{"title":"Zheng Yan Handmade Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eZheng yan means \"true cliff,\" the small core of the Wuyi reserve where the tea bushes grow in weathered rock and the plants stay under cliff shade most of the day. It is a few dozen square kilometres, and far more tea is sold as zhengyan than could possibly come out of it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEverything in this collection is handmade Wuyi rock oolong from that core, charcoal roasted in small batches by makers whose skills have passed through 10 generations.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hua-xiang-rou-gui-花香肉桂","title":"Hua Xiang Rou Gui","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRou Gui means cinnamon, and most Rou Gui earns the name. It's the assertive one, spice forward, usually fired hard, the tea people reach for when they want to be hit. This is the other version. It's a floral selection, picked and roasted to bring out the top of the cultivar instead of the base, and the result is a Rou Gui that arrives politely and then turns out to have just as much behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eDry leaf is dark and glossy with a reddish cast. The liquor is bright orange and completely clear. Osmanthus first, then gardenia, and the cinnamon shows up underneath rather than in front. Sweet, round, and clean, with a returning sweetness that builds over the first few steeps rather than announcing itself. Let the cup sit until it's cool and the flowers get stronger. That trick doesn't work on most rock tea, and it's the fastest way to understand what this one is.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"San Yuan Tea","offers":[{"title":"5g|Tasting portion \/ 2024","offer_id":48451485696183,"sku":null,"price":8.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50g|Regular size \/ 2024","offer_id":48451485728951,"sku":null,"price":84.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100g|Collector size \/ 2024","offer_id":48451485761719,"sku":null,"price":168.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/0268\/4343\/files\/hua_xiang_rou_gui_ca38ecc7-8d48-47de-98eb-549e2f570c30.png?v=1786054429"},{"product_id":"bei-dou-yi-hao","title":"Beidou No. 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeidou No.1\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a rare varietal of Wuyi Rock Tea cultivated from cuttings of the original\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDa Hong Pao mother trees, grown on Beidou Peak in Wuyishan. This cultivar, with over 70 years of cultivation history, features broad-leafed plants with glossy green foliage and dense branching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrafted entirely by hand using traditional methods, this tea is custom-produced by Ruiquan tea master Huang Shengliang – a nationally recognized inheritor of intangible cultural heritage in Da Hong Pao tea-making and a senior tea evaluation expert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis varietal has been preserved and developed since 1999 to maintain its rich, complex aroma. The spring harvest is conducted only once a year between mid to late April. The leaves are processed through withering, tossing, pan-firing, rolling, drying, refining, and precise charcoal roasting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis is the finest Wuyi rock tea we sell, and in most years there is very little of it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"San Yuan Tea","offers":[{"title":"2024 \/ 5g|Tasting portion","offer_id":48776086749367,"sku":null,"price":23.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2024 \/ 50g|Regular allocation","offer_id":48776086782135,"sku":null,"price":224.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2024 \/ 100g|Collector allocation","offer_id":48776086814903,"sku":null,"price":448.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/0268\/4343\/files\/PXL_20260806_151925731.RAW-01_da1fb7ab-0f47-46c4-b32b-313e413fffd5.png?v=1786030194"},{"product_id":"tie-luo-han","title":"Tie Luo Han","description":"\u003cp\u003eLuohan is the Chinese word for arhat, a Buddhist monk who has reached the end of the path. Tie Luo Han is the iron one. It's the oldest named of the four famous bushes, older than Da Hong Pao by most accounts, and for a long stretch of its history people in Wuyi drank it when they were unwell rather than when they wanted something pleasant. That reputation is still in the tea. It has a herbal edge that the other three don't.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTightly rolled leaf, greenish brown with a low shine. The liquor comes out golden orange and heavier than you expect from the colour. Orchid on top, something green and cool underneath it closer to bamboo, and then the body arrives: thick, round, sweet, and slow to leave. The rock rhyme here is the loud kind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"San Yuan Tea","offers":[{"title":"2024 \/ 5g|Tasting portion","offer_id":48776188428471,"sku":null,"price":14.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2024 \/ 50g|Regular allocation","offer_id":48776188461239,"sku":null,"price":144.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2024 \/ 100g|Collector allocation","offer_id":48776188494007,"sku":null,"price":288.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/0268\/4343\/files\/bu_zhi_chun_temp_66e7a934-5e36-4d75-92b9-46abe86fd93e.png?v=1786064088"},{"product_id":"shui-jin-gui","title":"Shui Jin Gui","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eShui Jin Gui means golden water turtle, and the name comes from a rainstorm. The story goes that a landslide carried the original bush off one temple's land and down onto another's, and the two temples took each other to court over who owned it. Whether it happened is anyone's guess. It's a good indication of what a single Wuyi bush was worth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTightly curled leaf, glossy, green brown. The liquor is golden orange and clear, and the aroma is the reason people keep this cultivar in the four famous bushes: plum blossom, high and cold and quite persistent, still there when the cup has gone empty. Underneath, honey and a thick creamy weight from the slow roast. Sweet, clean at the finish, and the rock rhyme sits low and steady rather than announcing itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"San Yuan Tea","offers":[{"title":"5g|Tasting portion \/ 2024","offer_id":48776306131127,"sku":null,"price":13.