Zhengshan Xiaozhong 正山小种 - Wuyishan Red Tea
Selected farmers
The years of commitment to our land, taking care of the trees and trying to achieve to best quality through the leaf-processing, continuously learning season after season, allowed us to build valuable relationships with other tea-producers all over China that we are glad to support and share with you.
Our constantly updated offer includes all tea categories: white, green, yellow, red, dark (fermented heicha), and wulong.
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Shipping
For all European countries and America we ship through our distributor located in Italy, Europe, while for Asia, Oceania and African countries we use our logistic center located in China (link).
For European countries there is no custom-clearance procedure; for all the other shipments we accompany the package with all the necessary papers to ensure the fastest process possible.
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North America
Asia and Oceania
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Other countries
Within the European Union the shipping time is between 1-5 days, while for Extra-UE shipment the delivery time varies between 5 and 12 days. Orders are shipped on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: for special requests, please add a note to your order, we will endeavor to fulfill them.
In Italy we ship through BRT. In Europe and US we ship through DHL Express courier or UPS; For shipments in Italy, you can select a BRT point where to collect your package, for shipments Europe you can choose a UPS point, and for the US you can choose a DHL service point. In Asia we use EMS.
Eastern Leaves’s Guarantee
We guarantee the product will arrive securely as well as beautifully packed. While very rare, breakage in shipping can happen. In the unlikely event of breakage please contact us and we will replace the defected item with no additional charge. Please email info@easternleaves.com to arrange for a replacement or return.
Generations of Zhengshan Xiaozhong
The pride of Tongmuguan
Wu Chongfa and his wife Chen Chunfeng take care of the precious wild tea trees of the xiaozhong variety that grow among forests and rivers in the historical Tongmuguan. You see them here in the photo posing with our Vivian, with some of their trees in the backgound. Their family have been producing Zhengshan Xiaozhong for generations and their trees are now even more worthy of preservation since it is formally forbidden to plant new ones.
Crafted to perfection
They only work with the best material, harvesting once a year only in April. The leaves are carefully hand-processed in the traditional wooden houses, where the third floor is dedicated to the final drying of the tea leaves. Their Zhengshan Xiaozhong is winner of many gold medal awards in specific competitions, so many awards that they eventually stopped competing.
Their trees share the terroir of Wuyishan park, growing on steep slopes up to an altitude of 1.600mt asl.
The Laocong - "old trees" - living here have a taste outcome that reflects the local terroir while other cultivars on their lands have such a beautiful fruity fragrance that they decided to give it the name of "Litchee", the sweetest of fruits, loved by the Emperor favourite concubine Yangyu Huan.
