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Whether you drink your tea in bags, infuser baskets, or yixing pots, these accessories can help enhance your tea brewing experience.

Most teas are defined by four factors: provenance, variety, season, and craft. However, there is a fifth factor that can also dramatically influence flavor: time. Just like fine wines, premium teas can be aged, with exceptional results if done carefully. Discover our range of aged teas, with the smooth, rich, and mellow tasting notes that only time and patience can create.

Anxi County in southeastern Fujian Province is renowned for the tieguanyin (or Iron Goddess of Mercy) variety of oolong. Traditional crafting calls for medium oxidation and a heavy roast, while modern styles are lightly oxidized to produce floral notes.

Known as hong cha or "red tea" in Chinese, black teas are fully oxidized, resulting in the rich and warm flavors typical of this style. Mainland Chinese black teas offer classic, rich, and earthy flavor profiles, while Taiwanese black teas are renowned for their more delicate, naturally fruity tasting notes.

Young white tea leaves are steamed and tied by hand around a flower blossoms, ready to unfurl in an elegant display when steeped in hot water. Beautiful and easy to brew, with a delicate and sweet natural flavor.

Start brewing high quality whole leaves today with these teaware options. On the go, at your desk, or at the tea table, these basic tools will brew the best cup.

Crafted by nationally-renowned Taiwanese master ceramicist Xu De Jia, and his son Xu Chun Tian, our celadon teapots are defined by their satiny glazes and thick stoneware bodies.

Offering the flavor-neutral qualities of porcelain with the heat retention of Yixing clay, celadon teaware can be used for any tea, and provides a more controlled and luxurious way to enjoy your favorite brew.

Celadon is a traditional East Asian style of thick-glazed stoneware, offering the heat retention properties of Yixing clay plus the flavor-neutral benefits of glass. Not only is it highly functional, it's also one of the most aesthetically captivating forms of teaware around.

Enjoy a whole new side to your favorite teas with cold brew! This innovative brewing method produces the sweetest, purest version of your chosen tea, since there's no heat involved to draw out tannins or bitterness. It's also one of the easiest ways to brew — just add your tea to cold water and let it sit!

While any tea can be brewed this way, we've chosen our favorites and pre-packed them into convenient cold brew sachets below.

From high mountain oolongs to mellow black teas, these varieties offer a naturally creamy and smooth flavor profile.

From roasted oolongs to fermented pu-erh teas, these varieties offer a wonderfully bold and earthy flavor profile.

From delicate white teas to aromatic jasmine teas, these varieties offer a captivatingly floral flavor profile.

Across the straits from Fujian Province, Taiwan (or Formosa, the "Beautiful Island") is known for light oxidation and high elevation tea gardens, resulting in a green and floral character with a creamy mouthfeel and lingering finish.

From aromatic Phoenix oolongs to tropical Taiwanese black teas, these varieties are selected for their naturally fruity flavor profiles.

The gaiwan is an elegant and versatile alternative to a teapot that uses a lid to strain the leaves from the brewed tea. We recommend these vessels for testing the quality of your tea leaves, or simply to brew a variety of different teas.

Tea makes a perfect gift and our pre-curated Tasting Collections make it easy to give something that is sure to impress. Still not sure what they'll like? Our gift cards offer the ultimate flexibility.

Ginseng has been at the core of our business since we opened as a Chinese apothecary in the mid-1980's. Prized in East Asia for its energy- & immune-boosting adaptogenic properties, ginseng is also appreciated for its unique herbal flavor, which turns from bitter to sweet on the palate. Ginseng is delicious brewed in hot water as a tisane, or used as a unique culinary ingredient.

Our range of glass teaware offers a blend of convenience, versatility, and beauty, making it an ideal choice for daily enjoyment no matter where you sip!

Literally translated as "tea with effort", Gong Fu Cha is one of the most traditional ways to brew Chinese teas. Whole leaves are brewed in a small teapot, and water is added to the same tea leaves several times. In effect, we think of this like brewing an espresso instead of a large pot of coffee - the process requires a bit more time and focus, but produces a more intense flavor.

