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Dai Pottery Hand-Made Gaiwan and Cha Hai These gaiwans are made by local Xishuangbanna Dai People using the same clay and kiln firing techniques that have been used for centuries. These are entirely hand-made from start to finish and require great skill to carve and scrape the patterns into being! Volume: 180ml-200ml Each Gaiwan comes in a plush padded gift box like the one shown in the pictures! Please note: These are hand-made from multi-layered clay, and after firing there can be quite a variance in the color of the clay, particularly on the inside of the bowl and lid, as well as the color in the grooves on the outside of bowl and lid. If you are uncomfortable with some variance in coloring from the pictures please do not order this! We do promise if you do order this item that it will be high quality, beautiful, and great for making tea! Have a look: https://yunnansourcing.com/collections/all/dai-tao https://www.instagram.com/p/BrlfdJigBAk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ruxgmkqlrmse

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10% off All Teawares and Clay Teapots! 5 Day Sale - Starts Now!

Check out all the great Teawares and Clay Teapots on sale now!

Sale Ends on Tuesday December 18th 2018 at Noon (US Pacific Standard Time)

PROMO CODE: TW10

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These lovely Cloisonné and ceramic teapot stands can also double as mini tea boats! The cloisonné top is made using vitreous enamel on stainless steel, which sits on a ceramic base that can catch and hold a small amount of water. Just like the art of gong fu cha, these are a perfect blend of function and beauty. Purchase one of three color motifs you prefer. Ceramic Base diameter is 14cm and holds about 50ml of water Cloisonné steel top diameter is 11.9cm, thickness 0.3cm Tea Boat height is 2.6cm https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq1Il-pAEKE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=w8pznmei8yqe

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Black Friday through Cyber Monday save 15% on your favorite YS products! Everything is 15% off. Link in bio. https://www.instagram.com/p/BqiQWX5FlJ1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qmncr8clmkep

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Da Qing Village "Zi Cha" Purple Black Tea from Jinggu * Spring 2018 This is a Purple "Zi Cha" Purple tea from Da Qing Village in Jinggu.  Although a Purple tea, it's been processed into a Black Tea.  Fruity, Tart, Sweet and Spicy, this is a complex purple black tea that will also age well over several years! Very tasty, special and unique tea! Picked and processed in April 2018 For more information on Purple tea read below: Yunnan pu-erh tea grows in the superior environment of low latitude, high altitude South Asian tropics and achieves many qualities of superior tea. Among pu-erh tea, purplish red bud tea is particularly valued. During the hot, humid summer and fall seasons a portion of tea tree buds are purplish red colored. The source of the color is anthocyanin, which changes color along with cell sap acidity. High levels of acidity lead to red color, while medium acidity is more purple, and high alkalinity tends toward indigo. Purplish red tea results from an inherited reaction to unfavorable hot and humid summer environmental conditions, providing the tea tree with a mechanism for fighting scorching ultraviolet rays. Pu-erh tea growing areas tend to be between 1000 and 2000m elevation. According to surveys, higher altitude tea growing areas receive as much as 8 times the ultraviolet light of lower altitude growing areas. During the dry spring tea season, the atmosphere tends to be quite dusty which serves to reflect, scatter, and absorb most ultraviolet light. Entering into the rainy season, atmospheric dust is frequently washed away by rain. These clean, clear atmospheric conditions allow virtually all UV light reach the surface. In order to resist damage from this shortwave radiation, tea leaves produce anthocyanin, which can reflect away a portion of the UV light hitting the leaves. Although a southern Yunnan tea field during the high of the summer is a sea of green, most eye-catching are the specks of purplish-red scattered throughout. Purple bud tea trees occupy approximately 1-2% of all tea trees, and occur with varying intensities of purple. https://yunnansourcing.com/collections/new-products/products/da-qing-village-zi-cha-purple-black-te https://www.instagram.com/p/BqP9WXHFZnX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=n41q343qshzn

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10% off Ripe Pu-erh and Hei Cha! Plus a chance to design our 2019 Pu-erh Wrappers! Link in bio 😃

