TeaBuy Korea 2022

 

TeaBuy Korea 2022 or 4355
 Based on Korea's Dangun Calendar
 


  Note: TeaBuy Korea 2022 has ended. Books are still available.
Go to our website: We may have them in stock.  Note: Our TeaBuy Korea 2023 will begin on Korean New Year's Sunday January 22, 2023. It will be first announced on our Morning Earth Korea Facebook page.
This year TeaBuy Korea is opening during the celebration of Korea's Lunar New Year 4355 - traditionally a 15day event. We had hoped to open on Feb. 1, Lunar New Year Day 4355 based on the founding of Korea in 2333 BC, but have had a few delays due to not receiving all the information from some producers. It is a little early to ask them as they won't start their pick until at the earliest the end of March - yes that early due to climate change.  We are also starting early to insure that we are among the first in line to be able to access all the teas we order. It will also insure an earlier delivery date to our clients as we will also end our TeaBuy Korea 2022 early - on Gogu Day April 20, 2022 - the day we have often opened our TeaBuy. 
Incidentally, I was working on this on Feb 4. That date is Ip Chun or the  traditional the first Korean lunar day for spring.  If it is already spring, can tea leaves be far behind? 
Did you know that Korea has historically decided their plucking times on the lunar calendar?

If you would like a Simple Version 
and skip all the good stuff below. 
HERE it is.
 
But you will be missing some very exciting things!
 
 Morning Crane Tea
Morning Crane Tea is an educational enterprise that offers annually a wide variety of Korean teas from some of the best tea producers in Korea.
We offer these teas at near cost so that you can experience the exceptional quality of Korean teas. This is a labor of love not a for profit enterprise. Join us on this adventure.  
Morning Crane Tea also, on occasion, offers teaware created by a number of exceptional teaware artists and we access teaware from teaware artists at any time for individual sales. See what we are doing at Morning Earth Korea. We continue to offer individual or very small group tours for those who are willing to comply with the current travel mandates in Korea. The largest tours we plan are for 8-10 participants as we visit artists and tea producers in their homes.  We do this at prices similar to tours with more participants as we often do it at near cost. The city of Hadong, for us, Korea's most important tea city has postponed their 2022 World Tea Exposition until 2023. We are organizing a TOUR. The tour will visit both tea producers and teaware artists across the country of Korea. Participation numbers are very limited - no more than 8 participants. If interested  Contact us, your name will be placed on a list with no obligation to go until later  - after all details and prices are settled. 

Last Year, We Introduced Three Exceptional Producers:
The great tea master Hong Kyeong Hee, co-author of The Korean Way of Tea and an internationally known Tea Master permitted us to offer a limited supply of his truly exceptional teas. We are honored. As far as we know, we are the only source for his teas except from him directly. 
We also introduced Hong Mansoo, no relation, an authority on Hadong and its wonderful teas who learned tea making from his grandmother. After producing teas for more than 30 years, he is an acclaimed producer nationally known and came recommended by distinguished tea authorities. We offer his green and oxidized teas and are introducing his Gopuercha, the "influenza curing" tea his grandmother taught him to make. We make no claim that it actually cures influenza, but it accounts for 70% of his sales and is a fascinating historic tea.
After years of trying, we are offering the teas by the renowned tea producer Oh Yeong Soon, who in addition to making her own truly exceptional Korean teas - including a rare white tea, produces her own Puer in Yunnan, China from select ancient trees. She is a leading authority on Korean teas and Chinese Puer. Famous tea masters shop at her shop in Seoul. This may be the first time "Korean/Chinese Puer" has been offered outside of Korea.
    
 Two Amazing Book offers! 
We told you there was some exciting things down here besides the teas. 
 

 
As mentioned, Hong Kyung Hee, one of our tea producers is co-Author of the book The Korean Way of Tea: An Introductory Guide along with Brother Anthony.  This book was just reprinted. I have been in contact with the publisher and you can order it through us. Price $17.00.  Just let us know you want the book. Order it like  you would a tea.
Now for a truly exceptional book offer. If you are interested in Korean ceramics at all, you have heard of the out of print book The World of Korean Ceramics. While you can still buy used copies that sell for higher prices ( for instance $35.00-$93.75).  The good news is, I have direct contact with the surviving author of this book, Alan Covell. His Mother Jon Carter Covell was a friend and her son and co-author Alan is offering us exclusively some remaining new copies he has had in storage. This remarkable book has been my personal go to book on Korean ceramics for decades. Price $25.00 signed by Alan. Get both books for $40.00. Don't miss this amazing opportunity to get both books.  
 
