Yancha month & win a trip in Wuyishan

Well it’s that time of year again folks – our Spring 2014 Wuyi Rock tea from Master Huang has rested sufficiently after roasting and has arrived on our doorstep. We’ve been tasting our way through most of the varietals so far & I have to say that 2014 has been a great year for yancha. […]
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Free Shipping

Since arriving in Malaysia we’ve been keeping an eye on our costs. For the past month we decided to offer free shipping to make our move easier for our customers in the UK and Europe to handle. Living in Malaysia, our costs are significantly less than in the UK – the shipping from China & […]
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Opening a basket of Pu Tian Gong Qing Liu Bao

We took a short trip to Penang a couple of weekends ago for a tea event held there to celebrate the opening of a basket of Pu Tian Gong Qing Liu Bao. As probably the most sought after Liu Bao tea, steadily increasing prices and with a dwindling number of intact baskets left in the […]
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Arrived!!!

I arrived in Malaysia just over a week ago, and have spent a busy week buying the essentials for our apartment and sorting out our tea storage. A few days ago, our 2014 tea arrived from China and I’ve just finished writing notes, taking photos and putting them online. Apologies for the poor photos… we’re […]
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Closed (for a few weeks)

We’re on the way. Today was the last day of trading in the UK for us. Most of our personal possessions are already boxed up and in storage, now comes the task of boxing up all of our teas and putting everything in a shipping container bound for Malaysia. Our 2014 teas are pressed and […]
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Break in shipping

Due to our relocation to Malaysia, we’ll have a break in shipping of orders from the 30th June to early August while our stock is being moved to Malaysia. After this date, all orders will be shipped from Malaysia. Please feel free to place an order or get in touch before the end of the […]
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The year ahead & 2014 Puerh teas

I’ve just arrived back in England after spending the past three months in Asia. A lot has happened since we left for China in March. We’ve found and pressed four puerh teas, which should be available in around a month & also found a few aged puerh teas and received some more Yixing teapots, kettles […]
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How puerh tea cakes are pressed

I’ve posted photos before showing the process of pressing puerh tea, but I thought why not post some more! I took these photos a couple of weeks ago while in a factory in Menghai arranging the pressing of our 2014 puerh teas. This is the cleanest and most professional factory we’ve come across. We’ve used […]
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Break in Shipping

We’ve decided to extend our trip in China… probably for another month or two. This should let me get some treatment from a Chinese doctor for a problem with the bones in my neck and also give us some more time to explore and hunt for some more teas. Ben, who has been packing and […]
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Tea Party in Wuyishan

We’ve just returned to Yunnan from a week in Wuyishan with Master Huang, learning about his yancha and wandering around the mountains. This year there was also a tea party organised, with Master Huang, Master Lim and some of his other students from Malaysia and China. I haven’t checked the footage yet, but hopefully I’ve […]
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Puerh tea in 2014 – News from the mountains

Ancient Puerh Tea Garden in Mengsong We’ve been in Yunnan for the past couple of weeks & been travelling to a few different mountains, drinking some teas, chatting to folk and trying to get a feeling for the situation this spring. Each year the tea market seems a little stranger than before, but this year […]
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Spring is here

It’s that season again… I’m packing up my bags and about to set off for Yunnan again. I’ve spent the past few weeks drinking through the teas we’ve pressed over the past five years, trying to glean whatever experience I could from them. In general they seem to be ageing well. A couple of them […]
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