Choosing a Gift
The right tea changes with the person you are giving it to. For someone not used to drinking tea, choose something with little astringency, where the flavor makes the difference easy to taste. For someone who already knows tea, choose something hard to find elsewhere, such as a rare tea or a single-tree lot.
The occasion changes the choice as well. A tea with broad appeal suits a small gift or something you bring with you, while a rare tea suits an anniversary or a gift for someone close to you. Teas in tins fit our gift boxes, which hold either two tins or three.
Choosing a Gift
Phoenix Oolong Lao Cong Jiang Mu Xiang 2025 鳳凰単叢 老欉姜母香 2025
From old trees 80 years old at 1,200m in Guizhuhu village, Wudong. Raspberry brightness in harmony with galangal, and a concentrated aftertaste.
From ¥2,300 (15g)
Phoenix Oolong Lao Cong Cao Lan Xiang 2022 鳳凰単叢 老欉草蘭香 2022
From Feng Xi Keng Bian Village, 700 m above sea level, from 70-year-old trees. A Zhi Lan Xiang aroma type with an orchid-like aroma, a long finish, and a pronounced aftertaste.
From ¥2,100 (15g)
Anxi Traditional Oolong 傳統式安渓烏龍
An unusual oolong: heavily fermented over a long period, then finished in the light-aroma style.
From ¥1,300 (30g)
Tang Jia Raw Pu-erh Tea 2022 唐家古樹生茶 2022 餅茶
The long finish that only naturally grown old trees at 2,000m can give, with ideal ageing bringing a sweet aroma of dried fruit and malt syrup.
From ¥1,900 (50g)
Phoenix Oolong Lao Cong Gong Xiang 2021 鳳凰単叢 老欉貢香 2021
From a garden at 900m in Qixing'an village. A strong aroma of wild raspberry and ginger flower, with a returning aroma that lasts.
From ¥2,500 (15g)
High Mountain White Tea 高山白茶
From a semi-wild garden at around 2,300m. Leaves bitten by the leafhoppers that thrive there develop a sweet honey aroma as the tea ages. A clear, gentle body.
From ¥2,200 (50g)
Huang Jin Gui 黄金桂
An Anxi oolong given a medium roast. A bright osmanthus-like floral aroma with a toasty, dried-fruit character.
From ¥1,400 (30g)
Jasmine Pearl 茉莉龍珠
A green tea from the first spring flush in Yunnan, plucked one bud and one leaf, rolled into pearls and scented with fresh jasmine blossom.
From ¥1,900 (50g)
Jasmine Silver Needle 茉莉銀針
A custom-made jasmine tea using ancient tree Silver Needle, made by an ethnic minority in Yunnan Province from naturally grown old trees.
From ¥2,800 (50g)
Pu-erh Jasmine Pearl 普洱茉莉龍珠
A jasmine tea made to our order from naturally grown raw pu-erh we helped produce ourselves. A long finish and a substantial aftertaste that overturn what jasmine tea is assumed to be.
From ¥1,300 (30g)
Ancient Bai Mu Dan (Gushu Bai Mu Dan ) 古樹白牡丹
A white tea from old trees in Yunnan grown without agrochemicals or fertiliser, plucked one bud and one leaf. A high proportion of buds gives it a creamy, smooth body. Excellent cold-brewed.
From ¥2,400 (50g)
Uji Hojicha Jubuzan 宇治焙茶 鷲峰山
A hojicha made by sand-roasting a sencha from the first flush of a naturally grown garden at 600m. A long finish and a clear aroma that overturn what hojicha is assumed to be.
From ¥1,500 (50g)
Uji Genmai Cha 宇治玄米茶
A high-quality genmaicha with a long finish, developed using naturally grown native-varietal sencha. The quality of the sencha itself comes through fully.
From ¥1,900 (100g)
Yunnan Chun Jian Green Tea 雲南春尖緑茶
An exceptionally rare original green tea, pan-fried from naturally grown old trees at 2,100 m above sea level in Yunnan Province. Its long finish rivals that of Raw Pu-erh.
From ¥970 (20g)
Tian Chi Li Shan Cha Special 天池梨山茶 Special
A rare tea from one plot of the Tianchi Lishan garden at 2,600m. Something you meet only once in ten or twenty years, with a tropical fruit aroma layered with citrus and a note suggesting matsutake.
From ¥10,300 (50g)
Phoenix Oolong Mi Lan Xiang 2025 No.2 鳳凰単叢 蜜蘭香濃香 2025 No.2
A Mi Lan Xiang a class above, from trees 60 to 70 years old at 950m in Da'an village. A bright lychee-like aroma with a sweet finish.
From ¥1,900 (15g)
Phoenix Oolong Ba Xian 2022 鳳凰単叢 八仙 2022
From Ding Ping Keng Tou Village, 1,000 m above sea level, from 50-year-old trees. A popular cultivar with flavors of narcissus flowers, dried raspberry, and a hint of lychee.
From ¥2,200 (15g)
High Mountain Purple Black Tea 高山紫紅茶
A black tea made from Yunnan's rare purple tea. Faint notes of shiso, sweet potato and peach. Fully fermented, so it takes milk well.
From ¥900 (20g)
Lapsang Souchong Qi Zhong 正山小種 奇種
An unsmoked Lapsang Souchong made from the native varietal (qizhong) grown at around 1,300m in Tongmu village. Ripe-fruit aromas of peach, mango and longan.
From ¥2,700 (20g)
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Nepal 1st Flush Jun Chiyabari Estate
A spring-plucked black tea with floral, honey and muscat aromas and a long finish.
From ¥1,100 (20g)