Morning
Crane Tea's
TeaBuyTM Korea
2020
Simplified
Morning Crane Tea is an Educational
Tea Service and as such we try to educate. That means often using terms
that are not familiar to all who which to order our teas or simply get confused
by them. This often includes knowledgeable tea connoisseurs who are vary
familiar with both Chinese and Japanese terms but not Korean. Some folk simply
want to order some teas. So here is your opportunity - in what I hope will be
simple terms.
Cooperative Producers
Dong Cheon Tea
Ha Il-Nam
Dong Cheon Tea
(Jeongcha
Style Green)
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. That is the reason I'm celebrating by lowering their
prices to 2010 prices. These teas like all of our teas are from hand-plucked
and organically grown leaves from deep rooted bushes.
Green Teas (Nokcha)
Note: These are 2010 Prices For You Today
Woojeon 50g
$POR
MuwiSejak
50g
$25.00
Sejak
50g
$20.00
Jungjak
50g
$15.00
Daejak
50g
$10.00
Yipcha
50g
$5.00
Oxidized Tea (Balhyocha)
DC Dancha
50g
$22.00
Don't
confuse DC Dancha that refers to 'red' tea with the ancient Korean tea type
also called "Dancha" that we are introducing as a new offering today.
They are both delicious but different teas.
Nong Johap
Tea Union of
Jangguncha
Gimhae, Korea
Chung
Jong Woo
Jangguncha Yeong
(Highest
Rank Tea)
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?
Pan Roasted Green Tea (Tteokeumcha)
Tteokeumcha 30g $44.00
Oxidized Tea (Balhyocha)
JD
Balhyocha 30g $33.00
Artisan Tea Producers
Jahacha Dawan
(Violet Sunset Tea)
Jeong
Jae Yeon
Jahacha Dawan
(Violet
Sunset Tea)
(ban
balhyocha - hwangcha - Korean yellow tea.
or is it a wan-jeon balhyocha a hongcha? Korean red tea?)
or is it a wan-jeon balhyocha a hongcha? Korean red 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.
Oxidized Tea (Balhyocha )
(2010 Celebration Prices)
Halmonicha
40g
$16.00
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 Chibnese yellow tea and Korean 'yellow tea' or hwangcha. We had
not yet adopted the name Halmonicha or Grandmother tea.
Halmonicha 300g
$98.00
Halmonicha
is bulk packed in a 300+g bags.
The
actual weight is approximately between 320g and 360g
Dosim Dawan
Oh
Si-Young and son Oh Jae Hong
Dosim Dawan
Tteokeum-cha
(pan roasted 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.
Pan Roasted Green Tea (Tteokeumcha)
Sejak
50g
$28.50
Jungjak
50g
$19.50
Oxidized Tea (Balhyocha)
So-ip-cha 50g
$28.00
So-ip =
Small Leaf
Dae-ip-cha
50g
$14.00
Dae-ip
= Large Leaf
Yejeon Dawan
Kim Yu
Ja and son Jeon Ju Hyun
Yejeon Dawan
This is truly a
"stand out from the crowd tea producer."
Pan Roasted Green Tea (Tteokeumcha)
Woojeon
40g
$45.00
Sejak
40g
$22.00
Oxidized Tea (Balhyocha)
wan
jeon balhyocha - hongcha - Korean red tea
Junggan-ipcha
40g
$25.00
juggan-ip
= Medium Leaf
SOA Dawan
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 our one Boseong representatives.
Pan Roasted Green Tea (Tteokeumcha)
Woojeon
40g
$30.00
Gogucha*
40g
$24.00
Plucked
April 20:
*I
have changed the Anglicization of this term to correspond with the Korean
Government
Sejak
40g
$18.00
Jungjak
40g
$12.00
Oxidized Tea (Balhyocha)
ban
balhyocha - hwangcha- Korean yellow tea
Balhyocha
SD 40g
$18.00
Butdangol Dawan
Kim
Jong Yeol
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. While I obviously have not tried his Woojeon this year, the
early spring in Korea is similar to the last 2 years when Master Kim said he
produced his finest teas. The teas produced by Kim Jong Yeol truly live up to
their outstanding reputation.
Note: In
2019 Master Kim Jong Yeol was awarded the "Best Tteokeumcha" award at
the Hadong Tea Festival. Typically that equates to the best.
