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est. 2022 · single-estate · hand-annotated

Tea worth
slowing down for.

Loose-leaf teas from single-estate gardens in Darjeeling, Uji, and Nantou.Hand-annotated with altitude, flush, and steeping notes.

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This Month's Curation

What's in the parcel

Thurbo Silver Tips loose-leaf tea from Darjeeling
First Flush

Darjeeling · 1,850 m

Thurbo Silver Tips

First Flush 2026

floralmineralbrisk
Leaves remaining18%

Mar–Apr · Closing soon

$28 / 50g
Uji Gyokuro Asahi tea from Uji
Rare

Uji · 300 m

Uji Gyokuro Asahi

Leaves remaining34%
$36 / 40g

morning cup, still

altitude in every leaf

the mountain lingers

Dong Ding Oolong loose-leaf tea from Nantou
Staff Pick

Nantou · 1,200 m

Dong Ding Oolong

Winter Harvest 2025

roastedbutterysweet
Leaves remaining52%

Dec–Jan · In stock

$24 / 60g
Singbulli Muscatel tea from Darjeeling
Last Batch

Darjeeling · 1,700 m

Singbulli Muscatel

Leaves remaining9%
$32 / 50g
Alishan High Mountain tea from Nantou

Nantou · 1,600 m

Alishan High Mountain

Leaves remaining67%
$30 / 50g

roasted winter oolong

warmth that lingers past the cup

nantou remembers

Okumidori Matcha tea from Uji
Ceremonial

Uji · 250 m

Okumidori Matcha

Leaves remaining41%
$42 / 30g

Where the leaves come from

Three gardens.
One parcel.

Every estate is visited annually. Every flush is tasted before it ships.

Misty tea garden terraces on steep hillsides in Darjeeling, West Bengal

Darjeeling

West Bengal, India

87 gardens

we source from

1,200–2,100 m

altitude range

Muscatel, floral, brisk. The champagne of teas — fragile, seasonal, and deeply terroir-driven.

Harvest windows

First Flush (Mar–Apr)Second Flush (May–Jun)Autumnal (Oct–Nov)
Traditional Japanese tea garden in Uji with rows of shaded tea bushes

Uji

Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

4 estates

direct partnership

200–400 m

altitude range

Umami-forward, grassy, sweet. Where shade-growing becomes an art form — gyokuro and matcha at their purest.

Harvest windows

Ichibancha (May)Nibancha (Jun–Jul)Ceremonial Shaded (May)
High-altitude oolong tea terraces in Nantou County, Taiwan with mountain backdrop

Nantou

Central Taiwan

1,600 m avg

garden altitude

800–2,600 m

altitude range

Roasted warmth to high-mountain floral. Taiwan's central county produces oolongs of extraordinary range and depth.

Harvest windows

Spring (Apr–May)Winter (Nov–Dec)High Mountain (May, Nov)

What subscribers write

The cup finds its moment.

"The Thurbo Silver Tips arrived with a little card noting the exact altitude and picker. I steeped it in my grandmother's gaiwan. That first cup was the best thing that happened to me in February."


Margaret Chen

Home brewer, San Francisco

Subscriber since March 2024

"I sent the Dong Ding box to my father for his birthday. He called me the next morning — first time he'd rung just to talk in years. The tea was the excuse."


David Okafor

Gift subscriber, Brooklyn

Gifted 3 boxes

"I work remotely. My 3pm cup used to be a coffee I didn't want. Now it's the Uji Gyokuro, and it actually marks the end of deep work. That sounds small. It isn't."


Priya Nair

Product designer, Austin

Monthly subscriber

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