The 2018 Milan Maocha is a bit of a misnomer, how can a tea be both maocha [loose tea] and a brick? In this case, the term maocha refers to the Dancong oolong tea being left in its raw form before pressing. We commissioned this production to be left with stems and large leaves for this pressing. The roast is also medium-heavy, roasted for 24 hours with the highest temperature at 125 C. We wanted a heavier roast that could evolve and calm in the coming years, despite having a slight bite at the time of pressing. The brick is incredibly fragrant, with deeper honey and floral flavors emerging throughout the course of a session. This tea is still slightly punchy, but the tea has a complex interplay between the roast and the brighter aspects of a traditional Milan Dancong. Drink now or age as you please. Each brick is 200 grams. Each tong is a bamboo leaf packed with two bricks.

Our dark roast Tieguanyin is an oolong tea from Fujian province that was roasted in a small batch. It is roasted along the fine line of allowing the character of the tea to express itself beneath a heavier roast style. The depth of aroma in the tea has a broad range of aroma from the rinsed leaf, to the flavor and through the residual fragrances of the cup; heavy roast coffee, tar, baked cinnamon apples, oak, seaweed, charred vegetables, toffee, dark chocolate, maple syrup, scotch, bourbon and gingerbread cookies. It is a tea with plenty going on for lovers of the complex, but it is also balanced enough to drink on regular basis. Each purchase is for 50g of tea.  

“Nobody needs to go anywhere else. We are all, if we only knew it, already there. If I only knew who in fact I am, I should cease to behave as what I think I am; and if I stopped behaving as what I think I am, I should know who I am. What in fact I am, if only the Manichee I think I am would allow me to know it, is the reconciliation of yes and no lived out in total acceptance and the blessed experience of Not-Two. In religion all words are dirty words. Anybody who gets eloquent about Buddha, or God, or Christ, ought to have his mouth washed out with carbolic soap.” - Aldous Huxley Each cake is 200 grams.

Ba Xian is a Dancong oolong tea from the Guangdong province of China.  An extremely well balanced medium roasted dancong. The Ba Xian has an intriguing interplay between the roast and the character of the tea, drifting back and forth between characteristics of floral sweetness and the roast from steep to steep. Each purchase is for 25 grams.    

Our Traditional Tie Guan Yin is processed with an emphasis on traditional style processing. There is a heavier oxidation than is typically in the broader market, with bruised red edged leaves and a smoother soup. The type four is smooth with a slight roast. The fragrance is strong and has plenty of depth, with the perfume of flowers and honey. A great middle ground for price and excellent quality tea. Each purchase is for 8 grams.