Pan Roasted Green Tea (Tteokeumcha)
1. Butdangol Woojeon
50g $POR
Butdangol = A Place for
Buddha
Plucked: April ? – 20
2. Chungiljem
Sejak
50g $35.00
Chungiljem = Above the
Crowd
Plucked: April 25 – 30
3. Koom
50g $30.00
Koom = Dream
Plucked: May 1 – 6 a
later Sejak
Oxidized Tea (Balhyocha)
wan
jeon balhyocha - hongcha - Korean red tea
1a. Woojeon Balhyo (name pending) 50g $100.00
Woojeon Balhyo = (name pending)
Plucked: Before April 20th
1. Sebyukhangki
50g $35.00
Sebyukhangki = The
Fragrance of Dawn
Plucked: April 25th -
May 5th
2. Hongiljeom (a hongcha)
50g $30.00
Hongiljeom = Excellence
in the Crowd
Plucked: May 5th
- May 15th
(Previously named
Buttea)
3. Noeulhangki ( a hwangcha) 50g
$30.00
Noeulhangki = The Scent
of Sunset
Plucked: May 6th -
May 25th
Blends
Nokcha or Balhyocha with
Tisanes (herbals)
1. Nokcha w Persimmon
Leaves 50g $30.00
2. Balhyocha w Ginger
50g $30.00
Note:
This is the one producer who gives me his precise plucking dates. Balhyocha
producers prefer various leaves for a variety of reasons. An early or later
pluck has no bearing on the tea quality but it does influence the flavor. That
is why plucking dates are seldom used with balhyocha teas. The above plucking
dates are from 2017.
Temple Tea
Daeheungsa
Monk
Wol Woo
Daeheungsa
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. Their teas 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.
Pan Roasted Green Tea (Tteokeumcha)
Special Tteokeumcha
50g $58.00
Special Tteokeumcha
25g $30.00
Dancha & Tisane
Please
see our Blog Post on this Mysterious Tea Dancha
Maewoldang Dawan
Shin Mog
Maewoldang Dawan
Namwon, Korea
Dancha
Note: There are two types of
Dancha both are priced the same. 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 SM Dancha B
perhaps the one you were wondering about is a deep flavored wan-jeon balhyocha
that matures into a hubalhyocha. What does that mean? Ans: A Red Tea that
becomes a Black Tea
Please designate Goryeo SM Dancha "A" or
"B"
Dancha A is a compressed Green tea that ages into an oxidized
tea
SM Dancha A
100g $150.00
SM Dancha A 350g
$500.00
SM Dancha A
900g $1250.00
Please designate Goryeo SM Dancha "A" or "B"
Dancha B is a compressed Oxidized tea that ages into a
Post Fermented Tea
SM Dancha B
100g $150.00
SM Dancha B 350g
$500.00
SM Dancha B
900g $1250.00
This is authentic Korean Goryeo Dynasty Style Dancha, produced
using historic processes, made by a true master.
Visit the beginning of a special post on Master Shin Mog. HERE.
Lady Hadong
Lady Hadong
Hadong, Korea
(Note: Many of Lady Hadong teas
are packed in onggi jars. Each jar weights approximately 400g or 500g. 500g is
about 1lb 2oz. Onggi Jars are the jar of choice for storing all sorts of
teas. We are still in discussion with Lady Hadong as she is busy most of the
days producing teas.)
Korean White Tea
30g
$30.00
Please designate Goryeo LH Dancha "A" or
"B"
Dancha A is a compressed Green tea that ages into an oxidized
tea
LH Dancha A
100g $150.00
Dancha B is a compressed Oxidized tea that ages into a
Post Fermented Tea
LH Dancha B
100g $150.00
Tisane Teas - Herbal Tea
Magnolia bud
40g
$40.00
Omija*
100g $60.00
Chrysanthemum
20g
$50.00
Beet
200g $30.00
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.
These are not camellia sinensis teas.
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?
Note: Lady Hadong's tisane teas are made at different times of the year including Autumn. We decided to offer a special Lady Hadong tisane tea offering in October. If she has any of her other teas available then we may add them to that offer. Watch for it.
Note: Lady Hadong's tisane teas are made at different times of the year including Autumn. We decided to offer a special Lady Hadong tisane tea offering in October. If she has any of her other teas available then we may add them to that offer. Watch for it.
Not Just Ddeokcha
(aka
Tteokcha and Doncha)
Park Jeom Ja is the only single artisan producer whose ddeokcha
we have offered. She produces her green teas the traditional Jeongcha style
including 9 quick immersions of tealeaves into boiling water followed by 9 hand
roastings using the same processes used by the famous Myungwon Studio. She has
discounted her teas for us and we are passing on that discount to you.
Myungwon Studio
Park Jeom Ja
Myungwon Studio
Gangjin, Korea
GreenTea (Nokcha) Jeongcha Style
PJJ Woojeon
40g
$55.00
PJJ
Sejak
50g
$45.00
Oxidized Tea (Balhyocha)
PJJ Balhyocha
40g
$35.00
Ddeokcha
PJJ Ddeokcha 10 coin
$60.00
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.
