01 · The leaf begins
Before it becomes tea.
High in the mountains, mist settles slowly on the youngest leaves. Flavour begins with water, stone and the quiet of morning.
Elevation · 1,400 m
The Way of the Leaf
Mountain tea · one harvestPreparing the journey…
02 · The first touch
Gathered only at dawn.
Hands choose the tender tips — two leaves and a bud. Everything else is left to grow until the mist returns.
Hand-picked03 · The house of warm air
Time becomes fragrance.
Across woven bamboo trays, each leaf releases moisture, softens and reveals the first trace of its future character.
Slow withering04 · Fire and form
Fire remembers the hands.
Copper, charcoal and the steady movement of the maker stop oxidation, folding aroma into every leaf.
Hand-roasted05 · Across the mountains
A quiet road to water.
Tea leaves the workshop by the same path that carries rain, cedar and mountain air into the valley.
Stone · forest · water06 · The quiet ceremony
The whole valley, in one cup.
The mountains return in the steam above dark water. The journey ends where it began: in mist and stillness.
Water · 82 °C