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Tea Log
- A Premodern White Peony?
- A very short history of white tea that concerns you as a drinker
- A white tea is defined by its biochemistry, not just the name
- About Infusing Pu’er Maocha
- About Snow Orchid and Keeping a Gift for Yourself
- Airmail deadline for Christmas 2020
- Anchoring the Elusive Iron Buddha
- Bada Shu Cha & Wudong Cassia
- Bead Shape Oolongs
- Between Fire and Bouquet
- Between Ramen and Oolong
- Black Dragon from the Flats of Stone Bullocks
- Black tea, like it used to be
- Cha Bing — Compressed Tea
- Chairman Mao’s Personal Tea and Special Edition Orchid Grātus for Free
- Christmas Sales, New Gaiwan and New Shop
- Company Retreat September 2015
- Danhu Old Bush Song & other Beautiful Phoenixes
- Darkening of an Iron Goddess
- Dianhong — Tea Born of a War
- Does your Honey Orchid Supreme taste too bitter?
- Dragon Boat Festival Sales 2015
- Easter Sale and a Little Germination Story | 20160312
- Ergonomic criteria for a Yixing teapot
- Estonia, France, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and United Kingdom!
- EU Exclusionism followup: a Petition
- EU Exclusionism?
- February Blessings
- For the Sake of My Own Health, and My Children’s
- Fragrant Phoenixes and Jade of Yellow Mountain
- Free International Air Delivery
- Free Shipping, New Pack Size, and a Happy Easter
- Freshness vs staleness
- From Dong Ding to Cold Peak
- Handcrafting Yixing Teapots
- Happy Chinese New Year (of the Sheep)
- Health Benefits of Tea
- Honey Concubine, the Tea Born of an Earthquake
- Hong Yu White Tea, with Extra Oxidation
- How to brew a cha bing
- How to choose a green tea?
- How to Properly Store Your Tea
- How to Read a Tieguanyin Tea Leaf?
- Ice Fire Technique
- Imperial Topaz: Another Fine Gem from the Himalayas
- International preparation standard for tea tasting
- Introducing Tieguanyin Stout
- Keemun or Qimen? Newsletter 20160518
- Kilns of Ding
- Longjing Infusion: Drinking Glass or Teapot?
- Longjing Spring Equinox 2016
- Longjing Spring Equinox, Old Style Pack
- Longjing: is Earlier the Better?
- Lunar New Year Sweet Tea
- Making milk tea with Royal Black
- Maocha — The Pu’er Tea that the indigenous mountain people drink
- Maturing Your Teas
- Milky Taste Jinxuan?
- More Newsletters Archives
- Mother of All Green Teas
- Muzha to Alishan
- Myths about White Teas
- New Teas, Wrong Prices and New Cartons…
- New Teas: Best Taste, Best Value & Rarest Quality
- Newsletter 20150612
- Older posts and newsletters
- One camera, 22 years in tea
- Oolong — the Gran Cru of Teas
- Orders during Chinese New Year Holidays
- Phoenix Dancong — the oolong that made me fall in love with tea
- Phoenix doesn’t have to be gongfu style
- Poor Men’s Song Cultivar
- Proper roasting is key to the classic taste of a fine Longjing
- Proper Storage for Taste Integrity
- Rebirth of A Black Tea Region — Yingde
- Red is the New Black
- Return of Song Cultivar
- Review us on Facebook, Get FREE Orchid Grātus — 20160423
- Rock Tea for the Change of Season
- Scenting of Phoenix Sweet Osmanthus
- Seriously is there a Duck Poo Tea?
- Silver Moon, White Gaiwan, and Best Hidden Secret of Wuyi
- Smell of Matured Tea
- Snow Orchid, Peaceful Christmas & Prosperous New Year
- Snow White, orange peel, pu’er tea
- Song in a Teacup
- Taiwan as a tea region
- Tea for Mooncake?
