The Essence of Tea Blog

We received so many thoughtful reviews last month for our giveaway that we decided to offer another 2019 Spring Singularity Gushu (ancient tree)...

Singularity Tea Cake GIVEAWAY ! It is Springtime and we are excited to announce an EoT GIVEAWAY. This month we will be...

I'd like to welcome you all to a new Facebook group, set up to facilitate questions and discussion of our...

It's been months of work, but we've finally managed to turn our studio in Kunming from this....   To this......

This has been a while in the making - we've decided to move our base of operations from Malaysia to China. ...

We’ve been wholesaling tea for many years now, though never really promoted it online.  A big part of our business in recent years has been wholesaling aged Liu Bao and young Puerh tea to tea businesses within China.   We’ve also been wholesaling to western tea businesses on a smaller scale, but have always had the intention that […]

Most people don’t give a lot of thought to the processing of puerh tea. The trees matter, their age, health and environment where they’re growing.  This tends to be the main determinant in the selling price of tea.  If the area is famous or the trees especially old, the tea can sell for more money. […]