Tea Archive

We're excited to welcome this truly unique tea to our menu. Ripe Pu’er leaves are accompanied by dried fruit and chrysanthemum flowers, creating a perfect blend of fruity, floral, and rich flavors.

Invented in China more than 1,000 years ago, Eight Treasures is a vibrant and traditional herbal tea. This infusion is believed to nourish the body, warm the spirit, and assist in providing internal balance.

All tea comes from the same plant species: Camellia Sinensis, with different categories of tea (like in this case Black and Oolong) resulting from processing after harvest. This cultivar is traditionally produced as an Oolong but the producer was curious about what would happen if he were to carefully guide it through a Black Tea process. This tasting set includes 20 grams of each tea, Shanlin Xi Black and Shaolin Xi Oolong, as well as a product card. Tasting these teas alongside one another offers the opportunity to experience two teas - with only processing as the differentiator - resulting in entirely different cups.

Produced by the Elmore family of Star Bright Farm, this chamomile is rich, sweet, and comforting. Following steeping, it produces a light colored liquor with a slightly fruity aroma. In the cup, the infusion offers mild apple and tropical fruit flavors balanced by a sugar cookie-like richness.

Produced by the Elmore family of Star Bright Farm, this lemon verbena selection is pleasingly sweet and clean when prepared as an herbal infusion. After steeping, the leaves are beautifully aromatic with notes of mild honey and refreshing menthol. In the cup, mint qualities persist and are complemented by a lovely lemon oil character.

This Black tea is scented and adorned with rose petals. Flower tea is special as it showcases lovely aroma and hints of floral sweetness make its way into the cup. This tea also serves as a namesake to our hometown of Lancaster, ‘Red Rose City’.

We’re excited to debut this gardenia scented Green tea. This particularly refreshing sip is tropical and complex, perfect for spring and summer. Flower tea is special as it showcases lovely aroma and hints of floral sweetness make its way into the cup.

Each 40g tube contains 4 tea cakes.

Back by popular demand, our Holiday Tea has all the tastes and vibes of the season: Warm spices, cozy sweaters, brisk days and the scenes of fall foliage and winter happenings. This tea is a lovely blend of our smooth China Breakfast black tea, vanilla rooibos, spices, carrots and coconut. It can be enjoyed on its own or with a little milk and sugar.

Grown from a cultivar typically used for black tea, this microlot has been processed as a white tea, bringing out delicate stone fruit notes and a lighter body while still carrying its characteristic spice.

Our limited, holiday blend has all the aromas and tastes of the season. Warm spices, cozy sweaters, brisk days and the scenes of fall foliage and winter happenings. This tea is a lovely blend of our smooth China Breakfast black tea, vanilla rooibos, spices, carrots and coconut. It can be enjoyed on its own or with a little milk and sugar. This year, Passenger celebrated its 10 year anniversary. As we continue to celebrate, we’ve intentionally chosen to lean into our creative sides, which has led to our first holiday blend tea!

Taiping Houkui is a famous tea in China that has been around for a very long time. Grown and processed in Houkeng village, the climate and fertile soil produces high quality, refreshing tea. This distinctive tea is hand-shaped and textured skillfully with rice paper. On the nose, we get spring greens and sweet florals. In the cup, we taste steamed greens, honeysuckle and even hints of stonefruit. This tea is instantly recognized by its long, flattened and textured leaf shape - very unique in comparison to other teas.

This harvest was picked pre-Qingming and uses the more mature leaves in production lending to its richer body. On the nose, we get creamy spinach, florals and a hint of herb. In the cup, we taste zucchini, the sweetness of a melon, florality that lingers and a subtle herbal note. One of the ten most famous teas in China, Lu’an Guapian translates to “melon seed” in which the peculiar shape of the leaves resemble.

On the nose, we get notes of persimmon and honeysuckle. In the cup, we get notes of cooked fruit, florals and a pleasant smokiness that lingers. This medium oxidized oolong was harvested from Shanlin Xi Mountain at a high elevation of 1300 meters above sea level. Charcoal roasted, this tea went through two roasting cycles for 5 hours each time, allowing a week of rest between cycles.

On the nose, we get notes of sweet bread and tropical fruit. In the cup, are notes that resemble creme brulee with a full body and coating mouthfeel. This medium oxidized oolong was harvested from Bagua Shan Mountain. Charcoal roasted, this tea went through three roasting cycles for 8 hours each time, allowing a week of rest between cycles.

Intoxicating and rich...this is a sencha that gyokuro lovers would enjoy. This medium steamed sencha is made from a blend of the highest quality leaves Yame has to offer. Meticulously processed, this sencha is reminiscent of gyokuro, providing a silky, rich cup.

With bug-bitten leaves, this white tea possesses not only a lovely aroma but juicy flavors that linger. On the nose, we get tropical fruits and soft florals. In the cup we taste clementine, rose and a honey sweetness. Made from the Qing Xin cultivar typically used to produce oolongs, this tea was processed as a white tea. Produced in Thailand, the leaves were gently withered by the sun and picked at the peak of summer.