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Formosa Red Assam
$26.00
$6.00
漢字 日月潭蜜香紅茶, 阿薩姆
origin Yuchi, Taiwan
craft twisted, mi xiang
flavor notes bold, honey, dried fruit
漢字 日月潭蜜香紅茶, 阿薩姆
origin Yuchi, Taiwan
craft twisted, mi xiang
flavor notes bold, honey, dried fruit
One of four Formosa Reds from a tea garden located just outside Yu-chih Village, in the hills surrounding Sun Moon Lake, Nantou County, Taiwan. This is a pure-stock Assam, brought to Taiwan in the first half of the 20th century by the colonial Japanese in an effort to develop a... →
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Formosa Red #18
$26.00
$6.00
漢字 日月潭蜜香紅茶, 紅玉
origin Yuchi, Taiwan
craft twisted, mi xiang
flavor notes honey, herbaceous, dried fruit
漢字 日月潭蜜香紅茶, 紅玉
origin Yuchi, Taiwan
craft twisted, mi xiang
flavor notes honey, herbaceous, dried fruit
Black tea crafting in Taiwan was initiated by the Japanese in 1903. In 1926, the first Assam cultivar was introduced and planted around the hills of Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County. This lake’s climate, environment, and terroir was deemed the most similar to the Assam tea gardens of India.... →
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Snow Dragon
$48.00
$6.00
漢字 福鼎雪龍
origin Fuding County, Fujian
craft pan-roasted
flavor notes rice milk, nutty, toasted
漢字 福鼎雪龍
origin Fuding County, Fujian
craft pan-roasted
flavor notes rice milk, nutty, toasted
Snow Dragon is a unique hybrid tea, hand-gathered in Fuding County along the rugged northern coast of Fujian Province. This crop combines an heirloom white tea cultivar with a traditional green tea crafting style for an entirely unique taste, reminding us of a less vegetal and slightly creamier-tasting Dragonwell. The tea's name,... →
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Double Walled Glass Thermos
$28.00
$28.00
A sleek, double walled thermos with removable strainer and insulating sleeve.
The double walled glass provides excellent heat retention to keep your tea warm and your hands cool. Brewing is made easy by placing loose leaves in the contained basket, which can be removed to avoid... →
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Long Bamboo Service Tray
$38.00
$38.00
Our basic tea service tray is perfectly versatile. Try lining with a tea towel and brewing a couple of rounds of gong fu cha, or simply using the tray to organize and keep your tea ware in one place.
Crafted of honey-hued bamboo. A raised... →
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Bamboo Tea Tongs
$8.00
$8.00
Tongs crafted from bamboo make it easy to handle small cups or reach into the narrow opening of a yixing teapot.
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Cherrywood Tea Scoop
$12.00
$12.00
Tea scoop carved from cherry wood, in a finish that accentuates the color of tea leaves.
Please note that this is a handmade item, and every scoop will vary slightly in grain pattern, shape, and finishing.
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White Tea Dish
$16.00
$16.00
A simple and beautifully shaped vessel for holding your tea leaves. We use it at the shop as a presentation dish to show the tea before brewing. For gong fu cha, the tea dish is an elegant intermediary between a canister of tea and the... →
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Yixing Tasting Cup
$5.00
$5.00
These are our shop cups, used for all the tastings that we conduct day in and day out. They're pretty basic: crafted of yixing clay, then given a pure white glaze on the inside. For use with your own gong fu cha preparation.
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$6.50
Perfect for tea on-the-go. Spacious enough for even the largest leaf oolongs to fully expand. Also great for making iced tea in a pitcher. The tea bags are made of 100% Bemliese, a low lint cellulose fiber which will not impart any odor or impurities... →
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Glass Infuser Cup
$25.00
$8.00
The glass infuser cup's ability to brew tea far exceeds its rather simple demeanor.
The lid helps maintain brew temperature, but also serves as a trivet... →
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Ginger Lemongrass
$20.00
$3.00
漢字 姜檸檬草
flavor notes ginger, lemongrass
A blend of spicy ginger balanced with crisp lemongrass, for an herbal tea that is refreshing and sweet - with a bit of zing. →