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Hand Picked Spring Tieguanyin (2012) Verdant Tea Logged 4 times

Artisan Revival Stone-Pressed Banzhang '06 Sheng Pu'er Verdant Tea Logged 2 times

Summer Harvest Laoshan Green Verdant Tea Logged 2 times

Gyokuro Suimei Den's Tea Logged 2 times

Spring Laoshan Green Verdant Tea Logged 2 times

Hand Picked Tieguanyin Spring Oolong (2011) Verdant Tea Logged 2 times

Silver Buds Yabao Verdant Tea Logged 2 times

2006 Twin Elephants Tea Trail Commemorative Shu Verdant Tea Logged 1 times

2003 Farmer's Cooperative (Mt. Banzhang) Wild Arbor Sheng Verdant Tea Logged 1 times

10 Year Wood-Fired Tieguanyin Verdant Tea Logged 1 times

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I fell in love with tea while doing work on classical Chinese language in China. I loved it so much that I went back for a year to research tea instead! Over a year and several summers in China I have had the chance to train in gongfu tea ceremony, and test the limits of my palate in tasting competitions. I was privileged to spend large chunks of time with farmers on their tea gardens, and was exposed to some of the smallest and most honest operations out there. It only made sense to go into business and deepen my relationship with tea and the farmers who make it with such care and humility. Now I own a small, but unique tea business importing the best teas that my farmer friends in China have to offer. Some of these teas are from regions that have never exported before. All of them have a story.

I will review teas on Steepster, because I think this is an awesome site, and a great community, but I won’t give them a numerical rating, as I don’t want to skew the system. I am having a great time here, and look forward to meeting more tea folk.