8 families. 1,100 meters. Every dollar tracked.
We're not a brand with a supply chain. We're a cooperative of families in Enshi's mountains who grow tea and share the profits.
How it started
In 2019, June left her career to return to Enshi — a small mountain town in Hubei, China. The tea gardens had always been there: terraced plots at 1,100 meters, farmed by families who'd been growing tea for generations. But the middlemen took most of the profit. The farmers got almost nothing.
She registered a cooperative — Enshi Yongwan — with 8 shareholder families. The idea was simple: sell the tea directly, skip the middlemen, and split the profits. Every family gets dividends. The books are open.
The tea itself is organic. No pesticides, no synthetic fertilizer. The fields are plowed by cow, not machine. It's slower. It's harder. But the tea tastes like the mountain, and the people who grow it actually share in what you pay.
Every tea has a name behind it.
We drew a map of our village. The families behind your tea are all here.
Chun 春
Chun is the village's quiet strength, working fields, raising children, cooking meals. Her name means "spring," and like the season, she brings life — quietly, steadily, without asking for recognition.
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Chi Couple 池夫妇
Chi is the bridge of three families. With his wife, he holds their home together, cares for a disabled granddaughter, and keeps village traditions alive through song, dance, and quiet endurance.
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Shendi 申娣
Her name once meant the family was still waiting for a son. Now she works her three acres by herself, planting corn, rapeseed and tea — quiet but strong, proving her name belongs to her alone.
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Feng 凤
Feng is the first person you'll meet in the village. She has no land of her own, but she chose to return home. She takes care of her children and father, works the fields, and welcomes whoever passes through.
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Jun 军
Jun used to be a barber. Now he makes tea in his village, caring for each tree by hand. With guidance from Master Zhou, he carries on the old ways, keeping the taste of true Enshi tea alive.
Read his story →
Chen 陈
Chen keeps bees with the same care he gives to his own life — clean, quiet, and steady. He says honey should carry the taste of flowers and honesty, nothing else.
Read his story →
Tea Workshop
Guided by Enshi Yulu master Yang Shengwei and village grower Teacher Zhou, we explore how to improve our tea through science, cooperation, and traditional wisdom.
Learn more →Our books are open.
When you buy our tea, 42% goes directly to the families who grew it. We publish every payment.
Where every dollar goes
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A year in the village
Tea follows the seasons. So does life here.
Two ways to be here.
Come for a week
Pick tea with us, eat with the families, walk the mountain paths. April through October. We'll pick you up at Enshi airport.
Plan your visit →
Stay for a season
Work the fields, help with packaging, teach English, or document village life. Room, board, and a story you'll carry home. Past volunteers came from across the world.
Apply as volunteer →