TeaBuy Korea 2018
TeaBuy Korea 2018 Pure and Simple
Aug. 24 Update:
We first offered this on May 16, 2018: That TeaBuy 2018 has ended, but because of special circumstances we are resurrecting it with TeaBuyKorea + Plus for just 2 weeks. Aug. 24- Sept. 8, 2018. Don't miss this very rare Morning Crane Tea opportunity.
The Woojeon in Korea was picked before April 20. On April 20 Gukwoo was picked and then they pick Sejak. They have finished picking and processing all their teas including Daejak and Yip-cha. At the same time our tea producers were producing their green teas, they were also producing balhyochas, Korea's oxidized teas. They were using the same leaves they used for Woojeon, Sejak and Jungjak producing some truly delicious teas. If you have never tried a balhyocha, you are missing something truly special.
You may already know that we are offering some of these teas at our actual cost. That is because we at Morning Crane Tea are an educational tea site not a big for profit tea company. We offer the teas we have selected at very reasonable prices simply because we want yo to discover the great teas Korea has to offer.
At the last minute in our main TeaBuy, we added the esteemed producer Master Hong Kyeong Hee, co-author of the amazing book The Korean Way of Tea, along with Brother Anthony. Some of you may have missed the opportunity to order his tea.
We have as our goal to get these teas into your hands by late September. It will not be an easy goal to reach because you must order the teas, receive an invoice, pay the invoice, the funds are transferred to Korea, the tea is ordered from various producers and shipped to my partner Mr. Lee in Korea who must repack it and ship it to me. Can we get the teas into your hands by late September? Maybe. Help us reach that goal. Please contact us now with your TeaBuy Plus order.
We first offered this on May 16, 2018: That TeaBuy 2018 has ended, but because of special circumstances we are resurrecting it with TeaBuyKorea + Plus for just 2 weeks. Aug. 24- Sept. 8, 2018. Don't miss this very rare Morning Crane Tea opportunity.
The Woojeon in Korea was picked before April 20. On April 20 Gukwoo was picked and then they pick Sejak. They have finished picking and processing all their teas including Daejak and Yip-cha. At the same time our tea producers were producing their green teas, they were also producing balhyochas, Korea's oxidized teas. They were using the same leaves they used for Woojeon, Sejak and Jungjak producing some truly delicious teas. If you have never tried a balhyocha, you are missing something truly special.
You may already know that we are offering some of these teas at our actual cost. That is because we at Morning Crane Tea are an educational tea site not a big for profit tea company. We offer the teas we have selected at very reasonable prices simply because we want yo to discover the great teas Korea has to offer.
At the last minute in our main TeaBuy, we added the esteemed producer Master Hong Kyeong Hee, co-author of the amazing book The Korean Way of Tea, along with Brother Anthony. Some of you may have missed the opportunity to order his tea.
We have as our goal to get these teas into your hands by late September. It will not be an easy goal to reach because you must order the teas, receive an invoice, pay the invoice, the funds are transferred to Korea, the tea is ordered from various producers and shipped to my partner Mr. Lee in Korea who must repack it and ship it to me. Can we get the teas into your hands by late September? Maybe. Help us reach that goal. Please contact us now with your TeaBuy Plus order.
Note: Some of the teas we offer are from very small productions and may already be sold out.
TeaBuyTM Korea 2018
Cooperative Tea
Ha Il-Nam
Dong Cheon Tea
(Jeongcha Style Green)
This green tea is different from all my other green tea offerings. It is produced Jeongcha Style or first plunged into boiling water before pan-roasting. Dong Cheon Tea is the first company whose tea I offered. I know that it is the choice tea company of some of the Buddhist temples near Seoul and highly respected by Korean tea masters who have told me I made a wise choice. This is handpicked and organically grown tea from deep rooted bushes. A German client wrote a great email about this tea company. In it he said that he had tried many Korean teas but that Dong Cheon Teas simply have more "life".
Woojeon 50g $43.00
Muwi Sejak 50g $27.50
Sejak 50g $22.00
Jungjak 50g $16.50
Daejak 50g $11.00
Yipcha 50g $7.00
Gimhae Teas
A Cooperative Tea Co.
JD Balhyocha 30g $33.00
Gimhae Teas
A Cooperative Tea Co.
Chung Jong Woo
Jangguncha Yeong
Nong Johap
Tea Union of Jangguncha
There is an ancient legend that a princess from India sailed to Korea and married the King of Gaya. The year was 42. With her, among other things, were tea bushes that were planted in the mountains near Gimhae. In my tea travels we have met many tea masters. At a special tea ceremony in Daegu not far from Gimhae I asked if the tea bushes in Daegu were the same as those used in Gimhae. The answer was, “No. The tea bushes used in Gimhae come from India. We use the same tea bushes that they use in Hadong." While I can’t say for certain that the tea bushes used by Jangguncha Dawan are actually from India, I can say that some tea masters believe they are.
Their balhyocha is one of my favorites. Their teas sell very quickly in Korea but they reserve a few bags for us. Will you claim yours?
The story of the Princess from India is readily available on the web. Is it true? I'll let you decide.