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50g|Regular allocation \/ 2024","offer_id":48776306163895,"sku":null,"price":134.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100g|Collector allocation \/ 2024","offer_id":48776306196663,"sku":null,"price":268.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/0268\/4343\/files\/shui_jin_gui_2.png?v=1786047991"},{"product_id":"bai-ji-guan","title":"Bai Ji Guan","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBai Ji Guan is the odd one among the four famous bushes. The leaf comes off the plant pale, yellow-green rather than the dark green everything else in Wuyi gives you, curved and stiff enough that somebody a few centuries ago thought it looked like a rooster's crest and the name stuck. It buds late, into the back half of May.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe pale leaf gives you a different tea from the other three: light floral over a sweetness that reads as lychee, then peach behind it, and a soft green herb note that's easy to miss if you brew it hard. The liquor is bright gold, the body silky and finely built rather than broad. There's a brief flick of bitterness at the front that turns sweet almost immediately. Dry leaf carries visible red speckles from the fire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"San Yuan Tea","offers":[{"title":"5g|Tasting portion \/ 2024","offer_id":48776306229431,"sku":null,"price":13.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50g|Regular allocation \/ 2024","offer_id":48776306262199,"sku":null,"price":134.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100g|Collector allocation \/ 2024","offer_id":48776306294967,"sku":null,"price":268.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/0268\/4343\/files\/bai_ji_guan_56722f17-5226-446f-8adc-ecdb6502dc8b.png?v=1786031594"},{"product_id":"lao-cong-shui-xian","title":"Lao Cong Shui Xian","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eShui Xian is the workhorse of Wuyi. It's planted everywhere, it makes up most of the region's output, and a lot of it is unremarkable. What changes is age. Bushes past about fifty years put their roots deep enough into the rock that the tea starts tasting like where it grew, and the trade has a separate word for the result. Cong wei, old bush flavour. Ours come from bushes between forty and sixty years old in the zhengyan core.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eCong wei is hard to describe without sounding like an estate agent. It reads as wet moss, old timber, and the cool air inside a stone building in summer. The liquor is deep amber and very clear, and the body is thick without being heavy on the palate. Orchid sits over the top. What's unusual is the finish: sweet, long, and faintly cooling, so a tea this dense somehow doesn't sit on you. Spent leaves open thick and soft, green with red edges, which is what a properly roasted Shui Xian should look like.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"San Yuan Tea","offers":[{"title":"5g|Tasting portion \/ 2024","offer_id":48776347910327,"sku":null,"price":7.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50g|Regular allocation \/ 2024","offer_id":48776347943095,"sku":null,"price":74.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100g|Collector allocation \/ 2024","offer_id":48776347975863,"sku":null,"price":148.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/0268\/4343\/files\/lao_cong_shui_xian.png?v=1786045534"},{"product_id":"bu-zhi-chun","title":"Bu Zhi Chun","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBu Zhi Chun means \"unaware of spring.\" The bush buds late and picking waits until the middle of May, by which time the rest of Wuyi has been harvested, roasted, and put away. Leaves come off the bush fine and curved, closer to a sparrow's tongue than a proper rock tea leaf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDry leaf smells faintly of roasted chestnut. The liquor pours a clear amber and the texture is the first thing you notice, thick and smooth without any grip. Underneath there's a floral top note and the wet-stone minerality people mean when they talk about yan yun. The finish is cooling and sweet, closer to sugarcane or mao gen than to sugar, and it stays in the throat well after you've put the cup down.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"San Yuan Tea","offers":[{"title":"5g|Tasting portion \/ 2024","offer_id":48776472363191,"sku":null,"price":8.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50g|Regular allocation \/ 2024","offer_id":48776472395959,"sku":null,"price":84.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100g|Collector allocation \/ 2024","offer_id":48776472428727,"sku":null,"price":168.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/0268\/4343\/files\/bu_zhi_chun.png?v=1786062714"},{"product_id":"lao-jun-mei","title":"Lao Jun Mei","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eLao Jun Mei is an ancient small-leaf varietal out of Jiulongke, the narrow valley that also holds the Da Hong Pao mother trees. Monks from Tianxin Yongle Temple grew and refined it there, and very little of it was ever planted. Ours grows at Liu Guanzhai, northwest of Huiyuankeng and well inside the zhengyan core.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTightly twisted leaf, dark with a faint gold cast. The liquor is clear amber, and the first thing up is caramelised sugar, warm rather than sweet, with a mature floral note behind it that reads more like dried flowers than fresh ones. The body is thick and lively at once. Sweetness holds a long time after swallowing and the aroma comes back on the breath. Rock bone rather than rock rhyme; the structure is the point here. It will still be giving something at ten infusions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"San Yuan Tea","offers":[{"title":"5g|Tasting portion \/ 2024","offer_id":48776473149623,"sku":null,"price":8.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50g|Regular allocation \/ 2024","offer_id":48776473182391,"sku":null,"price":84.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100g|Collector allocation \/ 2024","offer_id":48776473215159,"sku":null,"price":168.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/0268\/4343\/files\/lao_jun_mei.png?v=1786049216"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/0268\/4343\/collections\/P1070347.jpg?v=1784055395","url":"https:\/\/sanyuantea.com\/collections\/zheng-yan-collection.oembed","provider":"San Yuan Tea","version":"1.0","type":"link"}