- Teeth for Tea
- The Black Tea that My Longjing Farmer Drinks
- The Difference of Tea Hong’s Honey Pearl Pekoe
- The Fear of Failing Our Customers
- The Fragrance of Taiwan
- The Little Bug that Created a Tea
- The Ninja of Tea Tasting
- The Peculiar Category of Pu’er
- Three black teas from the birthplace of black tea
- Traditional Tieguanyin Tea Farm
- Unexpected Snow Fall Halted Longjing Harvest
- What are green teas and what makes ours special
- What is a good tea for Summer?
- What is a Pu’er Maocha? Or a Pu’er Shengcha?
- What is GABA?
- What really is a gongfu black tea?
- What tea to use in Mid Autumn Festival?
- When Will We Have New Teas Come in?
- Which is your cup of Phoenix Classic? 2018 or 2020?
- Why do we choose an uglier looking Longjing?
- Why not flowers?
- Year of Rooster: All that Crow about Chinese New Year
- Yixing teapots: Standard traditional forms
- Yixing Teapots: Artist Ranking
- Yixing teapots: Clays
- Yunnan Jianshui Zitao Teapots
Complete Product Lineup
- 3.8” Utility Gaiwan
- 3.8” Utility Gaiwan Set
- Alishan Guanyin, deep baked Taiwan oolong
- April Mist, traditional green tea
- Art Nouveau Pearl Glaze Infuser Mug
- Ash-glaze Yixing Shooters
- Aura of the Night, bouquet Phoenix oolong
- Bada 2011, Pu’er shu cha
- Bai Hua Shu 2012, shengcha Pu’er maocha
- Bamboo Drum
- Bamboo Leaf, traditional green tea
- Bang Xie Maocha 2007, Pu’er shengcha
- Bell Shape Utility Gaiwan
- Big White, Phoenix dancong oolong
- Biluochun Supreme, traditional green tea
- Bing Dao 2014, matured Pu’er shengcha cha bing
- Black Leaf Special, Phoenix dancong oolong
- Blue Shiiba, Nepali semi-oolong
- Bulang Maocha 2016, Pu’er shengcha
- Bulang Old Tree 2011, Pu’er shu cha bing
- Bulang Peacock 2018, aged Pu’er shengcha cha bing
- Cassia Classic, Wuyi yancha oolong
- Cassia Extraordinaire, Wuyi yancha oolong
- Celeste Green Chahai
- Celeste Green Gaiwan
- Celeste Green Teacup, set of 3
- Chen Shun Pei: Panhu
- Classic Strainer with Rest
- Classic White Utility Gaiwan 150
- Clear Spring
- Coil-built Mug
- Cold Dew Alishan, bouquet Taiwan oolong
- Cold Peak, matured Taiwan oolong
- Cream of Pu’er 2015, naturally formed shu cha tea nuggets
- Cream Stout, Wuyi yancha oolong
- Da Hong Pao
- Danhu Old Bush Song Cultivar, Phoenix dancong oolong
- Dianhong Classic, traditional black tea
- Dragon Egg
- Drum Gongfu Cups: Set of Three
- Eaves-tile
- Eight Immortals Wudong, Phoenix dancong oolong
- Eternal Spring, floral winter oolong
- Fan Xi Ming: Xishi (Reverse Handle Concubine)
- Fan Yu Jun: Bamboo Whisper
- Fan Yu Jun: Zen Talk
- Fat Bird Chahai
- Feng Ying: Bead Feet Shui Ping
- Flat Lid Lotus Seed
- Free Cha Bing to Selected Customers
- GABA Bouquet, a special white tea
- GABA Orange Extra, de-oxygenised oxidation Taiwan oolong
- Gold Foot
- Gold Stallion, traditional black tea
- Gu Lu Zhou: Compass
- Gu Lu Zhou: Square Spout Stone Ladle
- Half-moon
