Follow The 2021 Spring HarvestThis article will provide updates, photos and...
Garden Direct
What is Garden Direct?
Garden Direct is a carefully curated selection of single-origin seasonal teas. They are packaged fresh at origin and sent via air freight to our warehouse in Milwaukee, WI so we can share these most cherished teas at their peak freshness.
Mingjian Village, Nantou, Taiwan
Mingjian Village, Nantou, TaiwanOver the last 20 years I've made countless trips to...
Mingqian Harvest Teas
With the change in season, we see the first crops of teas being introduced into the market. One can imagine the anticipation to the release of Beaujolais Nouveau, or other sought-after wines, and correlate the same excitement for celebrated seasons within the annual calendar of the global tea harvests.
Tasting to Compare: Darjeeling 1st & 2nd Flush Teas
Darjeeling teas are renowned around the world for their magnificent aromatics, and this...
Second to None: Darjeeling 2nd Flush Harvest
In March and then again in June of 2019, our buyers embarked on the journey into the...
A Focused Look: Cultivars & Terroir in Taiwan
Rishi’s tea partners in Taiwan are amazing tea masters in Mingjian Village. The matriarch is Mrs. Yan Ying Tsao and is a significant supplier for Rishi tea. Mrs. Yan Ying Tsao has devoted her life to tea but is also a true naturalist in her farming of tea, fruits, herbs, orchids, varieties of turmeric and ginger—you name it, she grows it.
Makers Spotlight: Tsuji-san’s Matcha
This Spring of 2019, Joshua visited the 5th generation tea master, Tsuji San, who is the...
Majestic Himalaya Teas Pt.2: Innovations in Nepal
The drive from the Tumsong Estate in Darjeeling, India through the Nepali border to Jun Chiyabari, looks like a quick 7-hour trip on a map…
