Verdant Tea

Six kinds of tea & Six passionate growers- these are the iconic classics that represent what we and our partner growers stand for: true sustainability, transparency, and the taste and aroma that come from the impeccable terroir and craft of the best growers in China.

This tasting kit combines teas from six of our partners, spanning growing regions across China and representing six different styles of tea including one green oolong tea, one Wuyi black tea, one Anxi oolong tea, one Wudongshan Dancong oolong tea, one white tea, and one Yunnan sheng pu'er tea. Each tea is sourced directly from the people who grow and finish the teas themselves, for a representative and unblended taste of each family and craftperson's terroir and unique point of view.

Thank you for supporting Verdant Tea's project to connect tea lovers with the real people behind the teas we all love!

This bundle includes six 25g bags of Laoshan tea for 150g total (30 sessions). The He Family were some of the first to plant tea in Laoshan, one of China’s newest and northernmost tea growing regions. Laoshan is a mountain village on the ocean, subject to cold winters that give the tea a flavor unlike any other on earth. Mr. He has established a cooperative to promote his award-winning vision for sustainable beyond-organic agriculture and rigorous technically demanding craft.

This collection represents the most classic and iconically representative teas the He Family produces. It is an invitation from Mr. He, Qingqing and the whole family to get to know their passion and their unwavering commitment to make Laoshan one of the most famous tea regions in China. 

While every tea in the collection represents a tremendous diversity of flavor, the whole collection circles around the iconic rich malty soybean profile of the region and the rocky texture of the mountain soil.

This bundle includes twelve caffeine-free wild-foraged herbal teas for 300g total (roughly 60 brewing sessions). The He Family and the Lu Family in Laoshan are bringing green tea craft to wild-foraged caffeine-free herbals picked within the Laoshan Ecological Preserve in extremely limited quantities. This kit is an introduction to the way that tea craft brings nuance, depth and complexity to plants beyond camellia sinensis, and offers satisfying diverse and fully caffeine-free flavors perfect for any time of day. The He Family and the Li Family are dedicated to sustainable agriculture, and meticulous hand-finishing craft in the workshop. This kit is an invitation to see their craft in action.

This bundled "make your own" chai tea kit includes one 25g bag of chai spice and one 25g bag of loose leaf Laoshan Black tea base. 

To make chai concentrate for quick and easy chai at home, boil 2 cups of filtered water and add 3 tablespoons of chai spice. Simmer for 30 minutes uncovered to reduce the liquid. Add 2 tablespoons of base tea and simmer for 4 minutes. Remove from heat, and allow to sit for eight minutes. Strain, and stir in two and a half tablespoons of honey.

Use immediately, or chill in the refrigerator. You can even freeze ice cubes of chai for spiced cocktails and mocktails!

This special sampler includes eight 25g pu'er samples, from larger cakes normally unavailable in smaller sizes for 200g total (40 brewing sessions). Get to know a variety of sheng and shu pu'er from workshops all across Yunnan. It's hard to know where to begin with pu'er, but this kit offers a wide survey of workshops across Yunnan for a huge variety of taste, texture and aroma. From cooling, tingling foresty sheng pu'er to cozy rich caramel-spice shu, you'll get to see how much variety there is in pu'er. The cakes sampled are all 'best of their class' examples, some with substantial aging, generally from smaller workshops dedicated to direct farmer partnerships. If you've been looking for a way to get a deep dive into pu'er, this is it!

This bundle includes six 25g bags of Laoshan tea for 150g total (30 sessions). The He Family were some of the first to plant tea in Laoshan, one of China’s newest and northernmost tea growing regions. Laoshan is a mountain village on the ocean, subject to cold winters that give the tea a flavor unlike any other on earth. Mr. He has established a cooperative to promote his award-winning vision for sustainable beyond-organic agriculture and rigorous technically demanding craft.

This collection represents the most classic and iconically representative teas the He Family produces. It is an invitation from Mr. He, Qingqing and the whole family to get to know their passion and their unwavering commitment to make Laoshan one of the most famous tea regions in China. 

While every tea in the collection represents a tremendous diversity of flavor, the whole collection circles around the iconic rich malty soybean profile of the region and the rocky texture of the mountain soil.

This bundle includes four 25g bags of famous Qimen black teas and Huangshan green teas for 100g total (about 20 sessions). Dedicated craftspeople and farmers, the Cheng Family has a beautiful, high-elevation plot above Guixi Village, an excellent micro-climate for Qimen Black Tea in Anhui. Master Cheng picks the tiny buds and young leaves for his family's teas at the very peak of spring and finishes them by hand in his tiny workshop, coaxing out complexity and the underlying minerality of rocky Huangshan.

This bundle includes one 28g white tea cake, four tea stuffed mandarins, and four 25g bags for 178 grams total (about 25+ sessions). This kit is a chance to taste Xingyang's award-winning clean fermentation style and meticulous blending craft, including mini tuocha, golden leaf shu, KT952, and tea stuffed mandarins.

