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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Ultra rare
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.

Ultra rare
Caterpillar Tea, smooth dark pellets in a blue-and-white 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.

出岙 wild ancient-tree raw pu'erh cake

Wild Ancient Sheng

Bao Shan, Yunnan · 2021

Wild ancient trees, raw-pressed, lend it a sweet, clean, bright energy.

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.

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.

Limited
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.

Ultra rare
Hand-rolled autumn sour pu'erh balls

Hand Roll Autumn Sour Pu'erh Balls

Jingmai Shan, Yunnan · autumn 2025

Each hand-rolled autumn ball brews one lightly sour cup.

2020 JingMai Laochatou, naturally formed fermentation heads on a wooden tray

2020 JingMai Laochatou

Jingmai Shan, Yunnan · 2020

Heads formed naturally in ancient-forest ferments: thick, silky and sweet.

2015 Menghai Gong Ting, fine tribute-grade buds in a silver scoop

2015 Menghai Gong Ting

Menghai, Yunnan · 2015

Imperial tribute grade: the finest, smallest buds brew dark and earthy-sweet.

Very rare
Crab Leg, parasitic tea-tree vine

Crab Leg

Yunnan · hand-picked

Xie Jiao grows only on the most ancient tea trees, a rarity for centuries.

Ultra rare Ming Tian Que She, silver bud tea

Ming Qian Que She

Jingmai Shan, Yunnan · pre-Qingming

“Sparrow's tongue”: single ancient-tree buds, picked barely 75g a day.

Four aged pu'erh cakes, the Surprise Pu'erh Pack

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Surprise Pu'erh Pack, 4 aged fermented pu'erhs, 25g each

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Spring 2026
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.

Spring 2026
Tian Chi high mountain wulong

Shui Yuan Tou

Fu Shou Shan, Taiwan · spring 2026

The top of the Fu Shou Shan line: floral, peachy, cool and mineral.

Historical batch
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.

35 years
Aged Gaoshan Oolong

Aged Gaoshan Oolong

Li Shan, Taiwan · 1991 · 1700m

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

Dong Ding Special Prize
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.

Tastes like wine
Oriental Beauty oolong, long-fermented

Aged Oriental Beauty

Hsinchu, Taiwan · 2011

Leafhopper-bitten leaves, then fifteen sealed years: honeyed, round, dark.

Collector’s lot
1990 Dayuling, unbaked vintage high-mountain oolong

1990 Dayuling

Dayuling, Taiwan · 1990 · 2600m

Never baked in 35 years of stillness, the best aged oolong we've tasted, from the rarest origin.

Hakka tradition
Suan Gan Cha, aged Hakka citrus tea

Suan Gan Cha

Hakka highlands, Taiwan

This wulong is aged black inside a whole citrus, the Hakka 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.

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Surprise Pu’erh Pack

Surprise Pu’erh Pack

Yunnan · four teas · 25g each

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

BundleTaiwan high-mountain sample packs

Specialty Taiwanese Pack

Taiwan · four wulongs · 7–10g each

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

BundleYunnan & Taiwan combo pack

Yunnan & Taiwan Combo

Yunnan & Taiwan · eight teas

Four pu'erhs and four wulongs together in one set.