Try your hand at the traditional method of brewing Chinese teas with these essential pieces. Get started quickly with a complete tea set, or build a custom collection with our classic pieces. Then select one of our tea sampler collections and brew your very own tea tasting flight!

Green tea, by definition, is a tea leaf that has been roasted immediately after harvest and therefore not allowed to oxidize. Because of this minimal processing, harvest season is critical for green teas, with the best crops produced from early spring-harvested leaves.

Naturally non-caffeinated and versatile to brew, these leaves and flowers are not from the Camellia sinensis species, and are not true teas. Still, freshness and quality make a difference in the flavor, and our naturally grown herbs and blends certainly pack a punch.

Vessels with a large infuser basket are our favorite modern tea-brewing gadget. Our infusers are commissioned directly from the producers, and designed to brew a controlled cup of any tea. A fine strainer allows you to remove your tea leaves, stopping the brewing process to avoid bitterness and reserving flavor for multiple infusions of the same tea leaves.

Captivatingly floral, jasmine teas are tea leaves (usually green or white) scented with natural summer jasmine blossoms. The quality of jasmine tea is determined by the harvest date of the tea leaves and the duration of the scenting process.

With their minimalist design, ultra-fast heating, and fully-adjustable temperatures, our water kettles are a great way to upgrade your brewing experience.

A collection of teapots inspired by traditional Japanese forms.

Matcha (抹茶 mǒchá in Chinese, meaning "ground tea") originated in China during the Song Dynasty (CE 960-1279), and was later introduced to Japan by Buddhist monks, eventually becoming the foundation of the Japanese tea ceremony. Inspired by the original Song Dynasty practice of drinking stone-ground mǒchá, our matcha collection highlights ground teas from Japan and Taiwan, as well as the utensils needed to brew a perfect bowl.

Mi Xiang (or "honey fragrance") teas are a specialty of Taiwan, created when the teamaker allows various insects to attack the tea plants prior to harvest. In response to the attack, the tea plants release specific terpenes (volatile aromatic compounds) which repel the bugs, but to the human palate taste surprisingly sweet, like flowers, fruit, and honey. When crafted into tea, the leaves retain this honey fragrance, making for a smooth, aromatic, and naturally sweet infusion.

Explore the newest teas in our range.

From pan-roasted green teas to complex oolongs, these varieties are naturally rich and nutty.

As a category, oolong tea occupies the entire spectrum between green and black. Produced from tea leaves that have undergone partial enzymatic oxidation, oolongs vary by leaf varietal, style of crafting, and region, creating a broad range of flavor and aroma profiles.

Phoenix Mountain in northern Guangdong Province produces a unique type of oolong harvested from single groves cultivated to emulate specific fruit and flower fragrances. This crafting style results in some of the most captivating and complex flavors in the tea world.

Porcelain is a traditional, beautiful, and highly functional material, with a unique set of properties that make it ideal for tea preparation. Porcelain offers the same flavor-neutral characteristics as glass, but with increased durability. In addition, porcelain offers better heat retention, plus a white background so you can appreciate the true color of your tea.

Pu-erh teas are fermented and aged, meaning they only get better with age, improving in flavor and thus increasing in value. Rich, earthy, and always smooth, pu-erhs are one of the most complex tea categories.

Aged, innovative, or just plain weird, these are teas you won't find anywhere else. These rare picks are limited in stock and irreplaceable, so indulge your taste buds today.

Representing the pinnacle of tea craftsmanship, our Red Label Collection includes the finest and rarest teas we source at Red Blossom Tea Company. Each of our Red Label teas is produced in extremely limited amounts, and selected for its balance, complexity, and finish.

Tea leaves infused with natural scents or blended with herbs and spices have delighted tea drinkers for generations. Captivating and straightforward, these naturally scented teas are easy to drink and pack a punch in both aroma and flavor.

Known in Chinese as chahai ("sea of tea") or gongdaobei ("fairness cup"), servers are used to decant tea from the brewing vessel and serve into the tasting cups. Decanting into a server stops your tea from over-steeping, so you can enjoy a perfect brew.

