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Back to the UK

It’s been a very interesting, exciting and exhausting couple of months, but I’ve finally made it back to the UK. Our trip this Spring included several weeks in Yunnan, visiting...

2013 Puerh Tea Preorders

Well it’s that time of year again. We’ve been having a lot of fun in Yunnan, sifting the good from the bad and trying to find some special teas to...

A King of Puerh Tea Trees

It seems there’s no end of “Kings” of puerh tea trees. Every area seems to have it’s own ‘Cha Wang’ (Tea King). The trees are big, old and invariably over...

Spring Sale

As the winter comes to a close, we’re in the midst planning our Spring trip to Yunnan to source and press our 2013 Puerh tea cakes. This season always leaves...

New Art of Tea Magazines

We’ve been meaning to buy some more of these magazines for a while. They are one of the very few publications in English that deal with Chinese tea in any...

More amputees

Unfortunately our last shipment of Yixing teapots took a bit of a bashing and there were three more pots with broken spouts. I’ve tidied up the spouts and one of...