The Tea Urchin

The Tea Urchin Merchants of fine tea
www.teaurchin.com Tea Urchin was founded in 2011 by Eugene Chew & Belle Sun, a husband and wife team who live in Shanghai, China.

Eugene & Belle launched Tea Urchin to share their love of Chinese tea with the world. Eugene is an Australian who moved to Shanghai in 2004, where he discovered gongfu cha & became obsessed with puer. There he met & married Belle, a feisty Shanghainese tea lover with a penchant for sweet reds & fragrant oolongs. Together, we specialize in finding premium and rare Chinese teas, with a story. We hop

e what makes us different is our down to earth humility, integrity, and honesty. We enjoy finding good tea, made by good people, and we help them to find an international market. We sell 3 kinds of tea - hidden gems produced by our tea friends, great deals found in the Shanghai markets, and our own line of Puer which we sell under the brand “Cha Ren” (茶仁 which means “tea compassion”). We also sell hand crafted tea wares from Yixing, Jingdezhen, Longquan & Taiwan. Each year, we travel to Wuyishan and Yunnan, to source traditional, hand crafted puer & oolong teas directly from the best farmers & producers. We work with the same trusted producers each year, to ensure our tea is pesticide free, and not blended with cheaper or inferior teas. You can meet our producers & follow our tea adventures on our blog (teaurchin.blogspot.com). We try out best to show you where our tea came from, who made it, and how it was made. We hope with this deeper understanding of tea, you will find more enjoyment in each cup, and feel more connected to the people who made it.

Merry Christmas everyone! Sending you puerh love from China
22/12/2018

Merry Christmas everyone! Sending you puerh love from China

Nannuoshan, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan
06/01/2018

Nannuoshan, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan

Our 2016 Yiwu charity cake. Tasseography wrapper and photo by my sis
31/12/2017

Our 2016 Yiwu charity cake. Tasseography wrapper and photo by my sis

Local boys running through the tea garden
11/06/2017

Local boys running through the tea garden

Maocha tasting with Belle
14/05/2017

Maocha tasting with Belle

Yay for Yunnan! Guess what we're making this year?
04/05/2017

Yay for Yunnan! Guess what we're making this year?

19/01/2017

Dear customers, we're closed until Feb 27 for Chinese New Year holidays. Any order placed before Feb 27 will receive free shipping. Happy Year of the Rooster!

Delivering pu'er to an old friend... at his new tea house!
08/01/2017

Delivering pu'er to an old friend... at his new tea house!

South of the border, the Myanmar tea industry struggles with armed conflict
17/08/2016

South of the border, the Myanmar tea industry struggles with armed conflict

A shortage of seasonal labour due to recent fighting in northern Shan State has dealt a cruel blow to a tea industry on which hundreds of thousands of farmers rely for a living.

Our 2014 Xikong wrapper captures the joy of our little horse-baby Miranda entering the world! Thanks for this lovely ph...
15/08/2016

Our 2014 Xikong wrapper captures the joy of our little horse-baby Miranda entering the world! Thanks for this lovely photo!

14/08/2016

through the nature reserve #漂流 #武夷山

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349 Huaqiu Road, Baoshan District
Shanghai
200444

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