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Jade Ivory Tea — Yiwu State Forest origin

Jade Ivory Tea brewing — ancient tree single bud in gaiwan

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Jade Ivory Tea dry leaf — single bud white tea from Yiwu forest

Jade Ivory Tea liquor — pale golden cup, clean and floral

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Jade Ivory Tea — Ancient Tree White Tea

Limited Edition

Ancient Tree — Yiwu Single Bud (单芽白茶)

🍯 Wild Honey 🌸 Orchid 🌲 Forest Sweetness

$39.00

✓ Single bud only (单芽) — the most precious pick. Thousands of buds yield only a few kilograms.

✓ Yiwu, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China

Tasting Notes

Aroma Wheel

TOP NOTE — AROMA

Wild Honey, Orchid

Clean natural sweetness, soft and immediate

MIDDLE NOTE

Orchid Bloom

As the liquor settles on the palate, a refined orchid note opens through the middle. It feels airy, floral, and slightly sweet, integrated into the body rather than sitting above it

BASE NOTE

Forest Wood

The finish carries fresh wood sweetness and a soft forest depth, like clean bark or rain-touched wood rather than roast. It stays calm, grounding, and lightly mineral in the aftertaste.

Where it grows

Region Yiwu State Forest, 中国云南易武国有林

Altitude 1,200 to 1,800 metres

Climate Primitive forest ecosystem with dense canopy, rich humus soil, and natural biodiversity

Grade 2026, Spring

This tea comes from the hidden forest of Yiwu. In this part of southern Yunnan, old tea trees grow within biodiverse forest systems rather than modern monoculture rows. Your tea is described as coming from high-growing ancient trees in Yiwu State Forest, with only full buds selected. What remains in the cup is a white tea shaped more by forest ecology than by heavy processing

How to brew

3–8g

Leaf

95°C

Water

8–12+

Time

8–12+

Steepings

About this tea

Jade Ivory Tea — Ancient Tree White Tea

A limited white tea from Yiwu in Yunnan, China, made from large, down-covered tea buds selected from mature arbor tea trees.

The buds are slowly withered and naturally dried without rolling or heavy shaping. This gentle processing preserves the tea’s clear sweetness, floral aroma and soft structure.

The first infusion opens with wild-honey sweetness. Later infusions reveal soft orchid, fresh wood and a clean, lingering finish. The tea develops gradually and can be infused several times.

Tea type: White tea
Origin: Yiwu, Yunnan, China
Leaf selection: Single buds
Tasting notes: wild honey, orchid and fresh wood
Edition: Limited production

Recommended preparation

Use 3–5 g of tea per 250 ml of water. Infuse at 85–90°C for 3–5 minutes. The leaves may be infused several times; adjust the infusion time to taste.

Produktinformationen

Sachbezeichnung: Weisser Tee
Zutaten: 100 % weisser Tee
Nettogewicht: 10 g / 30 g (je nach gewählter Variante)
Produktionsland: China (Yunnan, Yiwu)
Empfohlene Zubereitung: 3–5 g Tee mit 250 ml Wasser bei 85–90°C aufgiessen und 3–5 Minuten ziehen lassen. Mehrfach aufgiessbar.
Aufbewahrung: Kühl, trocken, luftdicht verschlossen und vor Licht geschützt lagern.
Nährwertdeklaration: Gemäss Anhang 9 LIV ist für Tee ohne weitere nährwertverändernde Zutaten keine Nährwertdeklaration erforderlich.
Mindestens haltbar bis / LOT: Siehe Verpackung.
Verantwortliches Unternehmen: KTea Shop by Kim, Vulkanstrasse 110 C, 8048 Zürich, Schweiz

Yiwu, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China

Origin Estate

Yiwu, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China

Deep within the Yiwu National Forest, ancient tea trees have grown wild for centuries. They are not planted. They are not pruned. They grow upward, ten metres and more, competing for sunlight in the canopy of primary rainforest. All the energy of the tree concentrates in the buds at the very top — the buds that reach the light. The root systems interweave with rare plants in a thick humus layer, creating the complex wild orchid honey fragrance that no plantation can replicate.

Region Yiwu State Forest, 中国云南易武国有林

Altitude 1,200 to 1,800 metres

Sourced by Shane from ancient tree farmers in Yiwu National Forest, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan. Ultra-limited annual production.

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