Crab Leg, wild vine of the oldest tea trees
Crab Leg, wild vine of the oldest trees

Handpicked teas from
years on the road

Trees fifteen meters tall, planted a thousand years ago. Indigenous peoples who have hand-rolled and fermented tea for two millennia. Roasters determined to keep the tradition alive. That is what drives our expeditions, and what brings these treasures to you.

The collection

Our Teas

In Yunnan, we work with those tending to the tea forests directly. In Taiwan, we work with producers, roasters and warehouse owners. Many of our teas are made available for the first time here.

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Sour Pu'erh from Jingmai Shan

Sour Pu'erh

Jingmai Shan, Yunnan

Ancient-tree leaf buried three months in sealed clay jars by a BuLang chief; its saline sourness exists in no other tea.

Caterpillar Tea, smooth dark pellets in a dish

Caterpillar Tea

Jingmai Shan, Yunnan

Never farmed: found and sifted in the ancient forest after a caterpillar eats the leaves; the pellets brew strangely clean.

Wild White Pu'erh cakes

Wild White Pu'erh

Bao Shan, Yunnan · 2021

White pu'erh from wild trees 300–1000 years old, picked by Yi families: honey-sweet and cooling.

Classic aged pu'erh brick

BingDao Golden Brick

Menghai, Yunnan · 2015

This loose, decade-aged brick of first-quality leaves is the smooth, perfect way into fermented pu'erh.

Ba Da fermentation heads, dense pu'erh leaf clusters on a white dish

Ba Da Head Ferment

Ba Da, Yunnan · 2019

Pectin-rich fermentation heads from ancient trees make it round and smooth.

Aged pu'erh

Yi Wu Aged Shou

Yi Wu, Yunnan · 2010

Custom-made for a TCM doctor; 15 dry years gave it chocolate and old wood.

Wild Red, twisted dark leaves in a wooden tray

Wild Red

Bao Shan, Yunnan · 2021

Wild ancient-tree leaf oxidises to a ruby red that drinks, well, wild.

Ancestor Red, dark twisted ancient-tree red tea leaves in a white cup

Ancestor Red

Bao Shan, Yunnan · 2025

Red tea from domesticated ancient trees, low-temperature dried over two harvests.

High-Mountain Oolong

Tian Chi

Tianchi, Taiwan · spring 2026 · 2580m

The season this high above the clouds is so short and cold the flavour concentrates.

Tieguanyin

Tieguanyin

Muzha, Taiwan · 2012

Half-oxidised and heavily roasted, a favourite of the Kangxi Emperor: all fruit, smoke and minerals.

Luguanyin

Luguanyin

Muzha, Taiwan · 1990

A craft returned to China after the Cultural Revolution, unroasted, then aged 36 years.

Tieguanyin

Tieguanyin

Muzha, Taiwan · 2012

Half-oxidised and heavily roasted, a favourite of the Kangxi Emperor: all fruit, smoke and minerals.

Aged Gaoshan Oolong

Aged Gaoshan Oolong

Li Shan, Taiwan · 1991 · 1700m

Planted high in the 1980s for pure terroir, then left for 35 years.

Competition Dongding, charcoal-roasted

Competition Dongding, charcoal-roasted

Dongding, Taiwan · 2021

Highest competition grade, from a producer who still roasts it over charcoal, the old way.

Purple lotus flower blooming in cup

Blue Lotus

Sri Lanka · wild-harvested

Nymphaea caerulea, Egypt's sacred flower painted on tomb walls. Ours is organic, dried whole.

Golden chrysanthemum flowers brewing

Snow Chrysanthemum

China · seasonal harvest

One whole bloom per cup: amber-golden, lightly sweet and herbal.

Guayusa Sagan Dali, guayusa leaf and White Wings

Guayusa Sagan Dali

Amazon & Siberian highlands

Guayusa, a lucid-dreaming Amazonian leaf, gentles White Wings, a fierce Siberian herb.

Four aged pu'erh cakes

Surprise Pu’erh Pack

Yunnan · four teas · 25g each

Four aged fermented pu'erhs from our cellar, chosen by us.

Brewing session

Taiwan sample pack

Taiwan · four wulongs · 7–10g each

Four Taiwan wulongs to taste side by side, for the curious.

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Wild cordyceps specimen

Beyond tea

Traditional Chinese Medicine

High-grade TCM ingredients, both wild and cultivated, from Nepal, China and Taiwan.

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Sorting freshly picked leaves by hand on JingMai mountain

Our producers

From the Pu family's ancient tea trees in Bao Shan, to the grandson of the last BuLang chief on JingMai mountain, to an award-winning charcoal roaster in Beitou, every tea we offer comes from a producer we know personally.

Meet our producers
Peter on the trail in 2011, at the start of his travels
Peter in 2011 – the year the journey began.

About us

A life on the road.

Tealogian is a family project founded by two brothers, Jonathan and Peter, whose Chinese lineage is rooted in Hui medical practice. Peter’s fascination with rare ethnobotanical plants led him to tea, and he has been travelling ever since, seeking out rare botanical treasures.

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