Cha Dao - The Way of Tea 茶道
Cha Dao is not something you do, it is something you become.
Cha Dao - the Way of Tea 茶道- is a practice to enter into reverence for the elements & our own divine nature.
Camellia Sinensis is a plant medicine teacher & reflects where we are in every moment through presence & deep listening.
Communitea 茶人 - for the plant people.
Weekly group ceremonies are held in Mullumbimby, NSW.
Bridge
2025 Dian Hong Wild Purple
Grown wild in a 100–300 year old forest ecosystem, unclipped & untamed with roots much older than us.
Notes of peach, lychee & purple fruit unfold slow, thick & floral.
The chi runs deep & stills the heart, opening space for an etheric, dreamlike experience.
A calming yin energy that commands the senses to drop into deep listening & receptivity.
A bridge between worlds.
Available in 125g & 250g
Axis Mundi
2002 Yuan Du Liu Bao
This aged 2002 Liu Bao from old trees in Wuzhou carries a sweet, complex medicinal liquor with a whisper of pine sap & forest oil to aid digestion & clear dampness.
Thick mouth volume & a long aftertaste, the fragrance lingering well after the last sip.
An axis running through the centre - earth below, sky above.
Available 50g & 100g
Threshold
1992 Shou Puerh
Incredibly smooth & clean with an old taste sweetness with a hint of Rose.
Piled & aged in a clay urn, wet & dark, left to break down in its own heat & compost into medicine.
This tea has a deeply euphoric chi due to the preservation of the light ferment that fills the whole mouth & opens the pathways.
A threshold into the dark.
Available in 50g & 100g
Reverie
2026 Certified Organic GABA
Grown from the Qinxin cultivar processed through the GABA method, a slow combination of anaerobic fermentation & oxidation that quietens the body & mind.
Notes of dark fruit, raisin & sweet potato unfold thick & rich, with a hint of high mountain floral lingering in the aftertaste.
The chi is strong & grounding, easing the nervous system into stillness without dulling the senses.
A tea for softening the edges of the day & settling deep into reverie.
Available in 50g & 100g
Descent
2009 Gong Ting Shou Puerh
Bold, clean & velvety smooth with notes of creamy butter & forest floor.
Piled & aged in a clay urn, deep & dark, left to break down into rich earth with a strong yang chi.
The descent into root & bone.
Available in 125g ½ brick & 250g brick