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Hot off the (stone) press! Yunnan Sourcing Autumn 2018 Harvest Yi Wu Raw Pu-erh Tea Cakes Man Zhuan, Ding Jia Zhai, Zheng Jia Liang Zi, Zhang Jia Wan, and Xiang Chun Lin. Will offer for sale in about a week. Wrapper illustration by Giovanni Crispino @gio.crispino https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp4toU4FYX4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1m64vbg9m9149

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Blending the future "Drunk On Red" with Osmanthus tea cake. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpxIc3WFJ7V/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1l6tn9oyky8kn

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Jingdezhen Hand-Painted "Kaixin Luohan" Porcelain Gaiwan * 150ml This Gaiwan features the "Happy Arhat" (Kaixin Luohan 开心罗汉) whose full name is 幽冥戍博迦尊者. This motif shows him sitting peacefully holding a copper coin, and there are some copper coins here and there. This motif represents that non-attachment (to material wealth) should be practiced in order to be achieve happiness. 150ml volume https://yunnansourcing.com/collections/new-products/products/jingdezhen-hand-painted-kaixin-luohan-porcelain-gaiwan-150ml https://www.instagram.com/p/BpsuUUgFhvw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xpwhydmvxf5v

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🍵 Yunnan Sourcing Sale! 🍵

🍃 7 Day Sale! 7 Day Sale!

10% off Oolong Teas and Black Teas!* 🍃

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King Cobra in old tea trees near the the Yunnan Myanmar border in Cangyuan Lincang. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpcZPoqlKNW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1esw7j5ji5vro

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2018 Yunnan Sourcing "Golden Bud" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake This is a cake composed entirely of golden buds ripe pu-erh tea.  Golden Bud (aka Jin Ya 金芽) is a fine tippy grade of ripe that is unique from gong ting and golden needle (jin zhen).  It's typically very golden and and is comprised primarily of buds.  The flavor is smooth, creamy, sweet, and fruity, with a slightly bitter dark chocolate after-finish. Harvested from Lincang (Mengku) Spring 2017 tea leaves, and then expertly wet piled in Menghai town in a small tea factory.  The taste and aroma will improve gradually over the next decade or more.  As the wet pile taste dissipates and the unique delicate character of this tea reveals itself, it will become one of the most unique and enjoyable ripe pu-erhs in your collection!  Weight: 357 Grams per cake (7 cakes per bamboo leaf tong) Pressed in August 2018 Wrapper Design by Simon Osten Limited to just 140 kilograms in total (392 cakes https://yunnansourcing.com/collections/new-products/products/2018-yunnan-sourcing-golden-bud-ripe-pu-erh-tea-cake https://www.instagram.com/p/BpcWsQXFMI9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kgx13lyspl5

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Five Pigs Clay Mascot Tea Pet Set Five Small Pigs made from clay for your tea table! Each pig has it's own Chinese character hand-painted on it! The year of the pig is coming in 2019 so be ready with this awesome set! 福 - Blessing (Brick Red Color) 禄 - Good Fortune (Mustard Yellow Color) 寿 - Longevity (Brown Color) 喜 - Happiness (Blue Color) 财 - Wealth (Black Color) https://yunnansourcing.com/collections/new-products/products/five-pigs-clay-mascot-tea-pet-set https://www.instagram.com/p/BpFj4nPlQ-U/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15sxkr0fck12t

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2016 Cha Nong Hao “Ba Wang” Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake (& and some groovy music)

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2018 Yunnan Sourcing Golden Needle Ripe Puerh Tea Cake coming out in November. Wrapper Illustration by Patrik Benedičič https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo23s8kFeyi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mo8n7r651mra

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14 Years Aged Menghai Ripe Pu-erh Tea Mini Tuo Cha These lovely mini tuo have been dry aged in Kunming since 2005. They were produced by a Menghai area tea factory and are composed of broken leaf ripe tea (高碎茶). Don't be confused or put off by the leaf grade, as the quality of brewed tea is excellent, as good as many similarly aged cakes or bricks. This mini tuo can be infused 5 to 7 times (gong fu style) or more without losing much flavor. An incredibly convenient and tasty aged ripe tea that can be had at an unbeatable price! 2004 Wet Piling, pressed in 2005 Menghai, Xishuangbanna 4.3-4.7 grams each https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo0Ud24l6a2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1174crb7tjaq6