TEA FLOWER | tisane Format:SAMPLE small format[150 ml- vessel —

small format[150 ml- vessel — gaiwan

nomenclature — gao (高) "high" | wen (温) "heat"

is a process we developed in partnership with the factory to accentuate the material's malty sweetness

The tea is lastly dried in a dedicated smoking room (qing lou—"green house") using tongmu wood burned under the floor

and absolutely Chinese

TEA FLOWER | tisane Format:SAMPLE small format[150 ml- vessel —TEA FLOWER is a dried Japanese chabana ("tea flower") from Wazuka, Kyoto prefecture, Japan. Ui, our Uji matcha producer, plucks these blooms by hand in late summer and early autumn, to prevent the tea trees from diverting energy resources to flowering. This pruning is a very typical part of garden maintenance, and always occurs to some extent before the tea plants enter winter dormancy. Some flowers are strategically left to encourage pollinator