Free Shipping anywhere on Earth, coupon code: basics The Chocobar Tasting set is a sample set that explores different tea types in a convenient and easy to brew chocolate bar brick shape. The tea types include:

• Black Tea
• Raw Puer Tea
• Ripe Puer Tea
• White Tea

Each tea brick is 100 grams. All material used in the bricks is from the Yunnan province of China. The set is an excellent comparison of processing methods for new tea drinkers, but the leaf used is all high quality, so even experienced drinkers can enjoy the Chocobars! They are ideal for tea on the go or as a small gift for a tea drinker.  

The 2016 ChocoBar White Tea is a 100g brick, with a shape that is easily breakable for convenient brewing. The brick is made of a blend of Yunnan large leaf varietal white tea that was sun dried. It can be aged or brewed immediately. The soup is soft and thick, with floral aromas and a creamy mouth feel.

The 46&2 cake is pure early 2013 Spring gushu Jingmai material, stored for one year in Jingmai, then pressed in the Spring of 2014. Sweet, thick, and fragrant, the tea has already got a little bit of age. Much smoother than most of the teas from our 2014 production.

The 2015 Old Reliable Ripe Puer Tea is White2tea's house blend. The name says it all, a solid daily drinker ripe Puer tea that you can count on. An excellent combination of value and quality, the Old Reliable is a blend of several years of material, so despite being pressed in 2015, it is ready to drink now and will only continue to improve over the next few years. A smooth, sweet, thick ripe Puer tea with a classic Menghai character. The Old Reliable is one of the features of the January 2016 Tea Club shipment.

Our Mini Redhead is a single serving version of our popular Natural Redhead; a pressed black tea from Yunnan, made in a dianhong style. Made from large leaf varietal material, the tea is sun dried, with no machine processing involved. The tea is smooth, with a very thick body, and a soft natural fragrance. Each mini cake is 7 grams, each purchase is for one mini cake.

2015 Colbert Holland, 1945 Raw Puer Tea from White2tea Made with tea that has unique Menghai character, this tea has a very thick mouth feel and viscous soup. The sweet aftertaste is strong and pleasant. High quality base material and an excellent quality tea to drink now or store for the future.

2015 Tuhao Raw Puer Tea from White2tea. This tea is our attempt at blending a tea with character similar to Laobanzhang, without using any actual Laobanzhang material. Though Laobanzhang character is not a singular thing, and can mean literally hundreds of different things, we opted for a tea with a lighter bitterness and more sweetness and internal strength. The cake is a commentary on the focus on brand name, fame, and authenticity. The tea itself is excellent quality. Despite not being "real" Laobanzhang, it is real tea.

2016 Orange Drop is made with blended aged ripe Puer material and a fresh 2016 Xinhui Mandarin. The tea is meant to be drunk with the orange and all. You can brew the entire orange, tea and all, without breaking it up. They are harvested when the fruit is extremely young and unripe, hence the small size and greenish hue. The early steeps are very astringent, so if you dislike the fresh green bite, toss out the first 2-3 steeps, and drink the next 12 or so. Most of the cost of this tea is due to the high price of both the handmade labor and the prized skins of Xinhui Mandarins, which cost much more than most Puer tea by weight. If you are interested in better value for tea weight, check out our other Ripe Puer Teas. Each purchase is for one Orange Drop.

The 2016 ChocoBar Raw Puer is a 100g brick, with a shape that is easily breakable for convenient brewing. The brick is raw Puer tea that can be aged or brewed immediately. This ChocoBar raw is a sweet and fragrant tea suitable for daily drinking on the go.

2015 Last Thoughts Raw Puer Tea from White2tea. A tea made with high quality material that took no small effort to acquire. This tea has the character of Yiwu and is elegant, and deceptively powerful. As we mentioned with our 2014 Last Thoughts, this is a tier of tea that rarely sees the open market, much less the Western market. An enduring tea that we hope you get the opportunity to try.

