Yunnan Sourcing

Do you know Yunnan Sourcing? Do you drink Chinese tea?  Do you live outside China?  If you answered yes to all 3 questions, I am sure you are familiar with Yunnan Sourcing (YS).

Scott Wilson is the owner of Yunnan Sourcing. He primarily operates out of Kunming China. He started YS about 20 years ago. He is an American. His online store comprised of mainly pu erh and other tea from China. He also sells tea ware.  He is unique in that he sells Chinese tea in China to customers that live outside China. He was an early pioneer  that he made use of the internet and made his tea easily available worldwide. 

I am one of his customers. I started buying tea from him since 2009. When I placed an order from YS, it was a thrill to see my tea order arriving at my doorstep a few weeks later.  It was quite addictive buying from YS.  

I had just befriended a new tea buddy last week in Singapore. He had purchased a huge bag of tea samples from YS and he proudly showed off his purchase to me like a trophy prize. 

Pix showed a purchase I made in 2011. The pu erh was a 2011 Ai Lao San sold under the YS brand. The teapot was another purchase from YS as well.  Made from Da Hong Pao clay.

Well, being a hardcore Chinese tea drinker, I made a trip to Kunming specially to meet Scott in 2009. I even bought a tong of tea from YS as my souvenir when I was there. Scott was very hospitable (more bald now).  He was in a good mood and taught me how to age tea by holding a tea cake on top of my head. 

I hope to make another pilgrimage to Kunming next year and visit Scott to attain more enlightenment about tea.