Episode 45 - Spring Sourcing (Longjing, Dancong) 2025
In this episode we reflect on the wild spring tea tour we just finished in 2025. We visited the Jingmai mountains in Yunnan, Anji in Zhejiang, Hangzhou’s West Lake for Dragonwell, Chaozhou’s Wudong Mountain for the dancong, Yiwu, Huazhu Liangzi, Laobanzhang, Laoman’e, Menghai, and Bada for the puer. It has been a wild ride and we have so much to say, but first let’s just talk about seeing some old friends in Hangzhou and Wudong Mountian, that’s Shanshan and Zhang Hailang from Nine Trees and Wen Zitong in Wudong. Hopefully a lot of the green teas mentioned here are already in your tea cups at home! Some still available on the One River Tea website.
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Episode 44 - Indian Teas (Darjeeling)
This is a very special episode that takes a look into a region famous for tea production for over a hundred years, Darjeeling. Alex took a recent three week tour of some old tea estates and some interesting cooperatives out on the border between India and Nepal. They toured many estates all around Darjeeling, from the Calcutta to the Nepali boarder. Alex recounts his meeting with the father of Moonlight White tea, an Indian Gentleman by the name of Rajah Banerjee. While we currently don’t sell any Indian teas not he One River Tea Website, there is one special cooperative mentioned toward the end of the episode that we look forward to cooperating with in the future, that’s the Fall Orthodox in the Sample Freebie we got from out in Sitong.In the meantime, for all you Indian tea connoisseurs, we highly recommend checking out Ketlee Teas, thats ketlee.in we have a great respect for the main force behind the project Susmit Pratik, Alex mentioned that he saw some tea from the Okayti Estate on offer, which is in Alex’s opinion the most legitimate of the old estates.
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Episode 43 - Dragon Year Review Pt. 2
This episode is all about the tea (and teaware) sought and found and loved in 2024, the year of the Dragon. Derek gives his hot takes on Jingdezhen, the Mecca of Chinese porcelain, and Yixing, the birthplace of Chinese teapots. We talk about the spring tea rush, living out of a backpack for 30 days, and go all through the land of mountains and rivers of southern China seeking true tea culture. As always, check out Onerivertea.com and Taoteaware.com for the tea and the teaware mentioned on the pod. Thanks for your support, and brew happy!
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Episode 42 - Dragon Year Review Pt. 1
This episode is our second annual year in review episode. We talk about the year of the dragon, but keep it rather personal, this part one is all about the stories behind the tea, the discoveries and growth we’re experienced this year with One River Tea, Tao Teaware, and our very new Empty Cup Tea Space. Stay tuned for the more tea-centric part 2 soon to come. And as always, brew happy.
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Episode 41 - Sourcing Lapsang Souchong
In this episode, Derek from One River Tea talks about how he found the Lapsang Souchong we source from the Zhang family up in the Masu Village of Tongmuguan. We start out musing a bit on craftsmanship, of products created with intentionality and soul as we wander up to the Tongmu mountain pass between Fujian and Jiangxi. While this area is restricted to non-residents (including Chinese people from other regions), we were able to meet the right person to open the gates for us and take us up to her beautiful village. If you’re interested in the origin point of the world’s first tea, we hope this episode delivers!As always, almost all the teas mentioned in the podcast are available on the Onerivertea.com website!
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