From roasted oolongs to smoked black teas, these varieties offer a memorable smokiness in their taste.

Often extolled as China's cultural apex, the Song Dynasty (CE 960-1280) was a time of grand innovation and creativity, and a font for countless new art forms; among the most revered contributions of this period were the ceramics produced by the Five Great Kilns (Ru, Ding, Guan, Ge, & Jun).

Crafted by nationally acclaimed Taiwanese master ceramicist Xu De Jia, and his son Xu Chun Tian, our Song Kiln Collection is inspired by the works of the Five Kilns and pays homage to an era that shaped the course of tea's history forever.

From unique oolongs to decadent black teas, these varieties offer a naturally sweet and captivating flavor profile.

Our Tasting Collections include curated flights of tea (plus teaware in select boxes), along with guided unboxing videos, making them ideal gifts for tea lovers, or a fantastic way to explore premium tea yourself!

These bagged teas and tisanes come from the same sources as our premium loose leaf varieties, and are carefully selected for ease of brewing. Select from our RBT line for hot brewing, or explore our range of pre-packed cold brew tea bags.

Tea bowls are among the simplest brewing vessels - just add tea leaves and water, let steep, and sip. This minimal method lends itself to high quality teas that will not get bitter during this longer steeping process.

Sets of matching pots and cups, with options designed for traditional gong fu cha as well as western-style brewing.

To maximize the shelf life of your teas, we recommend keeping them away from light, air, and moisture. Though it is tempting to show off beautiful tea leaves in glass jars, exposure to light creates oxidation, and causes the tea to lose flavor. Instead, we recommend our double lidded storage canisters to create an airtight seal and keep your teas as fresh as possible.

Try new teas each month with our subscription boxes containing a curated variety of seasonal samples.

In traditional Gong Fu Cha style brewing, excess water is used to warm and rinse the teaware, and then discarded. Tea trays are designed to collect this excess water and drain it from the brewing space.

From fine porcelain tasting cups to everyday mugs, our selection of tea cups includes a variety of sizes and materials so you can choose the one that's right for you.

The quintessential tea brewing vessel, teapots come in all shapes and sizes depending on your brewing method. Traditional Chinese teapots are much smaller than Western teapots to encourage multiple short infusions so your leaves never over-brew.

Crafted in small batches and sourced directly from multi-generational producers in China and Taiwan, we select our teas based on provenance, leaf varietal, harvest season, and crafting style; these factors combine to create an impressive spectrum of natural flavors and aromas.

No matter how you brew your tea, the method can make a world of difference in the flavor. While we always use traditional brewing methods to check the quality of our teas, we realize that there are as many ways to brew as there are tea drinkers, and encourage experimentation in developing your personal tea ritual.

From crisp green teas to high mountain oolongs, these teas offer a refreshingly verdant flavor profile.

Soft and delicate, white teas are traditionally crafted from a single varietal of the tea plant called Da Bai, or "big white". We source our white teas from Fuding County on Fujian Province's northern coast — the ancestral home of this tea style.

The Wuyi Mountains in northwestern Fujian Province are the birthplace oolong tea, producing rich, heavily-oxidized and charcoal-roasted oolongs. Some believe it was this style's dark, twisted leaves that gave rise to the term oolong itself (which means "black dragon" in Chinese).

Young Taiwanese artisan Xu Chun Tian carries on the traditions of his father's work in hand-thrown stoneware and historical celadon while developing his own style of modern, minimal forms.

Hand crafted in Taiwan by master ceramicist Xu De Jia, these celadon pieces employ signature glazes inspired by the Five Great Kilns of the Song Dynasty.

Revered in the tea world for its ability to improve the taste of tea, Yixing is a form of unglazed clay teaware with a history stretching back centuries in China. Because it is unglazed, natural minerals and pores in the clay interact with the tea as it brews, softening its mouthfeel and extending its finish.

Popular in China since the Ming Dynasty, these small, unglazed teapots are commonly used in the traditional gong fu cha method of brewing, and dedicated to one style of tea.

Whether you're shopping for a casual tea drinker or an experienced connoisseur, below you'll find our top holiday gifts of 2023.