Their balhyocha is one of my favorites. Their teas sell very quickly in Korea but they reserve a few bags for us. Will you claim yours?
The story of the Princess from India is readily available on the web. Is it true? I'll let you decide.
Tteokeumcha (Green)
Tteokeumcha 30g $44.00
Balhyocha (Oxidized)
Artisan Tea Producers
Jeong Jae Yeon
Jahacha Dawan
(Violet Sunset Tea)
(ban balhyocha - hwangcha - Korean yellow tea.
or is it wan-jeon balhyocha a hongcha? Korean red tea
(ban balhyocha - hwangcha - Korean yellow tea.
or is it wan-jeon balhyocha a hongcha? Korean red tea
Jeong Jae Yeon makes this one tea. This delicious balhyocha, is made like her gandmother made it. She begins quite early as soon as the leaves begin to appear with woojeon leaves and continues through jungjak leaves. It doesn't seem to matter as they are all delicious. Jeong Jae Yeon's Halmonicha or "grandmother tea" has become the most posted about Korean balhyocha on the internet. We are the original Western source for this amazing balhyocha and may still be the only Western source. This is truly grandmother's tea and a great example of authentic traditional Korean balhyocha. - delicious.
Balhyocha (Oxidized)
Halmonicha 40g $17.00
Halmonicha 300g $105.00
Halmonicha is bulk packed in a 300+g bags actual weight is between 325g and 365g
Oh Jae Hong son of Oh Si-Young
Dosim Dawan
Tteokeum-cha (green) and
Wan Jeon Balhyocha - hongcha- red tea
Dosim Dawan can not only boast about their delicious teas but also boast that they own some of the oldest most deep rooted tea bushes in Korea including the 1000 year old millennim tea tree. Korean tea connoisseurs believe these older bushes provide the most tender and flavorful buds and their deep roots encourage the development of the most cha-qi. A tea tour favorite.
Tteokeumcha (Green)
Sejak 50g $28.60
Jungjak 50g $19.80
Balhyocha (Oxidized)
So-ip-cha 50g $28.60
Dae-ip-cha 50g $15.00
So-ip = Small Leaf Dae-ip = Large Leaf
Kim Yu Ja and son Jeon Ju Hyun
Yejeon Dawan
On one of our tea tours, when we arrived at Yejeon Dawan a couple of tea connoisseurs from Australia suddenly exclaimed, "This is the one! This is the one!" while hugging each other. Then they explained. They had been to Korea a few years earlier and visited the Hadong Tea Festival. The rows of tea producers are long and many so they walked up and down the many rows tasting all of the teas. Then they came to Yejeon Dawan and decided this was truly the best. However when they returned home the information on Yejeon had been lost. To this couple and to many on our tea tours, this is truly a "stand out from the crowd tea producer."
Tteokeumcha (Green)
Woojeon 40g $49.00
Sejak 40g $24.00
Balhyocha (Oxidized)
wan jeon balhyocha - hongcha - Korean red tea
Junggan-ipcha 40g $22.00
juggan-ip = Medium Leaf
Kim Se Jin
SOA Dawan
There are many artisan tea producer in Boseong and some of the most famous and romantic tea fields are found there. But we look for more than beautiful bushes and international advertising. After some search, we selected SOA to be at least one of our Boseong representatives. For this TeaBuy SOA is the only one. When the famous Korean TV Chef Judy Joo's producers contacted me to help find a Korean tea producer in Boseong for her series "Korean Food Made Simple" I recommended Kim Se Jin. He knows his teas intimately and is certified organic internationally.
I once gave a bag of SOA Gukwoo to a Korean friend who exclaimed, "This is the best tea made in Korea".
Tteokeumcha (Green)
Woojeon 40g $30.80
Gukwoo 40g $24.20
Sejak 40g $19.80
Jungjak 40g $13.20
Balhyocha (Oxidized)
ban balhyocha - hwangcha- Korean yellow tea
Balhyocha SD 40g $19.80
Did you click that link? You should, he is one of the best. I just received word from a noted Korea tea connoisseur that this year Kim Jong Yeol's Butdangol Woojeon is the best he has ever had and that is saying a lot. It truly lives up to its name.
1. Butdangol Woojeon 50g $49.00
Picked: April 15 – 20
Butdangol = A Place for Buddha
2. Chungiljem Sejak 50g $38.00
Picked: April 25 – 30
Chungiljem = Above the Crowd
3. Koom 50g $31.00
Picked: May 1 - 6
Koom = Dream
Balhyocha (Oxidized)
wan jeon balhyocha - hongcha - Korean red tea
1. Sebyukhangki 50g $38.00
April 25th - May 5th
Sebyukhangki = The Fragrance of Dawn
2. Hongiljeom 50g $31.00
May 5th - May 15th
Hongiljeom = Excellence in the Crowd
(Previously named Buttea)
(Previously named Buttea)
3. Noeulhangki 50g $31.00
May 6th~ May 25th
Noeulhangki = The Scent of Sunset
Balhyocha producers prefer various leaves for a variety of reasons. An early or later pick has no bearing on the tea quality but it does influence the flavor. That is why picking dates are seldom used with balhyocha teas. The above picking times are 2017 picking times.
