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Small-batch loose leaf · steeped to order

Six leaves.
One patient hour.

We source whole-leaf tea by harvest, not by season name, and brew it exactly as its farmer would. No blends, no flavoring — just water, temperature, and time.

See the leavesHow we steep
Hot water poured over whole-leaf tea in a glass pot
This season

This season’s leaves

Each cup is brewed to its own spec — the bar above every card is the actual color of the steeped liquor.

Warming the vessel…

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The Ritual

Four habits,
every cup

Three grams of loose leaf tea on a small kitchen scaleTea leaves lifted from a glass pot with a strainer
Read the full method
  1. 01

    Warm the vessel

    Rinse the pot or cup with hot water first, so the leaf doesn't lose heat the moment it lands.

  2. 02

    Weigh, don't eyeball

    A kitchen scale gets you the same cup twice. Volume spoons don't — leaf density varies too much.

  3. 03

    Match temperature to leaf

    Delicate whites and greens scorch above 80°C. Dark, rolled leaves need a full boil to open up.

  4. 04

    Steep, then separate

    Pull the leaves out at time. Left in the water, even a good tea turns bitter fast.

Brew temperature by leaf, °C

White & green sit cooler · black, dark & herbal want a full boil

  • White
    75
  • Green
    80
  • Oolong
    95
  • Black
    95
  • Dark
    100
  • Herbal
    100
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Misty terraced tea garden hillside at dawn
Sourced by harvest

We buy the picking, not the label

A garden's spring flush and its autumn flush are different teas. We taste and buy by lot, which is why the list changes and why a leaf sometimes leaves us for a season.

Charcoal roasting basket of oolong leaves in a workshop
Finished by hand

Roasted the way its maker intends

Nothing is re-fired, scented, or blended after it reaches us. Wuyi oolong arrives charcoal-roasted from the mountain; Pu-erh arrives already patient.

The Leaf & Hour tea counter with glass brewers and tin canisters
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Steeped fresh, poured slow.

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