*This year we are offering 6 new teas
 
*Kim Se Jin's (SOA) Hojicha
*Kim Jong Yeol's Noeulhangki with Ginger 
*Kim Jong Yeol's  Mugwort
*Hong Mansoon's  Gopuercha 
*Lady Hadong's Gyul Citrus Tea
*Lady Hadong's Yuja Citrus Tea
 
Very Important Note:
 
You will find Instructions for Ordering and Paying after viewing all teas. We are developing a new Morning Crane Tea site where you can order these teas and books and learn more about the work we do. But there is a delay in opening that site. Below is how to order now.
As always, we will be happy to try to answer any questions you may have about our teas and their producers. Each of these teas are from deep-rooted organically grown leaves and can take the heat. That includes our green teas.
While I believe brewing is personal, after many requests I posted some brewing suggestions for Nokcha, Ddeokcha & Citrus Tea at this POST. I encourage you to send me your brewing suggestions and comments on our teas. Your suggestions are always welcome.  Thanks for being a member of our Morning Crane Tea Family.
 
Following are the teas we offer. Note prices Do Not include shipping costs.*
 
Cooperative Producers

Dong Cheon Tea (DC)
Ha Il-Nam
Dong Cheon Tea (DC)
 (Jeongcha Style Green)

Dong Cheon green teas are different from nearly all of our other green tea offerings. These teas are produced Jeongcha Style i.e. first plunged into boiling water before pan-roasting.  Dong Cheon Tea is the first company whose teas I offered. 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. One of the reasons many Dong Cheon teas are reviewed is that in our early years Dong Cheon was the only tea company we represented. Now other companies also sell their teas - each having sourced from us or learned about Dong Cheon Tea through us. These teas like all of our teas are from hand-plucked and organically grown leaves 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 Dong Cheon Teas simply have more "life".
 
 Note: We must purchase 2 of each of these teas even 
if we receive only 1 order. The link does to a review of the tea. 
 
  Nokcha (Jaksul Sparrow Tongue Green Teas)
 
                           DC Woojeon          50g       $47.00
                           DC MuwiSejak      50g       $27.00
                           DC Sejak                50g       $22.00
                           DC Jungjak            50g       $17.00
                           DC Daejak              50g       $11.00
                           DC Yipcha              50g         $7.00

Balhyocha
Perhaps the first balhyocha ever offered outside of Korea. Rave Reviews.
                           DC Dancha             50g       $26.00
  
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Nong Johap
Tea Union of Jangguncha
Gimhae, Korea
Chung Jong Woo
Jangguncha Yeong (JY)
(Highest Rank Tea)

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 historically from India, I can say that many refer to these bushes as "large leaf" and that some tea masters believe they are from India.
Their green tteokeumcha is wonderful and 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, but thousands of Koreans claim they are descendants from this queen.
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Tteokeumcha (Green)
JY Tteokeumcha     30g       $45.00

Balhyocha (Oxidized)
JY Balhyocha         30g       $35.00

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Artisan Tea Producers

Jahacha Dawan
(Violet Sunset Tea)
Jeong Jae Yeon (JJY)
Jahacha Dawan
(Violet Sunset Tea)
(ban balhyocha - hwangcha - Korean yellow tea.
or is it a wan-jeon balhyocha a hongcha? Korean red tea?)

This is truly a “monk discovered” tea, and truly a Grandmother Tea. You may know that Halmoni (할머니) means Grandmother. A monk told our friend Shin In-Suk the wife of the teaware master Park Jong Il and she told me about this great tea. We are the original Western source for this amazing balhyocha and may still be the only Western source. 
Jeong Jae Yeon makes only this one tea. This delicious balhyocha is made like her grandmother made it. She begins quite early in the tea season, 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.  Halmoni Jeong told me that the monks visit her often to enjoy this wonderful tea.
Jeong Jae Yeon's Halmonicha or "grandmother tea" has become the most posted about Korean balhyocha on the internet for good reason. This is truly a grandmother's tea and a great example of authentic traditional Korean balhyocha - delicious.
 
