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Inner Primeval Earth 2021, aged Xiao Hu Sai shengcha Pu’er cha bing, 200 g
Compressed tea, Floral Aromas, Fuller Bodies, Neutral-Cool Energy, Pu'er teas, Stronger Tastes, Tea, YunnanUS$31.0私倉銀毫小戶賽
Inner Primeval Earth* is a small deep mountain settlement where tea trees grow from deep, humus rich ancient forest soil, under the 2,800m mountain ridge on the west of the Lincang region, at about 1,600m. The leaves gathered by the Lahu ethnic tribespeople here offer a uniquely intense and complex taste profile unlike those from any nearby areas. We have aged this small cha bing for 5 years in our unique environment before releasing it online. This way, its potentials are properly optimised for you to manifest its wonders in your own tea preparation setup.
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Cedar Creek Classic, deep oxidation Taiwan oolong, 70 g
Denser Aromas, Fuller Bodies, Neutral Energy, Oolongs, Taiwan, TeaUS$25.0深造青 文火深焙 杉林溪紅水烏龍
Red Liquor Oolong
Other than the famous Oriental Beauty, there is another popular deep oxidation oolong in Taiwan. The locals call it Red Liquor Oolong — Hong Shui Wulong, referring to it being like hong cha, i.e. red tea ( aka black tea ). To include this variety in our collection, we have been screening sources from different parts of the Beautiful Island*, and concluded that the one from the scenic mountain of Da Lun Shan 大崙山 in Shan Lin Xi 杉林溪* by Master Chen has the highest potential. While some use the softer tasting Jinxuan or Four Season cultivars, Master Chen insists the use of the old Qing Xin from his 1500m altitude tea farm for its more complex taste profile after the long oxidation process. We do too. In addition to the oolong way* of deeper zao qing*, the real mastery is also in the baking. It is this precise heating that optimally caramelises and transforms the juice from the tightly rolled tea beads into the complexity in what the tea offers. We have aged it till all the elements are in place for the current uniquely enjoyable taste and aroma.
Net weight: 70 g (2.5 oz) in Kraft-alu pillow pack -
Misty Heights #8, Taiwan’s very own Assamica black tea, 40 g
Black teas, Denser Aromas, Fuller Bodies, Neutral Energy, Taiwan, TeaUS$23.4雲嶺八號、高海拔台版阿薩姆紅茶
Driving south towards Alishan from Yuchi*, the birthplace of black tea in Taiwan, along the mountainous road through emerald forests, in about two hours time one can stop by a scenic local hideouts: Yunling*. Here, Master Zheng moves naturally through his stepped tea garden on the slope at elevation 1300m, despite his rather round body. One large patch of his farm is populated with a locally improved version of the Indian tea cultivar Jaipuri*. The whole leaf black tea that that he produces using this plant tastes so smooth and delicate that one wonders why a similar thing isn’t found in Assam, where the origin tea cultivar was transplanted from back in 1923. Maybe it is the beautiful sceneries here, or maybe it is the specialist tea craft, or maybe it is the culture of Taiwan, or maybe a bit of everything, that turns this immigrant plant into this friendly, smooth and yet intricately complex black tea, Tea Hong’s Misty Heights #8, while remaining that uniquely engaging maltiness that makes an Assamica.
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Tokuta Fujita: Yohen-kin Yuzamashi, water cooling vessel
Japanese chachūUS$35.0藤田 徳太 窯変金湯冷
Artist: Tokuta Fujita Pot capacity: 270 ml Pot diameter: 10 cm Pot opening diameter: 8.5 cm Pot height: 7 cm Material: blackware Net weight: 208 g Origin: Tokoname, Aichi, Japan Packing: Cushioned carton box -
Tokuta Fujita: Seaweed Ball
Japanese chachūUS$125.0藤田 徳太 丸型藻掛け
Artist: Tokuta Fujita Pot capacity: 260 ml Pot diameter: 9 cm Pot opening diameter: 6 cm Pot height, including the lid button: 8.5 cm Material: blackware Net weight: 159 g Origin: Tokoname, Aichi, Japan Packing: Cushioned carton box -
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Hirotaka Umehara: a classic utilitarian kyūsu
Japanese chachūUS$65.0梅原 廣隆 玉光急須
Artist: Hirotaka Umehara Pot capacity: 585 ml Pot diameter: 11.5 cm Pot opening diameter: 9.5 cm Pot height, including the lid button: 10.5 cm Material: high temperature fired red clay Net weight: 324 g Origin: Tokoname, Aichi, Japan Packing: Cushioned carton box -
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Yoshiki Murata: Hiragata
