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Teas of China

The origin of tea plant traces its roots to Yunnan Province in southern China. Tea culture began here as well, before being exported to other countries around the world. China is known for it's skill in producing all the different styles of tea.

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Bamboo Stick Pu-erh
Bamboo Stick Pu-erh Tea
Price per stalk $50.00

This tea has been packed into a bamboo stalk to age. This sweet-tasting tea has become one of our favorites.  Price is per a single bamboo stalk.
Black Beencha Menghai
Black Beencha Menghai
Price $60.00
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Tightly compressed and wrapped in handmade paper, this pu-erh is earthy and rich with a dark reddish liquor.
Black Pu-erh Beencha
Black Pu-erh Beencha Tea
Price $60.00
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This earthy tea is from southern China. It is traditionally formed into a brick and is great aged.
Buddha Green Tea
China Buddha Tea 2008, ¼ lb package
Our Price: $25.00

This is the new crop of our favorite green tea. Picked in March 2008, this tea exemplifies great Chinese green tea. The original plants were planted over a thousand years ago on an island in the East China Sea. It has a sweet vegetal flavor and beautiful small green leaves.
Buddha Green Tea
China Buddha, ¼ lb package
Our Price: $25.00
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Planted one thousand years ago during the Tang Dynasty, this green tea is grown on an island in the East China Sea. Picked in March '07, it has a sweet flavor and beautiful small leaves.
Da Hong Pao
China Da Hong Pao "Big Red Robe" Oolong, 2 oz package
Our Price: $40.00

Also known as ‘Big Red Robe’, a member of the Wuyi Rock Cliff teas, this famous Chinese oolong is grown in the ‘Wuyi Mountain National Park’. The twisted, dark brown leaves produce an intense, rich flavor which lingers on the palate. This tea holds well to multiple infusions.
Dragon Eyes
China Dragon Eyes, ¼ lb package
Price $10.00

This China black tea is flavored with the aromatic longan fruit. Grown in the wild, the fruit adds character and a sweet finish.
Dragon Pearls
China Dragon Pearls, ¼ lb package
Price $27.50

These delicate pearls of green tea are green and white in appearance, unfurling slowly into tiny leaf and bud sets with a mild sweetness and pleasant aftertaste.
Flower Craft Tea
China Flower Craft, ¼ lb package
Price $27.50

This display tea was handmade from spring-picked green tea and assorted Chinese blossoms. Prepare in a wineglass and marvel at the show.
Green Peony (Anemone)
China Green Peony (Anemone), ¼ lb package
Price $25.00

An exquisite tea from Anhui, China, handpicked and tied into rosettes that "bloom" after steeping. The great taste is vegetal and sweet, and the rosette can remain in the glass without making the tea too strong.
Honey Phoenix Oolong
China Honey Phoenix Oolong, ¼ lb package
Price $25.00

Picked and processed by hand in the spring of 2007, the leaves are twisted into wiry strips. The leaf color is dark reddish brown with pear green highlights. The honey character is strong in both aroma and taste as the plant varietal is the honey danchong.
Jade Spring
China Jade Spring, ¼ lb package
Price $15.00

These exquisite needle-shaped leaves glisten with white downy hair. The wonderful leafy aroma and sweet taste makes it very refreshing. It's a great everyday tea.
Jasmine Pearls
China Jasmine Pearls, various sizes

Gently rolled pearls of South China green tea scented with fresh jasmine blossoms. A very aromatic cup with a lingering sweetness. Click 'more info' to select sizes and pricing.
Keemun Mao Feng
China Keemun Mao Feng, ¼ lb package
Price $18.75

A rich, strong Chinese black tea. The notes of earth balance its winey character wonderfully.
Lapsang Souchong
China Lapsang Souchong, ¼ lb package
Price $17.50

This distinctive tea was grown high in the Wuyi Mountains and is our take on a well-known tea. Its refined flavor shows balance and a subtle smokiness -- the result of skillfull production and old tea plants.
Osmanthus Oolong
China Osmanthus Oolong, ¼ lb package
Price $22.50

A limited quantity of this tea was made from select oolong leaves scented with the exquisite osmanthus flower -- intermingled and then removed.
Phoenix Oolong
China Phoenix Oolong, ¼ lb package
Price $16.00

The ancient slopes of the Phoenix Mountains produce a woodsy flavor with notes of citrus from the exquisite charcoal-hued, twisted leaves.
Dragon Well Premium Grade
China Premium Dragon Well 2007, various sizes

This famous green tea is known for its flat-leaf appearance, pleasant jade-green color, and roasted nutty taste. It is picked and hand-fired at Lion Rock, the original growing region. Click 'more info' to select sizes and pricing.
Tieguanyin Oolong Tea
China Tieguanyin "Dark Roast" Oolong, ¼ lb package
Price $40.00

These tightly hand-rolled leaves are bursting with flavor and have a lingering fruity aftertaste. This is perhaps the most fabled tea in China, prized for its complexity.
Tieguanyin Oolong Tea
China Tieguanyin Oolong, various sizes

Grown in the red sandy soil of Anxi, China, this lightly oxidized oolong is oven-fired for 2 hours which adds depth to the aroma and flavor. Prounounced [TAY-gwan-yen]. Click 'more info' to select sizes and pricing.
Chinese Green Tea Sampler: Anhui Yellow Tea, Buddha Tea and Jasmine Pearls
Our Price: $75.00
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Most green tea drinkers are already familiar with the taste of Japanese green teas such as genmaicha and sencha.  This sampler introduces Chinese green teas which are wholly distinct in flavor and leaf characteristics from more familiar grassy sencha and toasty genmaicha. This sampler includes a rare Anhui Yellow Tea, Buddha Tea and the ever popular Jasmine Pearls.
Drum Mountain White Cloud
Drum Mountain White Cloud Tea, ¼ lb package
Price $16.25

Grown in the mountains of China, these leaves are air-dried to create a sweet and delicate, nutty flavor. Packed with antioxidants and low in caffeine - a very healthy tea.
Green Pu-erh Beencha
Green Pu-erh Beencha
Price $80.00

A great green (raw) pu erh pressed into a beencha with smooth and fresh aroma of cut bamboo. Slightly earthy with sweet aftertaste. Harvested in 2006 it is certainly ready to drink already or great for aging at home.
Pu-erh Leaf
Pu-erh Leaf, ¼ lb package
Price $20.00

Pu-erh is the only tea intentionally aged. Grown in Yunnan Province, this tea is often made in a compressed brick form.
Pu-erh Tuocha
Pu-erh Tuocha, ¼ lb package
Price $20.00

Formed into compressed nuggets or tuocha (pronounced TOE-cha), this tea is full of character with a strong, earthy flavor.
   
 
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