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2026 Spring Nannuo Mountain Gushu White Tea — Golden Dragon

This white tea is the most balanced and powerful tea I have ever experienced. I consider it, in its current form, a miracle. When brewed lightly (3g), its tea-chi manifests Tai Chi energy. When brewed strongly (6g, with proper rinsing and steeping), the tea-chi manifests the chi of a Golden Dragon.

Nannuo Mountain 1,600m Elevation

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The Power of Golden Dragon

Each leaf is a connection with the spring vitality of Nannuo Mountain, every sip a direct connection with the unique terroir of Nannuo Mountain. Handpicked in spring from century-old tea trees at 1,600 meters, this white tea is crafted using a traditional natural withering process.

The Tea liquor pours clear and bright like fresh spring water, revealing a taste that is fresh, lively, and softly sweet, with gentle floral and honey notes. The aftertaste is cool, smooth, and soothing, reminiscent of rainforest air, leaving a lingering sense of balance and calm.

A cup that is naturally fresh, sweet, and elegantly balanced, this tea offers a unique, harmonious experience—a quiet luxury drawn from the heart of nature.

The tea doesn't just taste good. It empowered my awareness. If your mind is scattered, your body is tense, or you're simply craving something real — this will help. If you want a cup that tastes like warm sunlight, that leaves you calm rather than wired — this is for you. This white tea is the one i like to gift to my closest friends to experience what premium white tea has to offer.

The tea liquor glows amber-orange, luminous and clear like liquid topaz. On the palate, it unfolds silky sweetness with hints of wild honey, flowing into a long, soothing finish that lingers like a gentle breeze. Where traditional roasted red teas build heat, this sun-dried leaf turns inward — the fire tempers itself, leaving only warmth without the burn.

A cup that tastes like sunlight held gently in the hand, this tea offers a rare paradox: the depth and sweetness of red tea, carried on a current of cool, quiet calm.

Benefits
  • Smooth, sustained energy — a gentle lift that promotes calm focus without the sharp peaks often associated with coffee.
  • Cooling comfort from the inside out — a traditional "cool nature" tea believed to clear heat and calm an overheated system.
  • Rich in natural antioxidants — minimally processed ancient-tree leaves preserve the tea's naturally occurring polyphenols and delicate floral character.
Brewing Guide

Basic Parameters

Leaf amount: ~1g tea per Standard tea cup more than 8 times; 3g to 6g for Gongfu style. Water temperature: Real Ancient Tree leaf loves heat; broiling hot water works best, or even broiling in a pot will work. Grandpa style: 3 minutes for the first steep; re-steep more than 8 times, adding 1–2 extra minutes each round. Gongfu style: rinse briefly first (2 seconds, discard the water); 1st steep ~6 seconds; 2nd–3rd steep 8-12 seconds, increasing gradually; later steeps add 2–3 seconds each round; 20+ infusions possible; after which you can broil to gain a different flavor that is trapped inside.
Tasting Notes

Fragrance: A delicate bouquet of wild mountain florals and honeyed spring blossom, carried on the tea's silvery down like a breath of Nannuo's cloud forest air.

  • Ancient trees, exceptional depth — leaves harvested from mature Yunnan tea trees produce remarkable complexity that unfolds across many infusions.
  • A tea that evolves with every steep — whole leaves reveal new layers of aroma, sweetness, and texture through 20 or more infusions.
  • Crafted with patience, not shortcuts — carefully withered and naturally dried to preserve the leaf's pure expression of mountain terroir.
Shipping & Returns

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Tea Specs

TypeNannuo Mountain Ancient Tree White Tea
MountainNannuo Mountain
Elevation1,600 meters
HarvestSpring 2025
Water temperaturebroiling hot water works best
Leaf amount3g to 6g for Gongfu style

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Our Impact

For us, crafting a tea that nourishes the body also requires working with land that nourishes itself. It's why we source directly from farming families we know and trust, high on Nannuo Mountain, where the ancient tea trees have grown for centuries without pesticides and fertilizers. Each leaf is hand-picked by farmers who have tended trees. The trees grow scattered among the forest — never in rows, never alone — surrounded by wild bushes, old-growth trees, and a living understory of native plants and microbes found nowhere else. This tangled, untamed terroir is what gives the tea its singular character: a place cannot be replicated, only honored. Sourced from a single mountain, a single harvest, a single origin — nothing blended in, nothing added.

The trees grow scattered among the forest — never in rows, never alone — surrounded by wild bushes, old-growth trees, and a living understory of native plants and microbes found nowhere else. This tangled, untamed terroir is what gives the tea its singular character: a place that cannot be replicated, only honored. Sourced from a single mountain, a single harvest, a single origin — nothing blended in, nothing added.

Nannuo Mountain Ancient Trees — 1,600m Elevation

Growing at 1,600 meters above sea level in the misty forests of Yunnan, Nannuo Mountain's ancient tea trees thrive in cool mountain air, rich mineral soils, and a unique high-altitude ecosystem. These mature trees develop leaves with exceptional depth, natural sweetness, and a complex character that reflects the ancient terroir of one of Yunnan's most revered tea mountains.