Behind the leaves
Discover the stories, craft, and care hidden within every leaf — where tradition meets the mountains and each sip carries a legacy.
Ms. Zhou & Mr. Liu
At the edge of the Wuyi UNESCO-protected sanctuary, Ms. Zhou and her family are central to Wuyi oolong history. On their farm, they blend tradition, innovation, and sustainable practices.Ms Zhou grew up in Wuyishan City, Fujian Province, surrounded by Wuyi Rock Tea.

With a family history deeply rooted in the Wuyi Shan tea industry. After years of looking after the family shop in Guang Zhou, she and her husband decided to address the problem of consistency in the teas due to the various suppliers. Ms Zhou, her husband, and her brother answered this issue by creating a 300 acres tea farm from scratch, on a pristine land bordering the original protected UNESCO zone known as ‘zheng yan’. Every year, Mr. Liu returns to Wuyishan to give a hand to Ms. Zhou’s brother, winner of several prizes and acclaimed tea maker, to make their Wuyi oolong teas.

Their production is composed of over 11 varietals from the most traditional one like shui xian or rougui to some more recents like huang guan yin. They also developed a white tea and it is important to point out that the whole tea farm is run with bio practices and that each and everyone tests we did came back as clean as organic teas.And, it is more than a decade later, in 2026 that we are finally able to offer Gao Cong oolong teas, a traditional tea-growing method in which tea plants are allowed to grow naturally to full maturity without regular trimming or height control. Gao Cong tea trees develop tall, tree-like structures with deep root systems, often producing teas of greater complexity, depth, and expressive character.