Collection: Wuyi Yancha
Wuyi oolong is often described through its landscape. What matters here is not how it looks, but how it limits the plant.
In the rocky ground of Wuyi, tea roots move through shallow, mineral soils with fast drainage. Growth is slower. The leaf develops structure before processing begins. Processing is not a fixed formula but a sequence — oxidation, shaping, and roasting — adjusted to bring that structure forward rather than mask it.
What results is what is commonly referred to as yancha: not defined by fragrance alone, but by how the tea holds — dry and mineral in structure, with a weight that sits low on the palate, a finish that tightens and lingers rather than fades, and a progression that continues to open across infusions.
Our teas come from a single farm in Wuyi. We do not assemble across multiple sources. What appears here reflects one place, worked over time.
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Wuyi Jin Guan Yin
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Behind the leaves
A closer look at the people, places, and processes that bring Wuyi Oolong from mountain to cup.
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Mr. Zhou & Ms. LiuThe hands and heritage behind your cup.
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TerroirDiscover the characteristic land behind the leaf.
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ProcessThe craft that transforms a leaf into an experience.
Journal
Further reading for the curious tea drinker.
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Part 5 : Wuyi Yancha and Wuyi Cha
The mountains of Wuyi have been producing tea for centuries. But the name has not always meant the same thing. Long before yancha became a category, Wuyi tea was simply...
Part 5 : Wuyi Yancha and Wuyi Cha
The mountains of Wuyi have been producing tea for centuries. But the name has not always meant the same thing. Long before yancha became a category, Wuyi tea was simply...
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Part 4 : Ban Qing Ban Hong — what does it mean?
Half green, half red. The phrase drifts through centuries of tea writing like smoke through a mountain valley — familiar, evocative, and just out of reach. But what if it...
Part 4 : Ban Qing Ban Hong — what does it mean?
Half green, half red. The phrase drifts through centuries of tea writing like smoke through a mountain valley — familiar, evocative, and just out of reach. But what if it...
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Part 3 : The Essential Differences Between Xiao...
Part 3 : The Essential Differences Between Xiaozhong Hongcha and Qingsha Today, tea categories seem very clear: green tea, black tea, oolong tea. But historical tea making did not...
Part 3 : The Essential Differences Between Xiao...
Part 3 : The Essential Differences Between Xiaozhong Hongcha and Qingsha Today, tea categories seem very clear: green tea, black tea, oolong tea. But historical tea making did not...