- Hand-painted Blue-white China Tea Caddy
- Hand-painted Gaiwan Set: Morning Melody
- Hand-painted Gaiwan: Spring Buffalo
- Hand-painted Gaiwan: Spring Buffalo
- Happiness Gaiwan
- Himalayan Finest Flowery, orthodox black tea
- Honey Concubine, deep baked Taiwan oolong
- Honey Orchid Supreme, classic Phoenix dancong oolong
- Honey Orchid XO 1992, matured Phoenix Dancong oolong
- Honey Orchid, Phoenix dancong oolong
- Honey Pearl Pekoe, fresh jasmine scented green tea
- Hong Yu Deep White, deep oxidation Taiwan white tea
- Hu Xiao Xiang: Stone Ladle
- Huangshan Cuiyu, maofeng green tea
- Huangshan Maofeng Supreme, traditional green tea
- Huangzhi Xiang Classic, Phoenix dancong oolong
- Huo Shan Yellow Tips, traditional yellow tea
- Imperial Golden Tip 2013, Pu’er shu cha
- Imperial Topaz, matured Nepal hand-rolled black tea
- Iron Buddha Supreme, Wuyi yancha oolong
- Jade Orchid, bouquet Phoenix oolong
- Jia Bing Hu: Reverse Handle Concubine
- Jianzi Lampshade x 2
- Jianzi Tall Foot 150
- Jianzi Toffee Brim 130
- Jianzi Toffee Brim Shooter
- Jin Yan Ping: Butterfly
- Keemun Snails, traditional black tea
- Keemun Traditional Supreme, old style black tea
- King Silver, matured traditional white tea
- Lampshade Shooter x 3
- Lao Ban Zhang 2016, aged Pu’er shengcha cha bing
- Lapsang Souchong Pristine, traditional black tea
- Li Bin: Outburst of Melodies
- Li Guo Qiang: Old Tree, Rapid Spring
- Li Guo Qiang: Ruyi Stone Ladle
- Lily Eccentric, Wuyi yancha oolong
- Lincang Centenarians, traditional black tea
- Lipier Chahai
- Longjing Traditional Supreme, hand-roasted green tea
- Lotus Drum
- Luan Guapian Supreme, traditional green tea
- Magnolia Shooter x 2
- Meizhan Classic, Wuyi yancha oolong
- Menghai Spring 2004, Pu’er shu cha
- Min Ya Ping: Black Steel
- Min Ya Ping: Da Hong Pao
- Mini Peony, matured white tea
- Mini Tuo 2018, shu cha pu’er
- Minute Celeste
- Mo Gan Yellow Snails, yellow tea
- Moon Drops Himalayas, deep oxidation Nepali white tea
- Moonlight Chahai
- Moonlight Gaiwan
- Moonlight Teacup, set of 3
- Moss Island 2018, shengcha Pu’er maocha
- Narcissus Classic, Wuyi yancha oolong
- Nipples
- North Peak, deep baked Taiwan oolong
- Old Comrade “7548” 2007, matured Pu’er shengcha cha bing
- Orchid Gratus, Phoenix dancong oolong
- Orchid Literati, Phoenix dancong oolong
- Oriental Beauty, deep oxidation Taiwan oolong
- Pasha 2013, matured Pu’er shengcha cha bing
- Pasha Old Tree 2017, shengcha Pu’er maocha
- Peach Gaiwan Set
- Pear
- Phoenix Classic, dancong oolong
- Phoenix Petioles 1988, matured leaf stalk oolong
- Phoenix Sweet Osmanthus, traditional flower scented oolong
- Premodern Peony, deep oxidation white tea
- Raw Reserve 2009, partially post-fermented Pu’er shengcha
- Red Cloak Grande, Wuyi yancha oolong
- Red Jade, Taiwan TTES#18 black tea
- Red Plum Classic, traditional black tea
- Reverse Handle Concubine
- Round Ear Xiaoying