The 2016 Brown Sugar is made from a large percentage of huangpian [the largest leaf used in Puer production]. The soup is sweet and smooth, with a light and approachable character. The blend has a larger percentage of smaller leaf material than the 2015 blend, as well as the incorporation of several regions. Each brick is 200 grams.  

The 2018 Bamboo Shu ripe Puer Tea from white2tea was processed using a traditional technique of bamboo processing where the tea is pressed into fresh fragrant bamboo and hand roasted over an open flame before being dried for long term storage. The Bamboo Shu blend has an entrancing aroma that balances the sweetness of our shou blend with the brighter fragrances of the bamboo. The tea is thick bodied and warming with a sweet character that will appeal to new ripe Puer drinkers and veteran Puer lovers alike. Drink immediately or age as you like. Each purchase for a 200g piece will come enclosed in a bamboo shell similar to the one pictured, sizes and thicknesses will vary as one would expect with a plant.

Flap Jacks raw was pressed in 2017. Each flap jack is roughly 8 grams, with 7 flapjacks in each short stack. Conveniently pressed into an easy single steep shape, the tea is still young and astringent as one would expect from a fresh raw Puer tea. The tea has a punchy fresh fragrance and sweetness. Don't let the cute shape fool you, this tea is just as engaging as its larger counterparts. Price is per shortstack.

Pressed in 2018. The return of our much loved 2017 Waffles blend. A shou Puer tea with an easily approachable character, pressed into a convenient waffle pattern that can be broken apart without the use of a tea needle. An excellent everyday ripe Puer tea, with a soft sweetness and a smooth warming body. A well balanced ripe Puer tea for beginners or veteran drinkers alike. Each cake is 200 grams of tea.

You've been at sea for weeks and you're bone-tired. The tattered sails need repairs and your crew is working frantically to mend them; storm clouds loom on the horizon. They are fatigued from a full day's labor. Murmurs and complaints linger on the breeze. The faint stench of mutiny. Your mates grow weary, wondering if they'll ever see port again. Lily-livered bastards.  Is it the weeks of subsisting on mussels and whale meat? Straw mat beds and the churning waters that ceaselessly toy with our vessel? No matter. This is what they signed up for and you've got bigger fish to fry. The crew continues sewing the sails as you plot the next move. Your throat is raw from barking orders. The briny sea air and your pipe tobacco haven't helped a bit. Your first mate pokes his head through the door, "Your tea is ready, Captain." Each mini cake is 8 grams, each purchase is for one mini cake.

2015 Poundcake Raw Puer Tea from White2tea. The Poundcake tea has strength, medium light bitterness, and sweetness. The soup brews a gold color and has character that could be described as "outlier Yiwu". An excellent cake for new Puer drinkers and Puer drinkers with experience alike.

Sunday Special was pressed in 2017. We are very proud of this innovative ripe Puer blend. It combines several regions of Puer tea together with a partial mixture of our own small batch ripe Puer from last year. Silky mouthfeel and engaging sweetness with a unique fragrance. Best when enjoyed on Sunday. This tea will benefit from resting around six months to one year, as it has some fairly fresh ripe Puer within the blend. Drinkable now, but avoid if you are sensitive to mild dui wei [pile flavor from freshly made ripe Puer]. Each cake is 200 grams of tea.

Little O was pressed in 2017. This blend of ripe Puer was pressed with aged orange peels, also called chenpi from Xinhui, in Guangdong province. The orange peels add an entrancing fragrance to the tea and will age with the tea. When steeping, the tea opens first with a smooth soup texture, with the orange peels contributing during mid to late steeps. The dynamic between the tea and the chenpi is engaging and soothing. An excellent drink for cold weather. Each cake is 8 grams. The blend contains both ripe Puer tea and aged chenpi.

A gushu [old arbor] Yiwu blend. Thick body, sweet, fragrant in the soup, with a lasting and complex finish. Fifteen steeps is not a problem. Some sessions lasted in excess of twenty steeps. This tier of tea rarely sees the light of day in the open market.