Japanese chachūUS$321.0村田 益規 平形茶注
Artist: Yoshiki Murata Pot capacity: 220 ml Pot diameter: 12.5 cm Pot opening diameter: 10.5 cm Pot height, including the lid button: 3.5 cm Material: a fine red clay Net weight: 278 g Origin: Tokoname, Aichi, Japan Packing: Cushioned carton box -
Hiroo Konishi: Kiln Change
Japanese chachūUS$268.0小西博雄 窯変茶注
Artist: Hiroo Konishi Pot capacity: 220 ml Pot diameter: 8.5 cm Pot opening diameter: 4 cm Pot height, including the lid button: 8.5 cm Material: a fine red clay fired with sudden changes of temperature for different resultant surface colour and surface effects Net weight: 143 g Origin: Tokoname, Aichi, Japan Packing: Artist's own cushioned wooden box -
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Shiji Umehara: Tenmoku glazed chachū
Japanese chachūUS$82.0梅原 昭二 昭龍天目
Artist: Shiji Umehara Pot capacity: 375 ml Pot diameter: 9.5 cm Pot opening diameter: 5.5 cm Pot height, including the lid button: 9 cm Material: Blackware with tenmoku glaze exterior Net weight: 140 g Origin: Tokoname, Aichi, Japan Packing: Cushioned carton box -
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Takanori Nakagawa: Finger Ring
Japanese chachūUS$135.0中川 貴了 丸穴よこで
Artist: Takanori Nakagawa Pot capacity: 160 ml Pot diameter: 9.5 cm Pot opening diameter: 4.5 cm Pot height, including the lid button: 8.5 cm Material: Kiln change firing of a local clay blend Net weight: 193 g Origin: Tokoname, Aichi, Japan Packing: Cushioned carton box -
Fugetsu Murakoshi: Terra Sigillata blackware
Japanese chachūUS$195.0村越 風月 窯変茶注
Artist: Fugetsu Murakoshi Pot capacity: 250 ml Pot diameter: 8.5 cm Pot opening diameter: 6 cm Pot height, including the lid button: 9.5 cm Material: an ultra-fine red clay Net weight: 152 g Origin: Tokoname, Aichi, Japan Packing: Artist's own cushioned wooden box -
Sandai Hokuryū: Yokote Chachū, an essential Tokoname teapot
Japanese chachūUS$50.0三代北竜 横手茶注
Artist: Sandai Hokuryuu (Hokuryuu the Third) Pot capacity: 240 ml Pot diameter: 9 cm Pot opening diameter: 6.5 cm Pot height, including the lid button: 9.5 cm Material: stoneware Net weight: 207 g Origin: Tokoname, Aichi, Japan Packing: Cushioned carton box -
Floral Pomelo, bouquet style Fenghuang dancong oolong, 40 g
Cool Energy, Fenghuang | Phoenix, Floral Aromas, Fuller Bodies, Oolongs, TeaUS$30.0鳳凰單欉 鳳西柚花香
Genuine Yòu Huāxiāng — Fragrance of Pomelo Blooms — is not an easy to offer variety of dancong simply because it takes not only skills and experience to produce well, but also another key factor that is impossible to control — the weather. Ample sunshine before and after the harvest for proper sun-withering is critical for forming its unique, and mesmerising, aroma and palatial accents that echo the tea’s legendary pomelo and honey floral characters. (more similar details in Old Bush Zhilan) Tea Hong’s bouquet style Phoenix oolong Floral Pomelo has been given a further round of light baking and resting for a deeper, more engaging taste, like it used to be.
Net weight: 40 g (1.4 oz) in Kraft-alu pack -
Jianzi Flat Foot, Satin White Gongfu Shooter, set of 3
Cups, TeawareUS$15.0宋、定窯風：雅光馬蹄杯
This smaller size teacup is most suitable when the infusion vessel is also smaller, allowing for emptying the tea soon enough while the liquor is still very warm for optimum enjoyment of certain taste profiles that are better when quite hot. Form style: Horse hoof, a classic form style: ma-ti 馬蹄 Capacity: 38 ml ( filled to the brim ) Brim Diameter: 56 mm Material: Matt glazed porcelain Net weight: 41g each cup Color: Pure white with dark brown brim line Origin: Fujian, China Packing: Recycled paper cushion in kraft carton Content: 3 cups -
Galaxy Bell teacup with lustre glaze, set of 2
Cups, Tea Sets, TeawareUS$17.0暗光彩虹釉 星鐘茶杯
A matching teacup for the Galaxy Bell stoneware teapot
- Capacity: 85 ml
- Diameter, external: 6.4 cm
- Height: 5 cm
- Each cup's net-weight: 65 g
- Material: Stoneware with lustre glaze
- Origin: Jiangsu, China
- Packing: Padding in carton box
- Content: 2 teacups
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Brahma glazed earthenware teacup, set of 2
Cups, Tea Sets, TeawareUS$26.0梵汝水月杯
A matching teacup for the Pumpkin ti liang teapot
- Capacity: 45 ml
- Diameter, external: 5.8 cm
- Height: 4.5 cm
- Net-weight per cup: 27 g
- Material: Glazed earthenware
- Origin: Jiangsu, China
- Packing: Padding in carton box
- Content: 2 teacups
