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Aged White tea is new on the block compared to aged Puer. White tea ages into sweeter, darker, and medicinal flavors. Unlike fresh white tea, aged white tea is hard to over brew. Thus, aged white tea has more steeping options that highlight the strengths of the mature tea.

After months in the tea mountains (and we're still here!) we have new teas to share. There is a range of new offerings; raw Puer, white tea, black tea, new chabu and even teaware.

These price increases will mainly affect teas from 2020 and earlier. The good news is that you still have this weekend to pick up your old favorites before we change prices on Feb 21st at midnight PST.

Rinsing is an important step in gongfu style tea brewing and can optimize the taste of your tea and tea session, as well as rinse away dust and open up compressed teas. Here are a few reasons to rinse your tea and how to get the best results from rinsing.

The Chinese postal service and white2tea will be on break from January 20th - February 15th.

In honor of the festival (and to help encourage a few timely not too last minute orders) we are having a sale: free global shipping on orders over $75 with coupon springfest22.

We are no strangers to chowing down on delicious Guangzhou dim sum and bringing our own tea to the table.  Tea is an excellent drink to have with a big meal and tea can also be a soother of stomachs when you've eaten too many greasy or rich foods. Many would cite various herbal teas, such as mint, ginger, or chamomile, to aid in digestion and while herbal teas are commendable, we thought we'd share some of our favorite teas that are helpful for digestion.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday, our biggest sale of the year is live. No coupon needed, all orders over $29 receive free international shipping on tea and teaware, all weekend long.

New tea releases above, including some unique innovations in small batch shou Puer and smoked teas. Which tea is right for you? Choose your own adventure:Your cups sell out too...

Storing white tea and how to age baicha White teas (also called baicha in Chinese) can be aged to develop new flavors, aromas or to increase their smoothness, but how...

Use coupon code mooncake for $5 off orders over $50 all weekend long! Every order big and small will also receive two additional free samples totaling over 50g (no coupon needed).

Our newly updated Oolong and Black Tea sections are full of fresh Lapsang and Dancong teas, as well as our newly added first shou Puer tea pressings of 2021. Tea from three provinces and a little something for everyone!