Balhyocha (Oxidized)
The link does to a review of the tea. 
Halmonicha      40g        $19.00

The review link for this tea is from the first taste by independent reviewers of this tea. It has gone on to be reviewed many other times and in other languages. At the time of this review there was still some confusion about Chinese yellow tea and Korean 'yellow tea' or hwangcha. We had not yet adopted the name Halmonicha or Grandmother tea.
 
Halmonicha    300g      $105.00
Halmonicha is bulk packed in a 300+g bags.
The actual weight is usually between 325g and 360g
 
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Dosim Dawan (DD) 


 Oh Si-Young and son Oh Jae Hong
Dosim Dawan  (DD)
Tteokeum-cha (green) and 
Wan Jeon Balhyocha - hongcha- red tea

Dosim Dawan, a father and Son team, 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 millennium 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. I recently received several emails thanking me for their So-ip-cha. Don’t ignore their really wonderful green teas that have also received great reviews.  Dosim Dawan is a tea tour favorite stop.
 
 
Tteokeumcha (Green)
 
                           DD Sejak              50g         $29.00
                           DD Jungjak          50g         $20.00
Balhyocha (Oxidized)
                           DD So-ip-cha        50g         $29.00
                           DD Dae-ip-cha      50g         $17.00
So-ip = Small Leaf,  Dae-ip = Large Leaf

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Yejeon Dawan (YD)
Kim Yu Ja and son Jeon Ju Hyun
Yejeon Dawan (YD)

When we arrived at Yejeon Dawan, on one of our tea tours, a couple of our guests, who were 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 had 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 tea couple and to many on our tea tours, this is truly a "stand out from the crowd tea producer." Since that tour it has become an Australian favorite.
 
Tteokeumcha (Green)

                            YD Woojeon       40g         $50.00
                            YD Sejak             40g         $31.00
                            YD Junjak          40g          $21.00

Balhyocha (Oxidized)
wan jeon balhyocha - hongcha - Korean red tea

YD Junggan-ipcha   40g         $26.00
juggan-ip = Medium Leaf

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SOA Dawan (SOA)
Kim Se Jin
SOA Dawan (SOA)

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 our one Boseong representatives. SOA teas are excellent. 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 Gogucha to a knowledgeable Korean friend who exclaimed on receiving it, "This is the best tea made in Korea! How did you know?"
 
Tteokeumcha (Green) 
SOA Woojeon        40g       $35.00
SOA Gogucha*     40g       $27.00
Plucked April 20:
 
SOA Sejak            40g       $23.00
SOA Jungjak       40g       $15.00
*SOA Hojicha      50g       $15.00

 Balhyocha (Oxidized)
ban balhyocha - hwangcha
SOA Balhyocha       40g        $23.00

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Butdangol Dawan
Kim Jong Yeol (KJY)
Butdangol Dawan
(Forever Existing Temple Tea)
To learn more about Master Kim click here.

Did you click that link? You should! Master Kim is one of the most acclaimed tea producers in Korea. I don’t create posts on many producers. In 2018 a noted Korea tea connoisseur contacted me personally to say that Kim Jong Yeol's Butdangol Woojeon was the best he has ever had, and that is saying a lot. While I obviously have not tried his Woojeon this year, the early spring in Korea has been similar the last few years when Master Kim said he produced his finest teas. The teas produced by Kim Jong Yeol truly live up to their outstanding reputation.
Mr. Lee, my Korean tea partner, contacts Master Kim often just to discuss tea. 
Note: In 2019 Master Kim Jong Yeol was awarded the "Best Tteokeumcha" award at the Hadong Tea Festival. Typically that equates to the best producer of green tea in Korea that year.   
 