- Royal Black, classic black tea from the Himalayas
- Ru Ware Canary Tears
- Ru Ware Ruby Splash
- Ru Ware Teal Blue
- Rural Life Gaiwan
- Sacred Lily, Wuyi yancha oolong
- Serene Water Pearl Tea, traditional green tea
- Shan Lin Xi, light style Taiwan oolong
- Shèmen Dancong Double Baked, Phoenix dancong oolong
- Shen Jian Kang: Diamond
- Shenshan Laoshu 2012, matured Pu’er shengcha cha bing
- Shiguping Wulong, rare Phoenix oolong
- Shuiping
- Silo Chahai
- Silver Needle Supreme, traditional white tea
- Slanted Bead
- Snow Orchid, bouquet Phoenix dancong oolong
- Snowy Egret, Taiwan green tea
- Song Cultivar, Phoenix dancong oolong
- Song Qi Qi: Fang Gu
- Song Ru Qiang: Hexagon Xishi
- Standard Taster’s Mug, Small
- Stone Ladle (Shi-piao)
- Taiping Houkui Premium, green tea of shidaye cultivar
- Taiping Houkui Traditional, green tea of shidaye cultivar
- Tea Taster’s Box: Nine Oolong Samplers
- Tea Taster’s Box: Shengcha Pu’er Cha Bings
- Tea-for-one ( Half Celadon )
- Tea-for-one (Crystal Green)
- Tea-for-one (Ruyao)
- Tea-for-one (Yaobian)
- Tea-for-one: Quail Egg
- Tea-for-one: White Ruyao
- Tea-for-one: with double wall cup
- Tieguanyin Classic, deep baked oolong
- Tieguanyin Floral, bouquet oolong
- Tieguanyin Stout, bouquet oolong
- Tieguanyin Traditional, bouquet oolong
- Tongmuguan One, traditional black tea
- Twin Gaiwan Set: Rushi Jade White
- Unity Joy Teapot Set
- Virtue Bell
- Virtue Bell (Plum / bamboo)
- Wang Zhi Ping: Drum ( Fang Gu )
- Wang Zhi Ping: Reverse Handle Concubine
- Wenshan Paochong, light style Taiwan oolong
- Western Half of the Mountain, shengcha Pu’er maocha
- White Peony Classic Floral
- White Peony Classic Long, traditional white tea
- White Peony Zhenghe, traditional white tea
- White Tea of Anji, traditional green tea
- Wide Mouth Duo Qiu
- Wild Tree Black Tea, processed in the gongfu tradition
- Winter Alishan Jinxuan, bouquet style Taiwan oolong
- Wisdom (Prajñā)
- Wood-fired Lotus
- Wu Jia: Shui Ping
- Wu Min: Stone Ladle, Tall
- Wudong Cassia, Phoenix dancong oolong
- Xanadu Chahai
- Xu Feng: Little Bead
- Xu Feng: Nourishing the Mind
- Xu Feng: Squashed Belly
- Xu Ming: Cleansing Breeze
- Xu Ming: Harmony
- Xu Ming: Lotus Seed
- Yang Hui Ying: Pumpkin
- Yang Li Ya: Zi Jin Sha
- Yao Ling Xiang: Reverse Handle Concubine
- Yao Ling Xiang: Stone Ladle
- Ye Qin: Ruyi with Cloud Shoulder
- Ying Hong Nine, traditional black tea
- Yiwu Large Leaf 2013, partially post-fermented Pu’er shengcha
- Yiwu Maocha 2017, Pu’er shengcha
- Yiwu Zheng Shan 2018, Aged Pu’er shengcha cha bing
- Yixing Factory One: Duan-ni with Applique
- You Cheng: Dragon Egg ( Long Dan )
- Yunnan Golden, traditional black tea
- Yunnan Zitao: Black Lotus Seed
- Zhang Xue Lei: Clear Song
- Zhang Xue Lei: Prosperity
- Zheng Jun: Tall Stone Ladle
- Zhou Guan Hua: Bosom
- Zhou Li Ping: Stone Ladle
- Zhou Shun Fang: Hexagonal Stone Ladle
- Zhou Yu Wang: Water Melody
- Zhu Ding Shuiping