A warming hearth in a cup, deep and resonant as aged wood, comforting as the turning of the seasons.
Wild Orchid Breeze
2025
€87,00
Sale price
€87,00
Regular price
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Wild Orchid Breeze
€87,00
Sale price
€87,00
Regular price
Unit price
€1.740,00/kg
A Red Tea That Belongs to the Mountain.
Wild Orchid Breeze (Lan Yun Ye Hong) is crafted from ancient, wild tea trees growing in the Wuyi Mountain region of Fujian. Unlike the cultivated rows of commercial tea gardens, these trees have grown in their own time, in their own direction, drawing minerals from the same mountain soil that produces the great rock oolongs of the region. Processed through traditional red tea methods, the result is a tea of unusual refinement and character.
The Tasting Experience
The fragrance arrives slowly and with confidence: roasted hazelnut and malt in the opening, warming into vanilla, then a soft, clean chamomile that drifts across the palate like late afternoon light. Dried apricot emerges in the middle steeps, adding sweetness and a slight stone-fruit tang. There is a faint mustiness, a hint of salt, which is the complexity that comes from wild, untended trees growing in a particular and irreplicable place.
The liquor is warm and amber. The finish is long and quietly sophisticated.
Spiritual Character Mild and warm.
Brewing Guide Tea-to-water ratio: 4g per 200ml Water temperature: 90–95°C Steeps: 6–8
Weight: 50g
红茶 Red Tea
It is withered, rolled, and allowed to completely oxidize. This unhurried fermentation transforms the tea polyphenols into rich, dark compounds, culminating in a crimson broth and deeply colored leaves. The resulting fragrance is profoundly comforting—mellow, sweet, and brisk, oscillating between notes of dark maltose, smoky pine, and rich caramel. Known in the West as black tea, authentic Chinese red tea remains inherently mild, offering a gentle warmth to the stomach and a quiet clarity to the mind. Our curated selection honors traditional expressions such as Zhengshan Xiaozhong and the intricate Kung Fu red teas.
問余何意棲碧山
Why do I live in the green mountains?
笑而不答心自閒
I laugh and answer not, my soul sereneI
唐, 李白 Tang Dynasty, Li Bai
How to brew red tea:
Amount: 4g of tea leaves per 200ml vessel
Temperature: 95°C to 100°C water
Time: 3 to 5 seconds for the first 7 steeps, increasing the time gracefully for subsequent infusions
Technique: Pour the water gently in a slow circle, aiming for the inner wall of your teapot to avoid bruising the leaves
Vessel: Clay Teapots, Gaiwan, Glass Teapots, or a Gongbei
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Our Philosophy
We believe that a tea leaf is more than a commodity; it is a tether to a specific moment in time and space. We have traveled to the source to bring you the genuine article, leaves untainted, unforced, and full of life. When you steep these leaves, you are not simply preparing a beverage; you are unfolding a story that began in soil, sun, and rain. Let each infusion be an exploration of what it means for a leaf to be truly, perfectly itself.
The mountain buds are plucked while yet the dew remains, emerald-green, unfurling in the bowl like a forest reborn in the steam.
