Verdant Tea

We were lucky enough to be introduced to the Liu Family through He Qingqing in Laoshan. Mrs. Liu was a classmate of Qingqing’s (and Verdant co-found[...]

"This year, one of our first Tea of the Month Club subscription boxes of 2017 was filled with unexpected selections from Xingyang Workshop. Best know[...]

"In 2016, Master Zhang taught us much about tea: from the effect of varietal on flavor, to the way that a single varietal can express differently in [...]

"Early this fall, we had the great pleasure of spending several days with Li Xiangxi, our partner in Wuyishan.Between filming lectures and classes at[...]

"Yabao is an intriguing, little-explored frontier in tea. Sometimes people call it white tea, sometimes pu’er, but despite yabao's rising populari[...]

"On our last trip out to Laoshan, we were witness to the devastating frost damage from 2015 / 2106’s  bitter cold winter. Over a third of the villa[...]

"In May, the He Family can finally take down the greenhouses that have protected their tea plants throughout Shandong's cold winter and early spring. [...]

"On our last trip to Anxi, Master Zhang took us out to his fields to show us the incredible biodiversity of the region. His ancestors planted more tha[...]

"Visiting Master Zhang’s terraced fields in the mountains above Daping village, one of the first things you notice is how happy everything looks to[...]

"We are very excited to double our Xingyang collection with the addition of four new selections, first premiered in our January Tea of the Month Club [...]