Flavorful Teas
Teas chosen for the strength and the quality of their flavor.
Flavor in tea comes from three sources: the cultivar itself, the fermentation, and the roasting. The teas here are the ones where the first two come through strongly. Most of them are either teas like Phoenix Dan Cong, where the flavor is the name of the cultivar, or teas like Oriental Beauty and honey fragrance black tea, where leafhoppers feeding on the leaf produce a honey flavor.
Flavorful Teas
Rose Damascena ( Damascus Rose)
Damask rose, also used as a raw material for fine perfume. The harsh desert climate in which it is grown gives the flower its concentrated aroma.
From $9.00 USD (30g)
Wild Black Tea 野生紅
A black tea made from wild Camellia taliensis. Our low-temperature process draws out fresh notes of muscat, honey and tomato. Excellent cold-brewed.
From $9.00 USD (20g)
Ancient White Tea ( Gushu Bai Cha ) 古樹白茶
A white tea from the first flush of naturally grown tea over 2,000m, from trees several hundred years old. A substantial floral aroma with real depth. Excellent cold-brewed.
From $12.00 USD (50g)
Snow Jasmine ( Bi Tan Pia Xue ) 碧潭飄雪
A fine jasmine tea made from Meng Ding Gan Lu, a green tea of Sichuan. Exceptionally strong in jasmine aroma.
From $16.00 USD (30g)
Formosa Black Tea 紅玉紅茶
Taiwan's signature black tea, made from Tai Cha No. 18 grown at Sun Moon Lake. Distinguished by a strong menthol aroma.
From $9.00 USD (15g)
Karigane 雁が音
Unlike the heavily fired, toasty style common to karigane, HOJO's own approach to handling and finishing puts the emphasis on floral aroma.
From $12.00 USD (100g)
Tsukigase Black Tea Benihikari 月ヶ瀬紅茶 ベニヒカリ
A black tea from Beni Hikari, grown without agrochemicals or fertiliser in Tsukigase, Nara. Bright aromas of muscat, pineapple and honey, a faint menthol note, and a long finish.
From $8.00 USD (30g)
Phoenix Oolong Lao Cong Gui Hua Xiang Single Tree 2022 鳳凰単叢 老欉桂花香単株 2022
From an old tree 250 years old at 1,000m in Touya village. An exceptionally rare single-tree tea that produces the scent of osmanthus itself, with nothing added.
From $37.00 USD (15g)
Qing Xiang Black Tea Purple Tea 2024 清香紅茶 高山紫茶 2024
A Qing Xiang Black Tea made from Yunnan's rare high-mountain purple tea by a low-temperature process. Fermentation is held back, giving a floral aroma reminiscent of Phoenix Dan Cong with the cool lift of shiso and menthol. Ideal cold-brewed or sparkling.
From $9.00 USD (30g)
Tie Guan Yin Lan Yun 鉄観音 蘭韻
A light-aroma Anxi Tie Guan Yin with an elegant, sweet aroma suggesting orchid and fresh peach.
From $19.00 USD (20g)
Spring Oriental Beauty 蜜香黄金芽
A fine Oriental Beauty made only from young spring leaves heavily bitten by leafhoppers. An overwhelmingly bright, concentrated muscatel flavour with a sweet aftertaste.
From $33.00 USD (15g)
Lapsang Souchong Hua Xiang 正山小種 花香
An unsmoked Lapsang Souchong made from the native varietal (qizhong) grown at around 1,100m in Tongmu village. Finished at a lower fermentation than the qizhong, giving ripe-fruit aromas of flowers, peach and mango.
From $14.00 USD (20g)
Phoenix Oolong Lao Cong Gui Hua Xiang Single Tree 2023 鳳凰単叢 老欉桂花香単株 2023
A single-tree tea made from one old tree of around 250 years at about 1,000m in Touya village. Of the Gui Hua Xiang type, producing an osmanthus-like aroma with nothing added.
From $46.00 USD (15g)
Phoenix Oolong Mi Lan Xiang Nong Xiang 2026 No.1 鳳凰単叢 蜜蘭香濃香 2026 No.1
Nong Xiang is a finishing style that is very popular in China. As the name suggests, it is characterized by an intense aroma.
From $10.00 USD (15g)
Phoenix Oolong Lao Cong Shi Hua Xiang Single Tree 2021 鳳凰単叢 老欉柿花香単株 2021
From a single tree 300 years old at 1,100m in Wudonghu village. Sweet aromas of narcissus, ripe prune, akebi and pineapple. Exceptionally smooth, with a concentrated aftertaste that spreads through the body.
From $46.00 USD (15g)
Phoenix Oolong Lao Cong Yin Hua Xiang Single Tree 2022 鳳凰単叢 老欉銀花香単株 2022
A seed-grown old tree 150 years old at 1,200m in Guizhuhu village, Wudong. The bright aroma of the Yin Hua Xiang type, with a long finish and a deep, concentrated body.
From $27.00 USD (15g)
Phoenix Oolong Lao Cong Ye Lai Xiang 2022 鳳凰単叢 老欉陂头夜来香 2022
From Guizhuhu village, Wudong, at 1,200m, trees 70 years old. A sweet floral aroma of black locust and honeysuckle with berry notes, dense and long-finishing as high altitude gives.
From $22.00 USD (15g)
Phoenix Oolong Lao Cong Mi Lan Xiang 2021 鳳凰単叢 老欉蜜蘭香 2021
From old trees over 80 years old at 950m. A sweet lychee-like aroma with bright florals, deepened by five years of ageing into a dark-aroma Mi Lan Xiang.
From $17.00 USD (15g)
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Phoenix Oolong Lao Cong Mi Lan Xiang 2022 No.2 鳳凰単叢 老欉蜜蘭香 2022 No.2
A rare Mi Lan Xiang from the seed-grown old trees that remain in a new garden at around 1,200m at Tianchi on Wudong mountain. A finish far longer, and an aroma far denser, than any ordinary Mi Lan Xiang.
From $16.00 USD (15g)