This bundle includes four 25g bags of Qianjiazhai tea and one full 100g cakes for 200g total. The Zhenyuan Dongsa Cooperative of Qianjiazhai is a loose-knit coalition of families across the remote mountaintops of China’s oldest tea forests dedicated to sustainable stewardship of the wild tea plants, and careful foraging from trees that can be over a thousand years old.

Master Zhou founded the cooperative to refine the finishing craft and picking techniques across Qianjiazhai and bring more well-deserved respect to one of China’s most important but also most unknown tea regions. This tasting kit is an introduction to the incredible diversity of flavor, texture, aroma and aftertaste that wild-foraging in an ancient tea forest can bring.

This kit is an invitation into a little-seen side of tea and its ancient wild origins.

Six kinds of tea & Six passionate growers- these are the iconic classics that represent what we and our partner growers stand for: true sustainability, transparency, and the taste and aroma that come from the impeccable terroir and craft of the best growers in China.

This tasting kit combines teas from six of our partners, spanning growing regions across China and representing six different styles of tea including one green oolong tea, one Wuyi black tea, one Anxi oolong tea, one Wudongshan Dancong oolong tea, one white tea, and one Yunnan sheng pu'er tea. Each tea is sourced directly from the people who grow and finish the teas themselves, for a representative and unblended taste of each family and craftperson's terroir and unique point of view.

Thank you for supporting Verdant Tea's project to connect tea lovers with the real people behind the teas we all love!

This bundle includes twelve caffeine-free wild-foraged herbal teas for 300g total (roughly 60 brewing sessions). The He Family and the Lu Family in Laoshan are bringing green tea craft to wild-foraged caffeine-free herbals picked within the Laoshan Ecological Preserve in extremely limited quantities. This kit is an introduction to the way that tea craft brings nuance, depth and complexity to plants beyond camellia sinensis, and offers satisfying diverse and fully caffeine-free flavors perfect for any time of day. The He Family and the Li Family are dedicated to sustainable agriculture, and meticulous hand-finishing craft in the workshop. This kit is an invitation to see their craft in action.

This kit includes five 25g bags of tea and one special 7g canister, for 26 extended brewing session of six kinds of tea. This tasting kit is all about the famous and iconic Rou Gui. This elusive, shapeshifting varietal has defined modern oolong in Wuyishan for its ability to give a perfect and transparent expression of land and craft. Rou Gui growing in the nest microclimates, finished by the best craftspeople is thrilling, electrical, cooling and deeply textural oolong unlike any other. That's why the Li Family in Wuyishan offers FOUR different Rou Gui oolongs, and Master Zhang in Anxi has two of his own Rou Gui oolongs, even though he is in a region most famous for Tieguanyin. Tasting fine Rou Gui is tasting "yun" the cooling electrical, sweet mouth-watering sensation that the best teas share. This kit is packed with yun, including classic Rou Gui, Gold Medal (competition winning) Rou Gui, a special Shui Mi Tao Rou Gui that is finished to bring out juicy stone fruit aromas, and the rarest of all- Ma Tou Rou Gui, picked and grown by Li Xiangxi's family. Taste and compare to the newcomer Anxi Rou Gui from Master Zhang and his masterpiece- Special Grade Rou Gui Revival, a tea made based on his research of ancient oolong finishing techniques.

Everything you or your lucky friends need to get started with fine gongfu brewing, including a full portable tea set and three of our favorite scented teas to get brewing! Gongfu tea is so much fun. Instead of one big mug, you get to taste the same tea as it transforms over lots of fast steepings, one little cup at a time. A tea can start off light and sweet, then grow into something big, creamy, rich and commanding, and finally after many infusions, linger with stunning aftertaste. This set is all about rounding up the absolute essentials to experience tea gongfu-style. The Summer Garden Hand-Painted Brew Set includes a glass steeper and porcelain brew basket, plus three cups, all nestled in a travel case. This comes with Yunnan White Jasmine, Orchid-Scented Yellow Tea, and Qimen Osmanthus Black Tea. These scented teas are a great way to experience gongfu, with rich, creamy, tropical flavor notes- and make for great gifts that anyone can fall in love with and enjoy.

This Tea Sampler includes ten 25g bags of fine black tea for 250g total (50 brewing sessions). Black tea is going through a renaissance in China. Farmers like Li Xiangxi in Wuyishan are pushing the boundaries of craft, and pulling out all the stops with rare, sometimes wild-picked harvests from coveted microclimates. This tea sampler is all about trying the very rarest, most stunning examples of black tea craft in the world- the pride and joy of each of our partner-farmers. From wild tree teas that only grow in high elevation groves in Wuyishan and Yunnan, to luxurious buddy golden black teas that brew up smooth as silk this sampler reveals the stunning complexity of modern black tea craft at its finest.

When it's cold outside, we all need our cozy go-tos. This kit is about holding both hands around a beautiful mug and taking in the steam from some of our favorite teas. Whether you are looking for a gift for someone just getting into tea, or searching for the perfect companion to a good book or movie night, this set delivers. Beautifully glazed and fired in a traditional Longquen celadon kiln, the covered mug is meant to keep your tea warm between sips, and to feel good in the hands. The classic blue-green is a gorgeous contrast to brewed tea. We paired this mug with three of the absolute most classic and famous teas we are lucky enough to bring in: fresh, rolled Tieguanyin oolong with all its creamy saffron orchid notes, true Shi Feng Dragonwell (the iconic Chinese green tea!), and Jin Jun Mei - a stunning black tea made entirely of downy buds.