Tteokeumcha (Green)
KJY Butdangol Woojeon    50g    $57.00
Butdangol = A Place for Buddha 
Plucked: before April  20
Chungiljem Sejak               50g     $38.00
Chungiljem = Above the Crowd 
Warning,you may weep when you try this tea for the first time. 
A very knowledgible tea connoisseur said she did 
because she did not know a green tea could be that good.  
Plucked: April 25 – 30
Koom                                  50g     $32.00
Koom = Dream
Plucked: May 1 – 6 a later Sejak

  Balhyocha (Oxidized)
wan jeon balhyocha - hongcha - Korean red tea
Nodi Woojeon Balhyo     50g       $100.00
Nodi Woojeon Balhyo = Stepping Stone Tea 
Plucked: Before April 20th 
Sebyukhangki                  50g         $40.00
Sebyukhangki = The Fragrance of Dawn 
Plucked: April 25th - May 5th

Hongiljeom                      50g         $33.00
Hongiljeom = Excellence in the Crowd 
Plucked: May 5th - May 15th 
 (a hongcha)
Noeulhangki                    50g         $32.00
Noeulhangki = The Scent of Sunset 
 (a hwangcha)
Plucked: May 6th - May 25th

Special Offerings   XXX
                        Noeulhangki Tea Bags    30g        $ 17.00 
Twenty 1.5g loose leaf tea bags 
                        *Noeulhangki & Ginger 30g        $ 17.00 
Five 7.5g weighed and combined loose leaf containers
                        *KJY Mugwort               30g        $ 30.00    
 
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Park Jeom Ja
Myungwon Studio 
Gangjin, Korea
 
Jeongcha Nokcha (Green)
 
    PJJ Woojeon     40g         $58.00   
PJJ Sejak           50g         $50.00
 
Balhyocha (Oxidized)
PJJ Balhyocha   40g         $50.00
PJJ Hwangcha   40g         $40.00
 
 Ddeokcha  - Doncha Type
PJJ Ddeokcha  10 coins    $55.00

This is Park Jeom Ja whom I have known for more than 20 years and longer than any other of the producers we offer. She and I used to talk for hours about Korean tea while I was exhibiting and demonstrating my ceramics at the Gangjin Celadon Festival. These discussions had a lot to do with my decision to promote Korean tea. Because of the personal connection, you may wonder why I haven't featured her teas as much as the other producers. Ms Park is the President of the Myungwon Cultural Foundation group in Jeollanamdo and as such has a great following in that area of Korea. She usually sells out completely. This year she is reserving some teas for us - for you.
Park Jeom Ja lives in Gangjin, Jeollanamdo Province where I am told the production of Ddeokcha  has not ceased for more than 1000 years. Her style is or Doncha or 'coin' style. 
It is artisan producers like Park Jeom Ja that really represent the true traditional heart of Korean Tea. 
The Myungwon Cultural Foundation headed by the renowned tea master Chae Won-Hwa is quite famous in Korea for reviving the Korean tea ceremony and training many Korean tea masters.  It is extremely difficult, read "impossible", for us to obtain teas made by Chae Won-Hwa.
I selected Ms Park because she represents the long and important tradition of individual artisans who work not only to produce ddeokcha and other teas but to promote it to the world. We salute her for that lifetime of work.
Discovering Ddeokcha may be one of the most interesting Korean tea adventures, and that adventure can become much deeper and adventuresome than you might imagine. I posted some brewing suggestions for Nokcha, Ddeokcha & Citrus Tea at this post. Why not suggestions for balhyocha and the other teas? Most are brewed like you brew oolongs, but brew for seconds not minutes until you want to squeeze out that last faint juice. You know when but they are not oolongs.
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Hyoam Sanbang

Hong Kyung Hee
Hyoam Sanbang
Gurye, Korea 
 
Teokeumcha (Green) 
In Tea Tin
HKH Nokcha       30g        $74.00
 
 Balhyocha (Oxidized)
In Tea Tin
ban balhyocha - hwangcha
HKH Hwangcha       60g        $56.00
 
This is the renowned teamaster Hong Kyeong Hee, Brother Anthony's friend and co-author of the book The Korean Way of Tea and Korean Tea Classics. It is an honor to simply be able to offer his teas as he does not normally offer them for others to promote.

