Flush

Teas

The full list, current as of this harvest year. Every lot is single-garden, single-flush, and gone for good once it sells through.

All BlackGreenOolongPu-erhWhite
AlishanAnhuiAssamDarjeelingFujianNilgiriUjiYunnan
Pu-erh tea cake, compressed dark tea leaves Pu-erh · Yunnan Ancient Grove Raw Pu-erh Raw pu-erh isn't oxidized at all — the sun-drying step actually leaves the leaf's enzymes semi-active,… High mountain tea plantation in Taiwan, misty terraced hills Oolong · Alishan Cloudline Alishan Spring "High mountain" (高山) isn't a marketing term in Taiwan — it's a legal minimum elevation of… Rolled ball-shaped oolong tea leaves, tight green pellets Oolong · Fujian Iron Blossom Tieguanyin The tight ball shape and light, floral style is a modern preference — traditional Tieguanyin was… Wuyi mountain rock oolong tea leaves, dark twisted leaves Oolong · Fujian Stonegate Da Hong Pao A rock oolong's mineral character is a real effect of the Wuyi cliffs' weathered soil —… White tea buds drying, silver-white downy leaf buds White · Fujian Whitepeak Silver Needle The least-processed tea there is: nothing happens to this leaf except losing water. Shaded Japanese tea garden, tea bushes under dark shade cloth Green · Uji Asahi Slope Gyokuro Shading the bush for three weeks before picking is the one step that turns an ordinary… Fresh green tea leaves being processed, close-up Green · Anhui Cloudridge Pre-Qingming Maofeng Picked before the Qingming festival — the earliest, most tender leaf of the Anhui spring, and… Nilgiri tea plantation on rolling hills in South India Black · Nilgiri Blue Ridge Frost Tea The Nilgiris are close enough to the equator to pick tea year-round — this six-week window… Assam tea garden in the lowland plains, rows of tea bushes Black · Assam Sonaibari Second Flush The malt note comes from the assamica leaf itself, not the processing — the same steps… Close-up of hand-plucked Darjeeling tea leaves, two leaves and a bud Black · Darjeeling Fernhill Second Flush Muscatel The muscatel note is real grape-must character, not a tasting-note cliché — and it only shows…