This bundle includes four 25g bags of Shi Feng Dragonwell tea for 100g total (20 sessions). Li Xiaoping is an award-winning multi-generational farmer dedicated to sharing true Shi Feng Dragonwell. Her high-elevation Shi Feng plot is one of the most coveted micro-climates for tea in China due to the cool misty weather, the rocky quartz-laden soil, the sweet mountain spring water and the ecological protected park designation. Her and her husband Shui Huamin hand pick and hand wok-finish every leaf, producing incredibly small annual batches, picking only before Qingming festival and allowing the plants the rest of the year undisturbed to grow deeper roots.

This bundle includes five 25g bags of dancong tea for 125g total (25 sessions). Huang Ruiguang is respected across China as one of the fathers of modern Dancong, written about in every text on the region, recognized as a cultural treasure by the local government, and awarded top medals for every tea he produces. Having spent his life improving Dancong craft across Wudongshan, he has now turned the workshop over to his sons. He works with us because of his retirement goal to share true Wudongshan Dancong beyond China, and build worldwide respect not just for his family but for the whole region he helped put on the map. This tasting kit represents the intense aromatics and wild powerful textural experience that is Dancong. Every tea in the collection is juicy, voluptuously aromatic and focused with a sweet lingering aftertaste. The perfect aromatics that Huang Ruiguang is famous for come from his meticulous hand turning and fluffing process that lasts up to 18 hours to coax out everything the leaf has to offer.

This classic bundled tea + teaware set includes six teas, one travel tea set, and $10 Tea Cash free gift voucher code to use on your next purchase!

This bundle includes four 25g bags of dancong tea for 100g total (20 sessions). This tasting kit is a chance to see how years of aging bring depth and complexity to some of the highest-end reserve Dancong in the Huang Family's collection. Get a deep dive look at the famous Ye Lai Xiang varietal - all picked from the same coveted high elevation slope of Wudongshan and hand-finished. Each year shows off the way this tea grows and changes over time.

This Fresh Green Tea Bundle includes all of the freshest 2025 seasonal green teas from three of our partners. 

This bundle includes three 25g bags of aged oolong tea and one 90 gram cake for 165g total (33 sessions).

Taste through the decades with this selection of hand-picked and hand fired oolongs from Master Zhang in Daping Village and the Li Family in Wuyishan. Our partners have opened their reserves of aged oolongs, including selections decades-old. Fine aged oolongs are carefully re-roasted yearly to control for moisture and maintain optimal conditions for flavor texture and aroma to keep building complexity over time. As Zhang Rongde explains, "Tea may be dried, but it is still living inside. In roasting, you need to have experience. You need to understand the tea, the leaves, the fire. Only then can you make good tea."

This sampler shows off how differently teas can age. You can expect a diverse range of flavors, united by an inexplicable depth and commanding texture only possible through perfect finishing and patient aging.

This bundle includes three 90g mini cakes and one 100g mini cake of Wuyi tea for 370g total (72+ sessions). The Li Family makes some of the most sought-after oolongs in China, grown within the pristine Wuyishan Ecological Preserve, hand-picked  and hand-finished by the Li Family and meticulously had-fired multiple times over several months for deep complexity. The biodiversity and rocky geography of their plot contributes to deep forest-evoking teas with a strong mineral texture.

Take all this exquisite circumstance and add aging into the process and you get some stunningly nuanced powerful teas unlike anything else out there. This tasting kit is a chance to build your own Wuyi tea aging program, and see why pu’er isn’t the only tea that gets better with age. This collection spans twelve years and four unique varietals.

Most years, Li Xiangxi doesn’t do any pressing at all, only selecting harvests that she has had the chance to taste over several months when she determines whether they’d be suitable for aging. When she makes her selection, the family gives these teas even deeper hand-firing before finally pressing these mini-cakes. See for yourself what makes aged Wuyi tea so special.

This special set includes all nine cakes commissioned in 2025 to show of the beauty and complexity of the oldest tea forest in the world and to celebrate over ten years of friendship and partnership with the Qianjiazhai Dongsa Cooperative for 900g of tea in total.

We are blown away by Master Zhou and the Li Family's tea and by their dedication to sustainable stewardship of the wild tea plants in Qianjiazhai. These are some of China's most remote tea mountaintops, where the cooperative carefully foraged from trees that can be over a thousand years old.

This kit shows off their new white tea, their single tree and Zun series sheng pu'er, along with their wild tea ancestor Crassicolumna teas finished as both sheng pu'er and black tea. All of this year's cakes are wrapped in our commemorative custom wrappers, with designs commissioned from renowned artist Lisa Nankivil and inspired by each tea. 

Put these teas away in your pu'er cellar and watch them grow in depth and complexity for years to come, or taste through them all now and get to know the wild flavor and powerful cooling aftertaste of China's oldest tea forest.