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Soseul Dawan
 
Oh Yeong Soon
Soseul Dawan
Jerisan, Korea
 
Teokeumcha
                           OYS Woojeon       80g         $150.00
                           OYS Woojeon4    40g           $76.00 
                           OYS Sejak             80g         $110.00
                           OYS Sejak4           40g           $55.00
 
 Bubuncha (White)
                     OYS Korean White     100g         $75.00
                     OYS Korean White5     50g         $40.00
 
Balhyocha (Oxidized)
                        OYS Hwangcha        80g           $70.00
                        OYS Hwangcha4      40g           $36.00
                        OYS Hongcha         100g           $70.00
                        OYS Hongcha5         50g           $36.00
 
Puer: Korea Stored Aged Sheng 生茶
These Puers were made in China by Ms Oh. 
She supervised their production - the traditional way by hand.

 

                 OYS Puer   2007   400g Cake                  $740.00
                 OYS Puer   2006   2.8K 7-Cake Tong         $2100.00
                 OYS Puer   2006   400g Cake From Tong    $310.00

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Mansoo Jeda

Hong Mansoo
Mansoo Jeda
Made by Mansoo
Hadong, Korea
Note: We must purchase 2 of each of his teas even if we receive an order for just 1.   
 
Teokeumcha
                        HMS Woojeon       50g        $114.50
                        HMS Woojeon2     25g          $57.25
                        HMS Sejak             80g         $90.00
                        HMS Sejak4          40g         $47.00
                        HMS Jungjak        80g         $54.00
                        HMS Jungjak4      40g         $27.00
 
Balhyocha
                        HMS Balhyocha    100g         $55.00
                        HMS Balhyocha5    50g         $27.25
 
고뿌레 차   Gopuercha Balhyocha
                        *HMS Gopuercha   80g         $50.00
 
Historically throughout the southern tea producing areas of Korea individuals made tea for their health giving properties. Gopuer tea or Gopuercha translates to "influenza tea" or the tea to cure the flu. It is made with dried pears and is Hong Man Soo's best selling teas accounting for 70% of all his sales. We make no claim that it cures influenza but it is a fascinating tea and is historic significant. It is made with dried pears.
 
Hong Mansoo has the reputation of being one of the premier 
tea producers in Korea and is featured in many articles and on TV.   

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Temple Tea
 
Daeheungsa (DAESA)

Beopsang 
Beopsang is the new Tea Monk at Daeheungsa. The image is of Cho Ui
Daeheungsa (DAESA)
Haenam, Korea

This is the temple that was the home of the famous ChoUi Korea's great historic Tea Master.  The tea comes from large older tea bushes is hand plucked from these deep-rooted bushes and hand made in the tteokeumcha or buchocha (roasted) traditional manner. When we visit Daeheungsa on our tea tours we hike up the mountain to Cho Ui's hermitage Ilchi-am where some of his famous poems were written and where the same fresh spring water that Cho-Ui used to make his famous teas still runs. 
The tea at Daeheungsa sell fast but they reserve a few bags especially for our clients. Claim yours and you will not be disappointed. Recently two tea connoisseurs expressed how great this tea is.
 
Tteokeumcha (Green)

  DAESA Tteokeumcha      50g    $55.00 
Ask if 25g bags are available. If so, they are $30.00 ea.

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Dancha, Tisane & More
Please see our Blog Post on this Mysterious Tea Dancha 
 
Shin Mog
  
Shin Mog (SM)
Maewoldang Dawan
Namwon, Korea
Dancha

Note: There are two types of Dancha both are priced the same.  Nokcha SM Dancha A, that my tea partner Minhyeong Lee continues to rave about is a sweet lighter low % ox cross between green tea and a hwangcha that matures as it ages. The other Balhyo SM Dancha B perhaps the one you were wondering about is a deep flavored wan-jeon balhyocha that matures into a hu-balhyocha. What does that mean? Ans: A hongcha that matures into a heicha i.e. Black tea. Note: These teas are shipped in onggi jars and require higher packing and shipping costs. They are offered at our cost. Added note: The further designations of "light" and "dark"are imprecise terms for these teas but are used for want of a better way to distinguish between these two fascinating teas.  
    
