Slight cinnamon spice aroma when brewed.  Thick and sweet.  Very lubricating mouth-feel that stays in the mouth after drinking.  

Brewing tip: Use 90c water and keep infusion times short for the first 3 to 4 infusions.  Can be infused 7 or 8 times!

March Harvest!

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White tea made in this minimalist manner is replete with cha qi, flavor, and aroma! The tea soup is has  a deep orange-red color with a thick viscous character. The tea takes many many steeps, only very gradually losing it’s flavor and body!

5.5 Grams per Dragon Ball (+/- 1 gram).  These are sold by weight and the weight includes the weight of the paper wrapper (negligible)

Early April 2021 Harvest

Mang Fei Mountain, Yong De County, Lincang Prefecture

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Min Feng Mountain is located Northwest from Yong De town at an altitude of 2100 meters. The tea used for this production grows at about 1700 meters on a steep hillside. 

The tea is plucked and then air-dried over a period of several days and then pressed into cakes. White tea made in this minimalist manner is replete with cha qi, flavor, and aroma! The tea soup has a deep orange-red color with a thick viscous character. The tea takes many many steeps, only very gradually losing its flavor and body!

357 Grams per cake (7 cakes per bamboo leaf tong)

Late-March 2020 Harvest

Min Feng Mountain, Yong De County, Lincang Prefecture

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The taste is something unique too. There is a ton of complexity, with notes of fruit, flower, sugarcane, and a kind of bitterness that fades quickly. With just a couple years of age,  most of the bitterness has already transformed into fruity sweetness with a long lasting after-taste. The tea soup is yellow, and is thick and soupy.

2023 First Flush of Spring Harvested

6.5-7 Grams per Dragon Ball (wrapper incorrectly says the weight is 5 grams each)

These are sold by weight which includes the weight of the packaging (wrapper and twist-tie). 

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This lovely tea is grown in Mengku County of Lincang in a village called “Dofu Zhai” (aka Tofu Village).  It’s a local varietal, a hybrid of pure Assamica and Change Ye Bai Hao.  The tea was picked and processed between March 4th and 7th.  The tea is fried by and in a wok, rolled, wilted very very briefly and then dried by hand in a wok again.  At this final stage the tea is pressed flat again to make is straight and pointy.  The finished product is a silver and green needled tea that locals call “Song Zhen” (Pine Needles).

In addition to its beautiful appearance, the tea brews up a lovely bright green-yellow tea soup with hints of raw chestnut and umami.  The tea is thick and lubricating to the mouth and throat (never drying or harsh).  A fine Yunnan green tea that complex, delicate and satisfying to experience!

April Harvest and processing.

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April Tea Harvest and May Jasmine Flower Harvest

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Big Snow Mountain area of Mengku in Lincang is a high alttude area that’s home to many tea gardens.  This lovely black tea was processed with care from first flush of spring assamica tea leaves picked from 30 to 40 year old plantation bushes growing naturally at an altitude of 1800 meters.

The tea brews up a deep red tea soup, with a lovely floral front-end, and smooth thick sweet after-taste.  Thick and viscous tea, complex and interesting, while lasting many infusions makes this a worthwhile newcomer to our offering here at Yunnan Sourcing!

These Dragon Balls were made by my mother- in-law and father-in-law. They make them in their spare time.  They use little pieces of cotton to compress them instead of saran wrap.  Saran wrap compression is the most common method because it’s faster, but it causes off gassing into the tea since the tea must be steamed to soften and is very hot. We use cotton, which is safe.  

Dragon balls are great because they are perfect single brewing servings, and because the leaves fare much better during transport and storage compared to loose leaf form, which tend to break apart causing the brewed tea to be overly astringent and/or bitter and detracts from overall look of the brewed leaves!

50% of the profits from the sales of these Dragon Balls will go directly to my father/mother-in-law.   We will give them the money as a red packet during Chinese New Year, since they won’t accept money directly from my wife or I.  Most likely they will put most of it in the bank for their retirement!

Each Dragon Ball is roughly 8 grams of tea (+/- 0.5 grams)

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What happens when you combine robust Yunnan Black Tea with Rose Flowers?  You get a highly complex and enjoyable tea both wonderful to drink, and to behold!

Our Yunnan grown rose flowers (墨红玫瑰花) are high grade fresh flowers grown in Wenshan prefecture.  The flowers add an aestethic aspect to the experience as well as imparting a lovely rose sweetness and aroma to the black tea.  We blended several different types of roses and rose petals before deciding on this particular rose and ratio.

Big Snow Mountain Black Tea is from Mengku County in Lincang, which is a high altitude area that’s home to many tea gardens.  This lovely black tea was processed with care from first flush of Spring assamica tea leaves picked from 30 to 40 year old plantation bushes growing naturally at an altitude of 1800 meters.

