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Drops January 1st 7:00 pm EST

2021 Rock Oolongs

expanded Wuyi yancha collection from the Yue family

Winter High Mountain Taiwanese Oolong

The Yung family's Long Feng Xia

Aged 2013 Bai Mu Dan

new old stock prime Zhenghe county lao bai cha

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Dimensions of White Tea, an Introduction

You might have heard of White Tea: "one year tea, three years medicine, seven years treasure.” But what allows white tea to transform so remarkably — into medicine, and then treasure as they say — after just a few years?

Autumn Puerh, here for the New Year

Our most ambitious release to date, and a truly collaborative production on multiple fronts... though this stunt wasn't pulled off without some casualties. What lessons are to be learned?

Tea as Ritual

Tea scholar, educator, and Rivers & Lakes community guest writer Miles Cramer pens an essay providing a tasteful glance at tea's journey through time as a ritual communion.

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Our Qidan Da Hong Pao from the Yue family in the W

Our Qidan Da Hong Pao from the Yue family in the Wuyi mountains — fancy fancy leaves able to get got right now at a loving discount, along with all the other yancha at the site.
Many folks prefer their tanbei charcoal roast to have settled into the leaf for 1 year after harvest/roast. As we approach this time, we invite your partaking.
奇丹 Qídān DHP is also known as 纯种大红袍 chún zhǒng, or "purebreed" Da Hong Pao — considered purebred because it is a direct descendant from one of the official Da Hong Pao motherbushes.
Most Da Hong Pao on the market has actually become blends of Shui Xian and Rougui teas.
You might say you don’t know Da Hong Pao until you try Qidan
#riversandlakestea #qidan #dahongpao #rockoolong #wuyishan #fujian

Yancha scenes from Wuyishan, where they are just b

Yancha scenes from Wuyishan, where they are just beginning their harvest season. For all those who prefer their yancha roasts well-rested and set in at that lovely 1 year mark, we have all rock oolongs at a hefty discount currently on the site. Sip on
#riversandlakestea #rockoolong #yancha #wuyishan

Another preview of what’s to come. Indeed, we w

Another preview of what’s to come.
Indeed, we will have Jingmai tea this year, as one of Dá É’s close friends from grade school tends to old trees outside of the Bulang village Mangjing in Jingmai!
More announcements yet to come, stayyy tuned. We have curated a few more territories and special productions. These are getting printed and wrapped now, they’ll be stateside and ready in June.
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While we’ve been somewhat occupied fetishizing o

While we’ve been somewhat occupied fetishizing over these preqingming sichuanese greens and yellows since their arrival, Tea has of course been feverishly occupying the worlds of our beloved tea farmers and producers in other territories
As we progress further into the thick of spring, later season/higher elevation, leafier plucks like oolongs, some whites, and pu’er teas will begin to steadily arrive stateside, enlivening our tea tables with novel yet nostalgic tastes, fragrances, and vital chi.
This is indeed the most exciting time of year for Tea!
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Gus & @miles__cramer of @dobrateanc discuss the qu

Gus & @miles__cramer of @dobrateanc discuss the quiet power of green tea
Subtopics include:
• A definition of green tea
• Miles’ specific fascination with the style
• Jingshan Temple and it’s influence on Japanese tea culture / Chanoyu
• eastern VS western Chinese green teas
• brewing styles — grandpa glass & gongfucha / gaiwan
• “true tea” as marketing hype / false dichotomy
• the “true green tea should be able to take boiling water” phenomenon
• harvest time and it’s effect on brewing parameters
Hit us with more questions in the comments 👇
#greentea #longjing #ganlu #biluochun #luanguapian #sencha #chanoyu #chadao #gongfucha #tea #riversandlakestea #dobratea #cha #teatime #anjibaicha #taipinghoukui #gyokuro #teabrewing

Some tighter detail of this year’s stately Meng

Some tighter detail of this year’s stately Meng Ding Gan Lu, a tea @miles__cramer of @dobrateanc and I will talk about tomorrow at 10am EST on IG live.
As an industry professional and green tea fanatic, Miles’ outlook and approach to Tea differs from many in the western world gong fu scene — I’m looking forward to getting his take on many topics. Don’t snooze on it; audience questions welcome.

Spring production for Mr. Yáng and his crew has b

Spring production for Mr. Yáng and his crew has been finalized. While he is stationed in Lao Banzhang, he also has operations in 班盆 Banpen and 坝卡囡 Bakanan villages of the greater Banzhang region. It’s from these two latter territories that we’ll be sourcing some of the most exciting Yunnan leaves to enter the Rivers & Lakes catalog. 3 years of relationship tending, sampling, and ensuring what we’ve advance secured will be what we consider to be of the highest quality fresh pu’er available to any market.
For those that whet their appetite + helped us sell out last season’s Autumn Banpen, you’ll be in for a treat this upcoming June once these teas and other unannounced teas are stateside.
#riversandlakestea #laobanzhang #shengpu #puerh #tea #xishuangbanna #camelliasinensis

I interrupt the steady stream of new mingqian Sich

I interrupt the steady stream of new mingqian Sichuan content to bring you scenes from the Hé family tea factory in Yiwu, where the first spring harvest has been completed.
This year I’m pleased to announce we’ll have 7 terroirs/mountains/villages from the pu’er producing corner of the world represtented; can’t wait to drop more deets
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Sichuanese green and yellow styles have been so wa

Sichuanese green and yellow styles have been so warmly received! Thank you all for appreciating these March harvested gems from Meng Ding Mountain.
I’m convinced that the niche of genuine Chinese connoisseur teas are a revelation waiting to happen for many western palates, as well as an annual ritual re-experiencing for the seasoned tea-initiated
This release is still happening and only a limited amount was procured — go ahead and holler as to experience these rowdy artforms FRESH ☁️☁️☁️
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