Nokcha Goryeo SM Dancha "A"
Nok Goryeo SM Dancha     200g       $300

 Balhyo Goryeo SM Dancha "B" 
Hong Goryeo SM Dancha   200g       $300
 
Both Teas Are Also Available In Larger Amounts
 

The tea artist Oh Dong-Seop, who uses his artist's name Shin Mog has become a TV tea sensation in South Korea since many TV stations have discovered and featured him and the production of his wonderful Dancha. All of his wild sourced teas sell out completely in Korea but he is reserving some for us.  A man close to nature Shin Mog immerses himself into his tea production. Shin Mog ignores the common approach to tea production and returns to the ancient methods - from wading steams and climbing mountains to finding and plucking the finest wild tea leaves to roasting them over burning wood that he cut and split personally. This is authentic Korean Dancha, produced using historic processes, made by a true master.
Shin Mok lives close to Jerisan National Park that is filled with wild tea. You may have heard that Jerisan is the holy mountain for tea.
Visit the beginning of a special post on Master Shin Mog. HERE.
The question is being asked, "Can you get a smaller amount of Shin Mok's Dancha?"  
The immediate answer is no. However, If there are 2, 3 or more interested in 100g, we will try to accommodate you. The Shin Mok’s Goryeo Dancha order comes packed in a ceramic onggi jar. He will not ship any other way. To accommodate you we have to remove the tea from the jar, and divide it into 100g sizes. We take possession of the jar. We are offering Shin Mok’s tea at our cost as part of our service to you. The price for 100g is $150 no jar. 
 
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Lady Hadong

Lady Hadong
Hadong, Korea 
 
LH White Tea     30g    $65.00
In a Wooden Box
 
LH Balhyocha     30g    $70.00
In an Onggi Jar
Dancha
In an Onggi Jar
Nokcha Goryeo LH Dancha "A" 
LH Nok Dancha       200g     $300 
 
 Balhyo Goryeo LH Dancha "B"
LH Hong Dancha    200g      $300

Lady Hadong's Citrus Teas
Not in an Onggi Jar
Lady Hadong's Citrus Teas are hollowed citrus fruits filled with her balhyocha a hongcha.    

Not in an Onggi Jar 1 Tea Fruit
*LH 'Green' Gyul (귤)      10g     $11.00  
 "Green" means young or immature. Gyul is a type of small tangerine
 
*LH Yuzu: Yuja (유자)     30g     $30.00  
 The Yuzu or Yuja, a larger citrus fruit, is rarely found outside of Asia. It grows naturally in Hadong.

 
Five 10g tea fruits in an Onggi Jar, in a Wooden Box
*LH Green Gyul (귤)  50g  $70.00 
Check this POST that includes brewing Lady Hadong's Citrus teas 
 
Tisane Teas - Herbal Tea
Each packed in an Onggi Jar
The link does to a medical site.
                                           Magnolia bud          40g      $42.00                                                                                   Omija*                   100g      $65.00                                                                       Chrysanthemum      20g      $51.00                                                                    Beet                        200g      $35.00

Note: Tisane Teas were developed for health purposes. You may be allergic or have a health condition that these teas may help or possibly hurt. Please research your tisane selections before purchasing. The Korean term "Omija" is also called *schisandra chinensis and 5 flavors. It is a hit on our tours to Korea.

Please help us. What Herbal teas are you looking for?
Lady Hadong makes many tisane teas. We are creating a post on her and her many teas. What are you looking for?
This is Lady Hadong who burst onto the Korean tea scene a few years ago, seemingly out of nowhere, and with her creativity, spirit and innovative methods is quickly making an important name for herself in Korea's Tea World. However, Lady Hadong did not spring out of nowhere. She was literally born to produce tea as a daughter raised and nurtured by a tea farming family. Lady Hadong has what I call 'body knowledge' of tea. The ability to produce exceptional tea is in her pores.  She sells out all of her teas. We are fortunate that she is willing to share some with us at Morning Crane Tea.
Note: Lady Hadong's tisane teas are made at different times of the year including Autumn.
 

