• Jul112016
    Olivia at the hotel window

    Snow White, orange peel, pu’er tea

    Life of a fairy tale To decode stories produced or endorsed by official Chinese bodies, one needs to compare them…

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  • Jun222016
    The golden red liquor of Lincang Centenarians

    Red is the New Black

    Red or Black? The infusion is red, orange or brown, but why are they called black? In the Far East,…

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  • May292016
    Wounded Soldier waiting for help, Burma Campaign

    Dianhong — Tea Born of a War

    Tea teams were sent to Yunnan to explore setting up of a black tea production base for export to replace those in occupied Fujian, Jiangxi and Zhejiang. The resistance needed as much revenue as they could get in order to operate…

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  • Jan082015

    When Will We Have New Teas Come in?

    This is quite a frequently asked questions especially since we are gaining a wider customer base, our stock quantities are…

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  • Jan082015

    Danhu Old Bush Song & other Beautiful Phoenixes

    Wolf hair brush on fine silk scroll Zhaoji ( Huizong, Emperor of Song between 1101~1125 A.D. ) was not a…

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  • Oct082014

    Keemun or Qimen? Newsletter 20160518

    Keemun or Qimen? Some say that the British loved the black tea from Yellow Mountain so much that after they…

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  • Oct082014

    Review us on Facebook, Get FREE Orchid Grātus — 20160423

    Review us on FacebookGet FREE Orchid Grātus Dear Customer, The 2015 harvest of Orchid Grātus is the best batch we ever…

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  • Oct082014

    Longjing Spring Equinox 2016

    Longjing Spring Equinox 2016 Most of the higher price Longjing today, if they are genuinely from Hangzhou, is produced from…

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  • Oct082014

    Unexpected Snow Fall Halted Longjing Harvest

    Unexpected Snow Fall Halted Longjing Harvest Earlier this month, a sudden cold front attacked Zhejiang, our base for some of…

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  • Oct082014

    Easter Sale and a Little Germination Story | 20160312

    Easter Sale and a Little Germination Story Other than telling you that our Easter Sale has begun, I have decided to…

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