6 curated portions (Sized perfectly for individual, multi-steep Gongfu sessions)

4g    2025, Red Tea, Crimson Drift, Yunnan Province, Puer Village

15g     2025, Puer Tea, Green Tangerine, Yunnan, Xinhui

5g     2014, Puer Tea, Ripe Puer, Tangerine Peel, Yunnan Province, BoHai Village

8g     2024, Puer Tea, Raw Puer, Xi Gui, Yunnan Province, Xi Gui Village

4g     2025, Red Tea, Tanned Red, Yunnan, Jingmai

4g     2025, Red Tea, Golden Needle, Yunnan, Fengqing

A Deep-Dive Journey Through Ancient Forests, Red Teas, and Aged Citrus.

This tasting menu is a dedicated sensory map of Yunnan Province—a region defined by its towering mountain ranges, primordial tea forests, and rich red soils. Rather than focusing on a single style, The Earthy Alchemy Tasting Menu explores the profound versatility of the land.

Here, you will journey through three distinct expressions of Yunnan Red teas (Dian Hong), a potent and highly sought-after raw Pu-erh, and two unique, transformative intersections of tea and aged citrus. It is a collection built on contrast: shifting from airy, honeyed sweetness to deep, velvet spices, and ending in the complex, medicinal cooling notes of aged tangerine peels.

The Menu

1. Crimson Drift 

• Origin: Pu'er Village, Yunnan Province

• Vintage: 2025 | Varietal: Red Tea (4g)

• The Profile: An ethereal, bright introduction to Yunnan’s black teas. It glides across the palate with a lively burst of lychee and wildflower honey, grounded gently by a comforting base of roasted sweet potato. It leaves behind a highly fragrant, airy sweetness and a beautifully lingering bouquet.

2. Tanned Red

• Origin: Jingmai Mountain, Yunnan Province

• Vintage: 2025 | Varietal: Red Tea (4g)

• The Profile: Shaded by the ancient, biodiverse forests of Jingmai, this tea is incredibly complex and deeply textured. It is a dark, symphonic brew shifting between floral and fruity high notes, a dense core of dates, raisins, orange syrup, and rice, and a rustic undercurrent of smoky wood, pepper, saffron, and wet leather. Its mouthfeel is pure velvet.

3. Golden Needle

• Origin: Fengqing, Yunnan Province

• Vintage: 2025 | Varietal: Red Tea (4g)

• The Profile: Hailing from Fengqing, the historic birthplace of Yunnan Red tea, this batch is composed of downy, golden-orange buds. It yields a smooth, comforting, and deeply satisfying liquor rich with notes of sweet potato, roasted chestnut, and an earthy base, balanced unexpectedly by a refreshing touch of mint and smoky wood.

4. Xi Gui (Raw/Sheng Pu-erh)

• Origin: Xi Gui Village, Lincang, Yunnan Province

• Vintage: 2024 | Varietal: Raw Pu-erh Tea (8g)

• The Profile: Xi Gui is legendary among raw Pu-erh connoisseurs for its powerful Cha Qi (tea energy) and intense, direct personality. With an 8g portion, you can push this tea to its limits. It delivers a punchy, complex profile that highlights the wild, untamed nature of Lincang's old arbor trees—vibrant, deeply structural, and ending in a profoundly cooling, sweet aftertaste.

5. Green Tangerine Pu-erh

• Origin: Yunnan Pu-erh stuffed in Xinhui Green Tangerine

• Vintage: 2025 | Varietal: Pu-erh Tea (15g whole fruit)

• The Profile: A brilliant fusion of geography. Earthy Yunnan Pu-erh is hollowed out and cured inside a fragrant, young green tangerine peel from Xinhui. The liquor is intensely aromatic, balancing a sharp bitterness and a cooling menthol lift with notes of lime, winey undertones, sandy sandalwood, a touch of musty antiquity, and the mouth-watering tang of a salty dried plum.

6. Vintage Ripe Pu-erh with Tangerine Peel (Chen Pi)

• Origin: BoHai Village, Yunnan Province

• Vintage: 2014 | Varietal: Ripe Pu-erh Tea (5g)

• The Profile: A deeply comforting, decade-old medicinal treasure. This loose ripe Pu-erh is blended with aged Chen Pi (tangerine peel). The fierce citrus of youth has mellowed over twelve years into a dark, soothing elixir. It shares a similar lineage to the green tangerine—bitter, menthol, lime, winey, musty, sandalwood, and salty dried plum—but delivers them with the smooth, thick, and ultra-grounding warmth that only a well-aged ripe Pu-erh can provide.

Recommended Brewing Companion

Because this menu deals with heavy, oil-rich red teas and deeply earthy, mineral-intensive Pu-erhs, you will want a vessel that can take high heat and round out any aggressive edges.

• The Perfect Match: This flight is an absolute playground for The Moss-Grown Stone Teapot. Its handmade, iron-rich, unglazed stoneware body absorbs harsh bitter notes and amplifies the thick, velvety textures of the Tanned Red and the decade-old Ripe Pu-erh, while making the Xi Gui session smooth and endlessly complex.