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 get teas made by Chae Won-Hwa. However here are teas made using the same Jeongcha style of immersing the leaves into biling water and following with kneading between each immersion - each nine times.
Ms Park represents the long and important tradition
of individual artisans who work not only to produce ddeokcha and other teas but also helps to promote it to the world.
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.
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Special Important Notes:
We at Morning Crane Tea are proud of our contribution to Korean
Tea over the last 14 years.
I have received comments from several of my clients who have
told me I am undercharging our prices for the quality of the teas we
offer. That they would say so is in itself amazing to me. Thank you. If
you would like to contribute a little to our work to help keep us afloat, you
may do so and it would be appreciated.
We at Morning Crane Tea are proud to represent each of our
producers to the wider World of Tea.
All prices are plus
shipping.
That means shipping
from Korea to me and shipping from us to you.
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Note: Typically, clients order their teas and receive a preliminary
invoice. We will not know full shipping costs until a box is packed. This means
we do not add shipping costs until later. It also means that you can add to
your order until one week before we ask for your shipping payment.
We have been trying to anticipate the exact shipping costs from
Korea so that we can charge you up front. However, shipping costs have
ranged from about .02¢ per g to .08¢ per g. Should I charge the .08¢?
Please Read This
Important Information!
Note: When purchasing teas in
our TeaBuy Korea you are placing a special order. Since we are not
a regular tea company, we cannot return funds once the teas have been purchased
from the producer. If there is a shipping error and the teas are returned to
me, I will pay for the return shipment to you but I cannot refund your purchase
or shipment money. Placing your order is your acknowledgement that you
understand this policy. Thanks for understanding.
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.
You may also like to read our post on Korean oxidized teas or balhyochas. Chick HERE to go there.
When we offer TeaBuy
Korea, it is a Group Buy. That means that in some cases (not all) the producer
offers us a small discount on their normal tea prices. Our clients order their
teas at different times. So a customer ordering in April, just after we
announce our TeaBuy, must wait much longer than someone who orders in early
June. The risk is that the early June clients may discover the tea he or she
selects are sold out. We ship most teas from Korea to me in the same box(s)
where I must repack them to send to you. That saves you considerably on
shipping costs. Some orders can't be packed and shipped direct in Korea because
we do not have a proper packing facility there. However, depending on where you
live we can send some of those teas directly to you from Korea if they don't
need to be repacked. We have sold our teas to clients in 28 different
countries. However, one or two or even a few different clients from each
country does not mean we have a financially strong enterprise.
Those of you returning
to TeaBuy Korea will note that some of our tea prices have increased slightly
from two years ago. 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 Korean tea ware. The best Korean
teas were not available for tasting, so I had to offer them. During the 14 or
so years I have been offering these teas there has never been a profit to speak
of. Expenditures have increased for the advertising part of Morning Crane
Tea. As an example, my educational web presence costs surpasses by far any
profit I make from our TeaBuy.
In spite of this, I
continue to offer some teas at my cost and because of COVID-19 have reduced the
prices of many other teas for 2020. If you have been particularly hit
financially by this virus, please contact me in private and we will discuss how
we may be able to help you to continue to have some Korean teas.
We have been attempting to launch a new Morning Crane Tea website so I am not planning on stopping this tea service. That decision to stop or continue is really up to you and the other members of the Morning Crane Tea Family by your support.
We have been attempting to launch a new Morning Crane Tea website so I am not planning on stopping this tea service. That decision to stop or continue is really up to you and the other members of the Morning Crane Tea Family by your support.
When I began fourteen
years ago, there was little talk about Korean teas. Few Korean teas were
available on the Western market. While Morning Crane Tea may have had a
little to do with the current interest in Korean teas, few tea shops or
wholesale tea outlets buy from me. In many cases they went to Korean producers
based largely on price. I don't want to imply that other Korean teas are bad,
but we have made a concerted effort over our years of research to bring you some
of the best teas made in Korea at the most reasonable prices. We are able to
access teas from nearly every tea company in Korea. We are looking for more tea
shops and wholesale tea suppliers so please send them our way. Thank you for
your continuing support and trust.
One other note. For those of you who have "subscribed" on this site, my apologies. I am having difficulty accessing your information. I am not ignoring you. I'm just technologically illiterate - but trying to learn.
One other note. For those of you who have "subscribed" on this site, my apologies. I am having difficulty accessing your information. I am not ignoring you. I'm just technologically illiterate - but trying to learn.
When you order Morning
Crane Tea or Teaware, you become a member of the Morning Crane Tea Family. Thank
You for your trust and patience.