How to Order These Teas

We have been working on a new website for our TeaBuy Korea 2022 orders. It used PayPal as the default method for payment of the teas. We thought it was completed. Then we tested it. We were charged nearly 7% on the test order. In our experience PayPal only charges 3-4%. We would lose money. So for now we are returning to the old way of purchasing.

1. Select the teas you wish and the number of bags you wish. 

2. Email that list, along with your shipping address and phone number (optional except for international shipping) to the link below.

3. In the email tell me which way you would like to pay. We have four (4) options. When I receive your emailed order, I will create an invoice and send it to you. Paying that invoice completes your order. 

*4. The invoice does not include shipping (see below). Once we have your teas packed and ready to send only then will we know your shipping charge. We will send you a shipping invoice. Pay that and your teas will be shipped. We do not inflate the shipping charge but it will include a charge including your % of the shipping from Korea to the USA if your tea is not shipped direct from Korea to you. The group shipment actually saves you considerable. The range of % has been between .04¢ and .09¢ per g including package. Again, we do not over charge.

5. Please read the following. Then email your order to us. 

To Order Send Your Email HERE

READ THIS NOTE BEFORE ORDERING: 

*The listed prices for all teas  teas, does NOT include shipping.

As orders are received we alert the producers who then set aside the teas for us. In addition we order and pay for some teas early to assure their availability.  Our final confirming order will be placed with the producers on April 22, 2022. All tea orders must be paid in full at when you receive your invoice. *Shipping will be charged later because unlike teashops, that have paid for the teas they sell already, we have no idea how much tea will be ordered or how much we will have to pay. We discovered that we cannot anticipate shipping cost our attempt last year lost money. You may pay using one of these 4 systems. 

PayPal: This option is the default option in our new website.

Zelle: To the morningcranetea@ sbcglobal  .net email address.
        Venmo: To our *different MorningEarth@ sbcglobal  .net email
                        (Note: The above email addresses are separated. Join them.)
         Check: I'll send you an email that includes my home address. I can't ask for yours without revealing mine.

*A: The price does not include shipping from Korea to us in the USA or to you in the USA or to other countries. Shipping costs will be assessed later. We do not inflate those charges.
         B: We send some tea orders directly from Korea to countries close to Korea. However, we really do not have a packing and shipping service in Korea. We buy a % of our teas in bulk and repack them in our own silver bags. This  reduced the cost of the teas for our clients.  Mr. Lee does not have the facilities to repack bulk teas. Mr. Lee sends some packages to other countries each year to help reduce costs to our clients when repacking is not involved.
        C: We are attempting to find an honest European partner willing to accept all European teas and repack and ship them to our clients in Europe. 
We do not make money on our shipments.

Additional Information  

   You may also want to read the post An Introduction to TeaBuy Korea  it contains considerable information about picking dates and our company.

Click HERE to go there. 

    You may also like to read our post on Korean oxidized teas or balhyochas.

Chick HERE to go there.

    Did you miss ourlink to the post on brewing Nokcha and Ddeokcha?

Click HERE to go there.

   Would you like to know why we have egrets on our symbol but our company is Morning Crane Tea?

Click HERE to go there.      

TeaBuy Korea 2022 is a Group Buy

    When we offer TeaBuy Korea, it is a Group Buy. That means that in some cases (not all and not most) the producer offers us a small discount on their normal tea prices. Our clients order their teas at different times. So a customer ordering at the beginning of a lunar New Year, just after we announce our TeaBuy, must wait much longer than someone who orders in March or early April. All this waiting we hope will insure that we can receive and ship all the teas as quickly as we can. But that depends on your ordering and the producers. Last year a producer broke his leg and had to delay shipping two weeks. Since it is a group buy that meant all tea shipments to our clients were delayed two weeks.

We ship the teas from Korea to us in the same box(s) then we must repack them to send to you. That saves you considerably on shipping costs. However, depending on where you live we send some of those teas directly to you from Korea. We have sold our teas to clients in 30 different countries. However, one or two or even a few different clients from each country does not mean we have a financially strong enterprise.We rely on donations now that we can no longer host tours. If you would like to donate click HERE

 

One other note.

When you order Morning Crane Tea or Teaware, you become a member of the Morning Crane Tea Family. Welcome to our family. 

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