Temple Tea
Wol Woo
Daeheungsa
This is the temple that was the home of ChoUi Korea's great historical Tea Master. The tea comes from large older tea bushes and is hand picked from old larger deep rooted bushes and hand made in the tteokeumcha or buchocha (roasted) way. When we visit Daeheungsa on our tea tours we walk up the mountain to Cho Ui's hermitage Ilchi-am where some of his famous poems were written and where the same spring that Cho-Ui used to make his famous teas still runs. Their teas sell fast buy they reserve a few bags especially for our clients.
Tteokeumcha (Green)
Special Tteokeumcha 80g $100.00
Special Tteokeumcha 60g $76.00
Special Tteokeumcha 40g $51.00
Special Tteokeumcha 20g $26.00
Ttokcha aka Doncha
Park Jeom Ja
Myungwon Studio
Park Jeom Ja lives in Gangjin, Jollanamdo Provence where I am told the production of ttokcha or doncha has not ceased for more than a thousand years. We have known her longer than Morning Crane Tea has existed. If you know Korean tea, you have noticed that her studio carries the famous Korean tea name Myungwon. That is because she is head of the Myungwon Cultural Foundation group in Jeollanamdo. The Myungwon Cultural Foundation is quite famous in Korea for reviving the Korean Tea Ceremony and training many Korean tea masters. The Korean tea ceremonies taught by The Myugwon Cultural Foundation are from traditional Korean tea ceremonies. Park Jeom Ja is obviously one of their tea masters. I have provided a link to their main website above. If you are a returning client and bought ttokcha before, you will also note that Ms Park is replacing another ttokcha provider. That is in keeping with our goal to provide the best quality at the best price.
Sejak/Jungjak Leaves 8 coins $50.00
The above doncha coins are individually wrapped in a silk lined box
Sejak/Jungjak Leaves 10 coins $50.00
The above doncha coins are individually wrapped
Tea Master Tea
Hong Kyeong Hee
Hong Kyeong Hee
You may already know that Hong Kyeong Hee is one of Korea’s most distinguished tea masters. You may have already read one of both of his books The Korean Way of Tea and Korean Tea Classics. Brother Anthony joined Master Hong in authoring both these books and Stephen Owyoung, the eminent Chinese American scholar jointly authored the latter book.
Once again our tea company Morning Crane Tea aka TeaBuy Korea has been selected to be the Western source for teas produced by Master Hong Kyeong Hee. As you most likely know Master Hong is also a highly respected tea master. We are honored to have the privilege of offering these teas to our clients once again and to also announce that because Morning Crane Tea is an educational enterprise we are offering them at our cost:
Once again our tea company Morning Crane Tea aka TeaBuy Korea has been selected to be the Western source for teas produced by Master Hong Kyeong Hee. As you most likely know Master Hong is also a highly respected tea master. We are honored to have the privilege of offering these teas to our clients once again and to also announce that because Morning Crane Tea is an educational enterprise we are offering them at our cost:
Tteokeumcha (Green)
HKH Special Tteokeumcha 100g $230.00
HKH Special Tteokeumcha 30g $75.00
Balhyocha (Oxidized)
Ban balhyocha - hwangcha - Korean yellow tea
HKH Ban Balhyo Hwangcha 60g $45.00
Still we are improving on our announcement dates. In 2016 TeaBuy Korea was announced in April. In 2017 TeaBuy Korea was first announced in May but this year 2018 it is announced in March and we hope to be able to deliver all teas shortly after the pick by mid June.
You may ask why we are starting this early. First, we are accepting early orders so that we can pre-order the teas from each producer. Thus reserving the teas. Some of these teas are in very short supply. With the harsh winter, we anticipate smaller supplies than usual. In some cases, we are the only Western source for these teas.
Those of you returning to TeaBuy Korea will note that many of our tea prices have increased slightly. Morning Crane Tea is a tea service. It has never been a profitable business. In fact it simply grew out of a personal need to educate the Western world about quality Korean tea and tea ware. The best Korean teas were not available for tasting, so I had to offer them. During the 12 years I have been offering these teas there has never been a profit to speak of. Expenditures have increased for the TeaBuy aspect of Morning Crane Tea and today the Korean KRW is poised to surpass the USD on the international money exchange market making it necessary to make this small change. I hope that you will continue to be part of the Morning Crane Tea Family.
If you have read this far, you may be interested enough in our work to let me know two things. 1. Is there an interest in Korean tea ware? Should I assemble 3-10 tea ware artists and try to offer a special tea ware buying opportunity? 2. Is there interest in touring South Korea on a special TeaTour Korea that would visit tea plantations, pick and produce tea, experience a tea temple stay, experience Korean tea ceremonies, visit a number of wonderful tea ware artists and more? Please answer these questions here. You never know what adventures await.
Morning Crane Tea is the offspring of Morning Earth Korea an enterprise that also operates on a near profitless basis and promotes Korea in additional ways. You can see some of what we are trying to do there by clicking the above link.
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