This black tea together with the Yunnan rose flowers makes for a thick and viscous tea, complex and interesting, while lasting many infusions making it a worthwhile newcomer to our offering here at Yunnan Sourcing!

These Dragon Balls were made by my mother-in-law and father-in-law. They make them in their spare time.  They use little pieces of cotton to compress them instead of saran wrap.  Saran wrap compression is the most common method because it’s faster, but it causes off gassing into the tea since the tea must be steamed to soften and is very hot. We use cotton, which is safe.  

Dragon balls are great because they are perfect single brewing servings, and because the leaves fare much better during transport and storage compared to loose leaf form, which tend to break apart causing the brewed tea to be overly astringent and/or bitter and detracts from overall look of the brewed leaves!

50% of the profits from the sales of these Dragon Balls will go directly to my father/mother-in-law.   We will give them the money as a red packet during Chinese New Year, since they won’t accept money directly from my wife or I.  Most likely they will put most of it in the bank for their retirement!

Each Dragon Ball is roughly 8 grams of tea (+/- 0.5 grams)

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What happens when you combine robust Yunnan Black Tea with Royal Yellow Chrysanthemums?  You get a highly complex and enjoyable tea both wonderful to drink, and to behold!

Royal Yellow Chrysanthemum is the highest grade Chrysanthemum that is normally available.  It is sweet, and vegetal and imparts a slippery and soothing feeling in the mouth and throat.

Big Snow Mountain Black Tea is from Mengku County in Lincang, which is a high altitude area that’s home to many tea gardens.  This lovely black tea was processed with care from first flush of spring assamica tea leaves picked from 30 to 40 year old plantation bushes growing naturally at an altitude of 1800 meters.

This black tea together with the chrysanthemum flowers makes a thick and viscous tea, complex and interesting, while lasting many infusions making it a worthwhile newcomer to our offering here at Yunnan Sourcing!

These Dragon Balls were made by my mother- in-law and father-in-law. They make them in their spare time.  They use little pieces of cotton to compress them instead of saran wrap.  Saran wrap compression is the most common method because it’s faster, but it causes off gassing into the tea since the tea must be steamed to soften and is very hot. We use cotton, which is safe.  

Dragon balls are great because they are perfect single brewing servings, and because the leaves fare much better during transport and storage compared to loose leaf form, which tend to break apart causing the brewed tea to be overly astringent and/or bitter and detracts from overall look of the brewed leaves!

50% of the profits from the sales of these Dragon Balls will go directly to my father/mother-in-law.   We will give them the money as a red packet during Chinese New Year, since they won’t accept money directly from my wife or I.  Most likely they will put most of it in the bank for their retirement!

Each Dragon Ball is roughly 8 grams of tea (+/- 0.5 grams)

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What happens when you combine robust Yunnan Black Tea with Snow Chrysanthemum Flowers?  You get a highly complex and enjoyable tea both wonderful to drink, and to behold!

Our Snow Chrysanthemum Flowers (雪菊花) are high grade fresh flowers  and add an aestethic aspect to the experience as well as imparting a subtle spice and honey taste and aroma to the black tea.  We blended several different grades of Snow Chrysanthemum Flowers before deciding on this particular type and ratio.

Snow Chrysanthemum flower tea is a rare and highly sought after high altitude flower tea from the Kunlun Mountains in Xinjiang province.  The tea is picked and sun-dried once a year then hand-sorted into various grades.  We offer only the highest grade available!  

A lovely tea with strong sweet and spicy flavor, it can be brewed alone or with other teas (like ripe pu-erh).  It’s a great tea to drink after dinner and has no caffeine.

is from Mengku County in Lincang, which is a high altitude area that’s home to many tea gardens.  This lovely black tea was processed with care from first flush of spring assamica tea leaves picked from 30 to 40 year old plantation bushes growing naturally at an altitude of 1800 meters.

This black tea together with the Yunnan rose flowers makes for a thick and viscous tea, complex and interesting, while lasting many infusions making it a worthwhile newcomer to our offering here at Yunnan Sourcing!

These Dragon Balls were made by my mother- in-law and father-in-law. They make them in their spare time.  They use little pieces of cotton to compress them instead of saran wrap.  Saran wrap compression is the most common method because it’s faster, but it causes off gassing into the tea since the tea must be steamed to soften and is very hot. We use cotton, which is safe.  

Dragon balls are great because they are perfect single brewing servings, and because the leaves fare much better during transport and storage compared to loose leaf form, which tend to break apart causing the brewed tea to be overly astringent and/or bitter and detracts from overall look of the brewed leaves!

50% of the profits from the sales of these Dragon Balls will go directly to my father/mother-in-law.   We will give them the money as a red packet during Chinese New Year, since they won’t accept money directly from my wife or I.  Most likely they will put most of it in the bank for their retirement!

Each Dragon Ball is roughly 8 grams of tea (+/- 0.5 grams)

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