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.
COSMOS
2025 White Peony / Baimudan Cake
This exquisite organic Baimudan/White Peony cake from Fuding in Fujian is bright, smooth & delicate with a deep chi.
It has had good clean storage & aged nicely with a floral taste & deep fruity notes. It has good texture and body, nice refined liquid.
One year a tea, three years a medicine, seven years a treasure.
Available in 50g or 100g
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 50g & 100g
AXIS MUNDI
2002 Yuan Du Liu Bao
Yuan Du is an aged Liu Bao tea made using traditional processing techniques in Liu Bao, a town within the Wuzhou tea-producing region of Guangxi
Our Yuan Du was sourced from a private collection & stored in Malaysia since the early 2000s. The liquor is deep & dark with a whisper of pine sap & forest oil to settle the soul & aid digestion. Thick mouth volume & a long aftertaste, the fragrance lingering well after the last sip.
The Qi is grounding & earthy, wonderful for dispelling dampness & clearing what has gathered in the lungs.
An axis running through the centre — earth below, sky above.
Available 50g or 100g
THRESHOLD
2015 Yiwu Sheng Puerh
From old growth tea trees in Yiwu with a blend of younger leaves, this tea is plump & produces a golden-yellow liquor. It has a slight bitter taste that quickly dissipates & gives way to a mouth-watering flavour & long-lasting sweet aftertaste.
Aged further than its years suggest, the liquor carries the depth of a much older tea with an expansive, opening chi that settles into the body.
A Threshold into the light.
Available in 95g & 190g
AETHER
1990’s Sheng Puerh
Aether is a wonderful loose-leaf sheng puerh from the 1990’s, sourced from a private collection & dry stored in Malaysia. The wet leaves still show green, yet the tea brews sweet & clear with hints of rose & a subtle camphor incense finish.
It has the signature of Malaysian ageing. deep and powerful, with a rich spectrum of flavors and a powerful, deeply euphoric Qi.
A wonderful every day aged Puerh, steeped strong or boiled.
Available in 100g & 200g
MEDICINE
2008 Wild Tree Shou Puerh
Shou Puerh is often referred to as cooked or ripe puerh, & is produced through a wet-pile fermentation which ferments the tea before being compressed. During this process, the tea is piled, moistened & covered with thermal blankets to increase & maintain internal heat. The result is a dark, full-bodied brew with a relaxing energy.
Incredibly smooth & clean with an old taste sweetness & texture, deep & dark with hints of medicinal herbs.
Piled & aged in a clay urn in Malaysia, wet & dark, left to break down in its own heat & compost into medicine.
The energy is deep yin that fills the whole mouth & opens the pathways for a balanced grounding feeling.
Available 175g & 350g
DESCENT
2009 Shou Puerh (Gong Ting)
Shou Puerh is often referred to as cooked or ripe puerh, & is produced through a wet-pile fermentation which ferments the tea before being compressed. During this process, the tea is piled, moistened & covered with thermal blankets to increase & maintain internal heat. The result is a dark, full-bodied brew with a relaxing energy.
This incredible Gong Ting refers to a grade of leaf that was traditionally reserved for Imperial Tribute tea. Made from young golden leaves & buds harvested in early spring, this tea is deep, with a sweet aftertaste. Having mellowed over the last 17 years in Malaysia, this is a bold, clean & velvety smooth Shou with a creamy liquor.
The Qi is uplifting for a shou, rising from the root of the forest floor.
Available in 120g ½ brick & 240g brick
MYRROPHORE
2026 Red Rose Oolong
A high mountain oolong from Shanlinxi, oxidised long & slow, then laid with fresh rose petals.
The rose arrives soft, deep, unmistakable & gives way, allowing the warm sweetness of the leaf to settle beneath it. Caramelised fruit, dark honey, a whisper of floral.
Myrrophore, she who carries the Rose.
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