Eastern Tea Club, Chapter 2: Yìwǔ 易武 - Eastern Leaves
Eastern Tea Club, Chapter 2: Yìwǔ 易武 - Eastern Leaves

Eastern Tea Club, Chapter 2: Yìwǔ 易武

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We descend the gentle slopes of Nannuo and cross the Mekong River heading east: it is the end of the rainy season and the roads are more bumpy than ever, yet the valleys surrounding us are breathtaking. We reach a strip of land that borders Laos: its main city is the ancient Yiwu, and here we see the golden sunset over its surrounding peaks.

To celebrate the round and harmonious flavours that gave the prestigious name of "Queen of Pu'er Tea" to the starting point of the ancient Tea Horse Road, we selected eight Sheng pu’er teas (15 gr each), from different villages and vintages:

  • Bohetang 薄荷糖 -  Pazhahe Village 帕扎河: big tea trees, spring harvest 2021
  • Tianmenshan 天门山 - Maba village 马叭: big tea trees, spring harvest 2023
  • Gaoshan village 高山寨: ecological tea trees, spring harvest 2023
  • Yiwu area 易武: ecological tea trees, spring harvest 2021
  • Guafeng village 刮风寨: big tea trees, spring harvest 2021
  • Tongqinghe 铜箐河 - Zhongshan village 中山寨: ancient trees, spring harvest 2023
  • Manzhuan area 蛮砖: ecological tea trees, spring harvest 2023
  • Walong village 瓦竜: ancient trees, spring harvest 2023

Brewing these leaves you can expect to dive into the three main flavour-areas of Yiwu: the floral, the honey, and the wild one, in addition to Manzhuan, the western side of Yiwu and a fellow among the Qing dynasty tributary ancient mountains. 

As you receive your 8 tea samples, you will find a welcome letter with links to extensive content on the ancient and modern history of the area, geography and culture. You will then have access to a reserved community chat area where we continue to upload new contents, and you can share your own tasting notes, observations, and travel stories.

You will also have access to the informative material and the recording of the online webinar we had on February 18, during which we discussed deeper facts about each village, and shared direct experiences of our trips on site. 

Each chapter of our tea club will be available on our shop until the end of the first season, or until the stock last.

Purchase and Shipments
A new chapter of the tea club, presenting new pu'er tea areas, will be published on a quarterly basis, disclosing a new destination of our virtual tea travel. You can choose to join by purchasing:

- a single edition, receiving the teas of the single chapter at home after your purchase;

- a three-chapters subscription (including chapters 2,3,4 - receiving the second chapter immediately after your purchase, and next chapters will be automatically shipped at the beginning of the relative quarterly edition, every three months)

- a full annual subscription (4 chapters, including the first one. Chapters 1 and 2 will be shipped together immediately after your purchase, and next chapters will be automatically shipped at the beginning of the relative quarterly edition, every three months). 

The tea samples will be shipped to your address with free worldwide shipping, and at the same time you will receive a shipping confirmation with tracking code.

Annual subscribers can enjoy a 10% discount for purchases on all our products sitewide and a preview on new teaware before they go online. You will find the discount code and QR code to start your purchases in the welcome letter inside your club package.
NOTE: the discounted order will be shipped together with the following chapter of the club. 

All Daye students (from all past and present editions!) and 2023/24 Tea Tour Travelers can enjoy a 10% discount on the price of both the single and the annual club, by using the code TEACLUB10 at checkout.


On February 18th, 4:30pm GMT +8 (calculate your local time) is scheduled an online webinar through Zoom of the duration of one hour to taste some of the samples together and tell you more about each village, sharing experiences and tasting notes. Every member will receive the code for the meeting, together with details on the specific date and time, via email. We invite you to start tasting the samples as soon as you receive them, but we suggest to keep few grams to taste again and comment together.
After the meeting all participants will receive recording and other materials via email, or through our community. If you choose to join the annual subscription you will also receive the video recording of the first chapter meeting and shared material.

 

All the members of our teaclub have exclusive access to a private community where we constantly upload new content from our travels, we taste teas together, and above all you can share your own tasting notes and organise a virtual or in-person tea session with fellow members! If you are a member follow this link to connect, we will be happy to start a conversation with you!

The tea samples will be shipped to your address with free worldwide shipping, and at the same time you will receive a shipping confirmation with tracking code.

Customer Reviews

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Jochum
Yiwu shown at its best

My favorite shengs are all from Yiwu and had my fair share of them so far. Only places like Tongqinhe are really hard to find real versions from within the EU but this one had a very impactfull huigan and cooling effect which indicates great quality and does compare with a very small sample i managed to taste before of genuine Tongqinghe so very representative indeed.
This really shows how diverse a single region can be and is great to compare common taste notes as well as the diversity, can recomed this one for those who are still looking for a comparison. The extra info is also great and very informative

Dear Jochum, thanks so much for your thoughtful review: this chapter derives from years of experience and relationships in the area, and to compose this box was like summarise our life in Yiwu in a diary of flavors, culture, and words. Thanks for your feedback, it is very precious for us!

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Valerie Tikhonoff
Fantastic experience

I will recommend this experience. Vivian illustrated in a fantastic way the theme and the tea tasting was amazing!

Dear Valerie, thank you for your kind review, and especially for joining our club and webinar! We try our best to select the teas with continuous tabling on field, and we can definitely say that the journey in Yiwu has just started :-)