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We collect information from our customers in order to process orders and better serve you with pertinent information, such as order confirmations, suggesting new products, and order status updates. Information collected includes your name, shipping address, billing address, telephone numbers, e-mail address, and payment information. We also require you to submit a username and password of your choice for your future access to your account information. To safeguard that your username and password remain confidential, please do not share this information with anyone. If you choose to receive our newsletter or special promotions, your contact information will be used for the delivery of said items. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to any outside parties, except as outlined in this policy. We are in the business of selling tea, not our customers personal information.

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Customer Reviews
2016 “Chasing Spring”  Raw Pu-erh Tea
rudi hermawan, 20/05/2026
2016 “Chasing Spring” Raw Pu-erh Tea
“This is a second review of the tea since I first tried it 5 years ago with a sample, for a comparison. I have a whole tea-cake and this second review is using that tea cake now that it has had a decade in aging period. Brief (5-10 seconds) steeps in 90 Celsius water. 
 Liquor is a clear dark amber in hue. 
 Taste is slightly woody and so...”
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2025 Gaba Gu Shu Black Tea
Robert, 18/05/2026
2025 Gaba Gu Shu Black Tea
“The tea is absolutely amazing. I'm not a huge fan of GABA teas myself, as I don't usually like their specific taste, but in this tea, it blends phenomenally well with the flavor of the tea itself. I brewed it in multiple steeps, quite aggressively, and with each steep, the tea revealed a new nuance of flavor. I was especially impressed by the after...”
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2017 Silver Needle Aged White Tea Ancient Trees
Maxime, 17/05/2026
2017 Silver Needle Aged White Tea Ancient Trees
“My favorite white tea so far. The leaves are impeccable and it has that dried apricot dimension you find in some pu'ers, but with some other smooth, fresh and yet mature qualities which are hard to describe as they liven you up, it's almost too good, it just drinks itself....”
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1991 Hong Tai Chang Liu Bao Tea Loose
Michael V, 01/04/2026
1991 Hong Tai Chang Liu Bao Tea Loose
“This has been one of if not my favorite Liu Bao to date. I did a 1 gram to 10ml ratio across two sessions. The tea gives notes mainly of wood(perhaps oak), light chocolate, and at times even a light vanilla. Overall this tea has great sweetness and is quite smooth, although later steeps leave the throat a bit dry. Despite its age the tea doe...”
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Our Teas' Awards
“Wild Mango” Green Tea, gr. C
Wild organic green tea from Thailand, made from the second and third leaves. This tea has been awarded the Gourmet Medal at the AVPA’s annual tea competition in Paris in 2022 in the category “gr..
$10.00
2018 “Idle Buffalo” Purple Myanmar Material, Craft Ripe Pu-erh Tea
Craft shu pu-erh made from the material from 100-200-year-old Myanmar purple trees, harvested in 2013. I fermented a small butch in Chiangmai, in November 2018. Tea turned out to be very distinctive i..
$17.00
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