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Tea from Taiwan harvest 2026

Teas from Taiwan have arrived. Above all, we have several oolong teas ranging from floral and fresh to deeper, roasted flavours. The shipment also includes a couple of black teas for anyone who would like to discover another side of Taiwanese tea.

Alishan 70 gram

Alishan is one of Taiwan’s best-known tea-growing regions and is particularly renowned for its high-quality oolong teas. The scenic mountain area is also a popular travel destination, known for its forests, mist-covered mountains and expansive views.

Alishan Roasted 70 gram

Very lightly roasted Alishan Oolong. Alishan is one of Taiwan’s best-known tea-growing regions and is particularly renowned for its high-quality oolong teas. The scenic mountain area is also a popular travel destination, known for its forests, mist-covered mountains and expansive views.

Li Shan Cui Luan 50 gram

The tea is hand picked, hand made and grown at an altitude of about 2500 m in Cui Luan, Li Shan, Taiwan. The tea is light oxidized. Grows on one of the highest points in Taiwan. The height allows the tea to develop slowly.

Da Yu Ling 50 gram

Da Yu Ling is an exclusive Taiwanese high-mountain oolong from one of Taiwan’s highest-elevation tea-growing areas. The tea is grown at elevations of approximately 2,200–2,700 metres in the mountainous region around Da Yu Ling and is produced from the Qing Xin Oolong cultivar.

Oriental Beauty 50 gram

Oriental Beauty is one of Taiwan’s most distinctive oolong teas and is also known as Bai Hao Oolong. It is more heavily oxidised than most other oolong teas, giving it a smooth and full-bodied flavour with natural notes of honey, ripe fruit and flowers. The tea’s distinctive character begins in the tea garden.

Dung Ding Oolong 70 gram

Dung Ding is one of Taiwan's most famous oolong teas. The tea is grown in Nantou in central Taiwan around and on the mountain Dung Ding. The tea bushes of this variant were grown at an altitude of 800 meters on the Dung Ding mountain and harvested in the spring of 2026.

Gui Fei Oolong 50 gram

Gui Fei Oolong is a relatively new and rare oolong from Taiwan. Because of the big 1999 earthquake in Nantou, Dung Ding area, the tea plantations were left unattended while farmers and residents rebuilt their homes. A particular type of insect started to eat the tea leaves and chewed the edges of the leaves.

Hong Shui 70 gram

Hong Shui is a traditional Taiwanese style of oolong whose name can be translated as “red water”, referring to the tea’s warm amber-coloured infusion.

Wen Shan Bao Zhong Oolong 50 gram

Wenshan Baozhong is a traditional Taiwanese oolong tea with origins dating back to the late 19th century. The tea comes from the mountainous Wenshan area of northern Taiwan, which is particularly renowned for its aromatic, lightly oxidised Baozhong teas.

Long Feng Xia 50 gram

Long Feng Xia can be translated as “Dragon and Phoenix Gorge” and is a high-elevation tea-growing area within Shanlinxi in Nantou. Here, the tea bushes grow at an elevation of around 1,800 metres in a cool and humid mountain climate with frequent mist.

Red Jade 50 gram

This hand-picked black tea comes from the tea gardens around Sun Moon Lake in Nantou, Taiwan, where it is grown at an elevation of approximately 1,100 metres. The tea is produced from the TTES No. 18 cultivar, also known as Red Jade or Ruby 18.

San Xia Mi Xian 50 gram

This hand-picked black tea comes from Sanxia, a tea-growing area south of Taipei that is best known for its production of green tea. It is made from the local Qing Xin Gan Zai cultivar, which has long been grown in the area and is closely associated with Sanxia’s tea production.

Japanese Green tea from Yame, harvest 2026

We have received a selection of new Japanese green teas from Yame in Fukuoka Prefecture. The region has a long tradition of tea cultivation and is regarded as one of Japan’s foremost areas for high-quality green tea, particularly gyokuro.
The new arrivals include sencha, gyokuro and matcha – three teas with distinct characters, all displaying the richness, sweetness and pronounced umami for which Yame green teas are renowned.

Gyokuro Yame 50 gram

Gyokuro is considered one of the most exclusive types of Japanese green tea. Compared with sencha, it has a fuller and sweeter flavour with pronounced umami, resulting from the shading of the tea bushes before harvest.

Matcha Chiran 100 gram

Matcha tea from Chiran, Kagoshima. Suitable for preparing usucha (thin tea) and excellent for use as an ingredient in cooking and baking. Matcha is traditionally used in the Japanese tea ceremony, but today it is also commonly enjoyed as a health drink and used to add flavour to food and baked goods.

Sencha Yame Saemidori 50 gram

This fukamushi sencha comes from Yame in Fukuoka Prefecture, one of Japan’s best-known regions for high-quality green tea. Yame has a tea-growing tradition spanning around 600 years and is particularly renowned for teas with a full-bodied flavour, pronounced sweetness and rich umami.

Matcha Yame Saemidori 40 gram

This high-quality matcha comes from Yame in Fukuoka Prefecture, one of Japan’s best-known regions for green tea, with a tea-growing tradition spanning around 600 years. The matcha is produced from Saemidori, a cultivar prized for its natural sweetness. Ceremonial grade.

Matcha Yame Nutty 40 gram

This high-quality matcha comes from Yame in Fukuoka Prefecture, one of Japan’s best-known regions for green tea, with a tea-growing tradition spanning around 600 years. The matcha is a carefully composed blend of the Yabukita, Saemidori, Okumidori and Tsuyuhikari cultivars.

Darjeeling First Flush 2026

Spring harvest Darjeeling First Flush is here and a delicous First Flush Nepal.

Poobong Moonlight FF 50 gram

First flush tea from Poobong Tea Estate, a small producer in Darjeeling that has been active since the 1900s. The tea is produced from China-type tea bushes. The tea has green leaves with silvery tips and gives a light golden brew. The taste is sweet and mild with fruity and vegetal notes.

Giddapahar Clonal Wonder FF 50 gram

First flush Darjeeling tea produced by Giddapahar Tea Estate. This is a clonal tea. The name Wonder is used here for a specially selected lot from the year’s first harvest, where leaves from clonal tea bushes have been chosen for their fine aroma and elegant flavour profile. G

Nepal Ganesh Ilam Moonshine FF 50 gram

Ganesh Ilam Moonlight Nepal First Flush is a spring-picked tea from Ilam in eastern Nepal, a region known for its elegant Himalayan teas with clear similarities to Darjeeling.

Avongrove China Special FF 50 gram

Darjeeling tea from Avongrove first flush. Grown without pesticides on an org certified Tea Estate. The tea is produced from tea bushes grown at an altitude of between 700 and 1700 m.

Giddapahar Wonder AV2 FF 50 gram

House of Tea launches new website

Here you will find the same carefully selected premium teas as before, but with clearer texts, a better overview, and a calmer flow that makes it easier to discover both favourites and new arrivals.