Teas from China

Dragon Pearl Jasmine Supreme is our finest Jasmine scented tea. We only use spring-harvested Da Bai leaf buds from Fuding County, Fujian for the base tea, a variety usually reserved for white tea crafting. The buds are handpicked, then steamed and individually rolled by hand. The finished tea is then... →

An exceptional daily dragonwell, this tea is picked a few days after the Qing Ming holiday in early April, during a two week harvest period that ends on the Guyu Festival. This agricultural holiday welcomes the arrival of spring rains, and teas picked during the preceding two weeks are therefore referred to as “pre-rain”... →

Gathered in April from the Wuyi Mountains of Northern Fujian. Fully enzymatically oxidized gold-tipped leaves and buds, crafted by hand into the shape of a monkey's paw. Red amber color, light for a black tea, exceptionally smooth and tannin free with notes of oven-roasted sweet potato. The relatively low astringency... →

Silver Needle is the highest grade of white tea, crafted exclusively from young spring tea leaf buds. Picked entirely by hand, our Silver Needle comes from a high elevation grove of da bai tea trees in Fuding County, Fujian: the birthplace of white tea. Once gathered, the buds were scattered on... →

Mi Lan Xiang is our most popular Phoenix Oolong.  We usually see raised eyebrows from those trying this tea for the first time, shocked by the captivating natural fruitiness of this style. Descended from a long line of Phoenix Shui Xian tea trees, Mi Lan Xiang means "Honey Orchid Fragrance."... →

Our Golden Monkey, First Pick comes from a tea garden on Jiulong Hill, in the eastern part of the Wuyi Mountain range. The area sees abundant rainfall, the climate is moist, the environment pure and the resulting tea leaves and its craftsmanship, exquisite. Picked in mid-March, it is the first... →

Our Bai Mu Dan comes from Fuding County, Fujian Province. Its two leaf and a bud combination comes from the Da Bai tea tree, picked in mid-April after the individual tea buds that make up Silver Needle have been gathered. Once picked, the leaves undergo a gradual "fade", during which... →

Harvested in Anxi County, Fujian Province in the springtime, the leaf is 30% oxidized, first by bruising the leaves in a bamboo drum and then allowing them to rest and gradually wither. The rest time enables the conversion of catechins into bioflavonoids while enriching the color of the liquor. We... →