to come back again this winter. Since we had en...

This is the improved version of "the Eight" from the winter of 2021, since then we have learnt more about the trait of big-leaf-varietal. The adven...

The plantation at Yuli was no longer viable for us to process tea due to management reasons, so we had to find a new farmer to source the magical m...

With "Water Dragon" from the spring of 2021 running out, we felt the urge to create a new Shui Xian for this season utilising our new method of tea...

As the "Assam" is running critically low, which was a red oolong made with two varietals combined, we know this is the right path to make this big ...

Operated by the same family who grows the Guanxi TTES #17, we are looking forward to having long term collaboration with this plantation for the ex...

Like the famous Jin Xuan and Cui Yu, Egret (TTES #17) is still a relatively new varietal in the world of Taiwanese teas. It was formally introduced...

Tie Guan Yin has been completely gone from our collection since the disappearance of the Fanbaoshan plantation. Fortunately, some of the tea trees ...

Operated by the same family who grows the Guanxi TTES #17, we are looking forward to having long term collaboration with this plantation for the ex...

Gong Xiang Dancong is one of the finest fragrant teas in Phoenix Mountain. It is named after the floral aroma diffuses with the wind when the tea i...

Ju Duo Zai is a rare varietal of Dan Cong Bush grown by just a few families in the Feng Huang (Phoenix) village area of Wu Dong Mountains.  Ju Duo ...