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Old Ways Tea Company

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Small US shop run by a Wuyishan-born owner and her husband that sells only Wuyi yancha and black tea from her family's and neighbours' farms, by cultivar, rock and year.

Based in
California, USA
Currency
USD
Focus
Wuyi yanchafamily farmsWuyi black tea8 g sachets
Shipping & shop details
Ships to
North AmericaUSACanada
EuropeEurope
Shipping
Flat $7 in the continental US (free over $80); $15 flat to Canada and Mexico; $20 flat to Europe and "most other countries", with an email request to add any country that is not supported. No free international shipping. Policy
Platform
spree
Note
Every tea is packed in 8 g bags and sold as one bag or 3, 6, 12 or 25 bags; each size has its own price and stock flag in the page. The page's schema.org price is a per-gram figure, not a pack price.

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ProductPricePer 100 g
Aged Da Hong Pao
Lower quarter of 43
Stated year: 2015
Claimed origin: Wuyishan
$7.73 / 24 g $32.21
≈ $2.58 a session
Lan Shang Shui Xian
Lower quarter of 16
Stated year: 2024
Claimed origin: Wuyishan
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Cultivar
Shuixian
Roast
deep medium
Area as stated
Lan Shang; the owner's uncle's farm
$8.28 / 24 g $34.50
≈ $2.76 a session
Tie Luo Han
sold outLower quarter of 9
Stated year: 2023
Claimed origin: Wuyishan
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Cultivar
Tie Luohan
$8.83 / 24 g $36.79
≈ $2.94 a session
Shui Xian
Mid-range of 16
Stated year: 2024
Claimed origin: Wuyishan
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Cultivar
Shuixian
Roast
medium
$9.38 / 24 g $39.08
≈ $3.13 a session
Ban Tian Yao
Mid-range of 4
Stated year: 2025
Claimed origin: Wuyishan
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Cultivar
Ban Tian Yao
$9.66 / 24 g $40.25
≈ $3.22 a session
Bai Jiguan
Mid-range of 6
Stated year: 2024
Claimed origin: Wuyishan
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Cultivar
Bai Jiguan
$9.94 / 24 g $41.42
≈ $3.31 a session
Da Hong Pao
sold outMid-range of 43
Stated year: 2020–2022 (blend)
Claimed origin: Wuyishan
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Roast
above the shop's standard, short of zuhuo
$10.49 / 24 g $43.71
≈ $3.50 a session
Fo Guo Yan Shui Xian
Mid-range of 16
Stated year: 2023
Claimed origin: Wuyishan
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Cultivar
Shuixian
Roast
light
Area as stated
Fo Guo Yan (佛国岩, Buddha rock)
Tree age / type
tall trees
$14.63 / 24 g $60.96
≈ $4.88 a session
Old Tree Rou Gui
Mid-range of 35
Stated year: 2024
Claimed origin: Wuyishan
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Cultivar
Rougui
Roast
classic charcoal
Area as stated
hills above Chengdun village (程墩村), 640 m
Tree age / type
old trees (as titled)
$5.82 / 8 g $72.75
≈ $5.82 a session
Chunzhong Da Hong Pao
Mid-range of 43
Stated year: 2023
Claimed origin: Wuyi Mountain Scenic Area
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Cultivar
a single cultivar, "usually Qi Dan" (not confirmed for this lot)
Roast
zuhuo (full roast)
Area as stated
a garden near the south gate of the zhengyan area
$18.49 / 24 g $77.04
≈ $6.16 a session
Chunzhong Da Hong Pao
Mid-range of 43
Stated year: 2024
Claimed origin: Wuyi Mountain Scenic Area
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Cultivar
a single cultivar, "usually Qi Dan" (not confirmed for this lot)
Roast
zuhuo (full roast)
Area as stated
a garden near the south gate of the zhengyan area
$18.49 / 24 g $77.04
≈ $6.16 a session
Award Rou Gui
Mid-range of 35
Stated year: 2024
Claimed origin: Wuyishan
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Cultivar
Rougui
Roast
deep medium
$19.32 / 24 g $80.50
≈ $6.44 a session
Shizi Feng Rou Gui
Mid-range of 35
Stated year: 2024
Claimed origin: Wuyishan
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Cultivar
Rougui
Area as stated
Lion Peak (狮子峰)
$19.87 / 24 g $82.79
≈ $6.62 a session
Lao Cong Shui Xian
Mid-range of 17
Stated year: 2025
Claimed origin: Wuyishan
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Cultivar
Shuixian
Area as stated
the owner's aunt's garden
Tree age / type
old trees (lao cong)
$21.53 / 24 g $89.71
≈ $7.18 a session
Bi Shi Rou Gui
Mid-range of 35
Stated year: 2025
Claimed origin: Wuyishan
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Cultivar
Rougui
Area as stated
Bi Shi (碧石)
$25.39 / 24 g $105.79
≈ $8.46 a session
Wu San Di Lao Cong
Mid-range of 17
Stated year: 2023
Claimed origin: Wuyishan
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Cultivar
Shuixian
Area as stated
Wu San Di (吴三地)
Tree age / type
old trees (lao cong)
$36.16 / 24 g $150.67
≈ $12.05 a session
Ma Tou Yan Chunzhong Da Hong Pao
sold outUpper quarter of 43
Stated year: 2024
Claimed origin: Matouyan
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Cultivar
single cultivar (chunzhong); not named
Roast
medium (charcoal)
$46.64 / 24 g $194.33
≈ $15.55 a session
Jin Jing Jian Zuhuo Rou Gui
Upper quarter of 35
Stated year: 2024
Claimed origin: Wuyishan
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Cultivar
Rougui
Roast
zuhuo (full roast)
Area as stated
Jin Jing Jian
$54.37 / 24 g $226.54
≈ $18.12 a session
Jin Jing Jian Zuhuo Lao Cong
Upper quarter of 17
Stated year: 2024
Claimed origin: Wuyishan
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Cultivar
Shuixian
Roast
zuhuo (full roast)
Area as stated
Jin Jing Jian
Tree age / type
old trees (lao cong)
$55.20 / 24 g $230.00
≈ $18.40 a session
Tao Shu Ke Rou Gui
Upper quarter of 35
Stated year: 2024
Claimed origin: Wuyishan
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Cultivar
Rougui
Area as stated
Tao Shu Ke (桃树窠); from a zhengyan-area family
$62.10 / 24 g $258.75
≈ $20.70 a session
Aged Da Hong Pao
Highest of 43
Stated year: 1995
Claimed origin: Wuyishan
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Roast
full roast, last re-roasted in 2016
Area as stated
high-mountain material, spring 1995
Storage
kept by the owner's family since before the shop opened
$69.12 / 24 g $288.00
≈ $23.04 a session
Ma Tou Yan Rou Gui
Upper quarter of 35
Stated year: 2025
Claimed origin: Matouyan
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Cultivar
Rougui
Roast
medium
$72.04 / 24 g $300.17
≈ $24.01 a session

Prices recorded on the dates checked. Conversions use ECB rates dated 2026-10-20; original prices appear alongside. Origin, age and cultivar are stated by the vendor.

Sources#

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    Vendor information; not independent verification of origin, cultivar or authenticity.