FREE SHIPPING ON ORDERS OF $100+

- PRE-ORDER -

( ORDERS TO ARRIVE BY LUNAR NEW YEAR )

OUR SOURCING STRATEGY IS FOCUSED ON FINDING & PRESERVING THE INHERENT ATTRIBUTES OF VARIETAL, TERROIR & PROCESS, WHILE EMPOWERING THE STEWARDS OF THE LAND TO MAINTAIN THE PURITY AND SANCTITY OF THIER UNIQUE GEO-MICRO CLIMATES.

- TEA 茶 CHA -

ANCIENT WILD TREE

YUNNAN BLACK

1LB / 8.8oz / 88g

LOOSE LEAF | BLACK TEA | SPRING

GUSHU, 'ANCIENT TREE'

GUSHU IS A DESIGNATION FOR TEA HARVESTED FROM TREES OVER 250 YEARS OLD. IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE, AGE LEANS VALUE AND POTENCY INACCESSIBLE BY YOUNGER STOCK. FOR MILLENNIA, THE HAN PEOPLE REVERED THE TEA TREE FOR ITS BRANCH TO ROOT RATIO. FOR EVERY METER OF GROWTH ABOVE GROWN, THE TREE'S ROOTS STRETCH EXPONETIAL LY DEEPER - AS MUCH AS THREE TIMES THE ABOVE GROWN HIEGHT. THIS DEPTH PROVIDES THE TREE ACCESS TO MINERAL DEPOSITS DEEP WITHIN THE BEDROCK, WHICH IT BRINGS TO THE SURFACE VIA ITS LEAVES. THE CHARACTER OF GUSHU IS NOTABLE AND PRIZED, OFTEN SHOWCASING A MORE POWERFUL 'CHA QI' AND GREATER FLAVOR COMPLEXITY OVER TIME.

- SEALED IN PLANT BASED, BIODEGRADABLE PACKAGING -

WILD • FOREST • CARAMEL

- EXTRACTION METHODS -

KONG FU :: 5g / 30-45sec / 100ml ( x9 )

BATCH BREW :: 5g / 3:45min / 500ml ( x3 )

[METHOD :: DOSE  / TIME / YEILD (NUMBER OF INFUSIONS)]

KETTLE TEMP: 96°C / 204°F

- UNCOMMON KNOWLEDGE -

KONG FU CHA

功夫茶

THE ART & SKILL OF TEA BREWING

( KONG FU / gŭng′ foo͞′ / TIME & PATIENCE )

BORN OF THE CHAO ZHOU TRADITION, KONG FU CHA REFERS TO THE TIME AND PATIENCE OF ACQUIRED SKILL IN THE ART OF TEA EXTRACTION.

BALANCING TIME, TEMPERATURE & ATTENTION, THE ART OF KONG FU BREWING MAKES THE MOST OF A SINGLE DOSE OF LEAVES BY EMBRACING THE RISE AND RELEASE OF FLAVOR INTENSITY THROUGH MULTIPLE INFUSIONS. 

USING SMALL TRADITIONAL HAND-MADE TEAWARE, EACH SHORT INFUSION OF KONG FU CHA IS A CONCENTRATED SENSORIAL EXPERIENCE.

BREWING KONG FU UNLOCKS A LAYERED EXPERIENCE WITH EACH SIP AS THE TEA LEAVES SHARE THEIR UNIQUE EXPRESSIONS OF VARIETAL, TERROIR & PROCESS.

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THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURES THAT FIND COMMUNITY WITHIN THE INDUSTRY OF TRADITIONAL TEA EVIDENCE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A GLOBAL COHERENCE THAT REVOLVES AROUND SUSTAINABILITY, THROUGH THE PRODUCTION OF QUALITY.