Free Shipping anywhere on Earth, coupon code: basics Our goal when making the basics set was to offer an affordable crash course in Puer tea to anyone, anywhere. The set contains the following four 100 gram mini-cakes:

1. 2018 Spring Raw Puer Tea
2. 2017 Autumn Raw Puer Tea
3. 2018 Huangpian
4. 2014 Aged Raw Puer Tea

The spring and autumn teas are from the same village and same farmer, in order to provide a direct vertical tasting between seasons. The huangpian [the larger, older leaves] cake is from spring 2018 and can be used as a way to understand raw Puer when it is pressed with a larger grade of leaf. The aged raw Puer allow for new Puer drinkers to experience what several years of age can do to smooth out a raw Puer tea. For brewing instructions, we recommend reading this article.  

Repave was made with aged puer tea material from 2007, which was stored in Menghai for 7 1/2 years prior to being pressed in November of 2014. The soup is already a dark bronze color, sweet and soft. The material is from Hekai. This is the second and final pressing of this material. Some of the wrappers were stamped incorrectly as 2006.

Free Shipping anywhere on Earth, coupon code: basics Our goal when making this tea terroir set was to offer an affordable educational experience with single origin ripe Puer tea. The set contains the following four regions, each with a100 gram mini-cake:

1. Menghai
2. Lincang / Mengku
3. Lancang / Jingmai
4. Yiwu

We purchased all of these teas in their entirety as raw maocha in 2016. We then had them piled in individual small batches in 2017 using a technique where small batches of ripe Puer are fermented in bamboo baskets, off of the ground, using water from a mountain spring nearby Menghai. We were hands on during this entire process from start to finish and opted for a small batch pile process in order to ensure the integrity of the base material. These teas were removed from the piling process in late 2017. Each tea was in the pile an average of 35 days. They very still have a dank touch of pile flavor (often called duiwei) as of their release in September of 2018. If you are adverse to fresh shou Puer flavors, we recommend airing the teas out for around six months to a year, or choosing a Shou Puer tea with more age. Although this is meant to be an educational set, the ripe Puer used in each cake is very good quality, making it appropriate for both beginners and experienced drinkers alike. For brewing instructions, we recommend reading this article.

2015 Red Star is made with blended aged ripe Puer material and a fresh 2015 Xinhui Mandarin. The tea is meant to be drunk with the orange skin. Simply break off a few small pieces (roughly an 8:1 tea to skin ratio) and steep together. The red star is quite fresh and has a heavy fruity, citrus fragrance. For those interested in a more aged, medicinal taste, purchase this tea now in order to age it or check out the Black Star. Most of the cost of this tea is due to the high price of both the handmade labor and the prized skins of Xinhui Mandarins, which cost much more than most Puer tea by weight. If you are interested in better value for tea weight, check out our other Ripe Puer Teas. Each purchase is for one Red Star Mandarin.

Ripe Puer Tea from White2tea, made using 2014 Ripe material, and pressed in 2015. This tea has a Menghai character. The soup is smooth and sweet, with plenty of complexity. The material was rested for a full year prior to pressing and is ready to drink now or store for the long term. An excellent ripe Puer blend for beginners and veterans alike.  

Another unwrapped warehouse find, the Often 250 gram tuo is a solid daily drinker Puer tea for the Puer fanatic on a budget. Slightly strong in early steeps, this tuo behaves like a young Puer that is just beginning to calm down. The tea leaves a strong sweet feeling in the mouth.   This tea was first featured in our December 2014 Tea Club shipment.  

Pressed in 2017. An easily approachable character, pressed into a convenient waffle pattern that can be broken apart without the use of a tea needle. An excellent everyday ripe Puer tea, with a soft sweetness over a smooth body. A well balanced ripe Puer tea for beginners or veteran drinkers alike. Each cake is 200 grams of tea.