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
Orders to Europe & Americas: Shipped from European Union, Italy — delivered in 1–5 days (EU) or 5–12 days (non-EU).
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Your order will be shipped directly from our warehouse in Yunnan, China.
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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Processing & Shipping Schedule
We ship orders every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. If you have a specific request, simply add a note during checkout and we'll do our best to accommodate you.
Shipping Carriers & Pickup Options
Orders to Italy: shipped via BRT. You can choose a BRT pickup point.
Orders to Europe & USA: shipped via DHL Express or UPS. You can select a UPS Access Point (Europe) or a DHL Service Point (USA).
Orders to Asia: shipped via EMS. For more details, see www.easternleaves.asia.
Eastern Leaves’s Guarantee
Your happiness is our priority. If you are not completely satisfied with your purchase, we will happily honor a return or exchange.
Every item is expertly packaged to ensure it arrives safely and beautifully. In the rare event that an item is damaged during shipping, please contact us immediately at info@easternleaves.com and we will replace it free of charge.
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.
