A monthly Puerh club for those called to go deeper
A trusted way into one of tea’s deepest traditions, still largely unknown outside of Asia, through seasonally chosen Puerh, thoughtful guidance, and a practice that unfolds one cup at a time.
Seasonally Curated
A hand-selected Puerh each month, chosen in relationship with the season and its energetic qualities.
Rare + Exceptional
Thoughtfully sourced Shou and Sheng Puerhs with depth, character, and personality.
A Deeper Way to Learn
This is not just a delivery of tea. It is a steady way to understand Puerh through direct experience.
Puerh is not just another tea.
It is layered, alive, patient, and endlessly revealing. It changes with age. It carries the imprint of place, season, storage, and time. For those who spend time getting to know Puerh, it becomes the tea they return to every day for years.
The Puerh Club was created to offer a more intimate way into that world.
Each month, we select a Puerh that reflects the season and exemplifies the qualities of a Living Tea: depth, integrity, vitality, and real character. Some months bring darker, grounding, more settled teas. Others bring brighter, greener, more uplifting expressions. Over time, the club becomes more than a subscription. It becomes a way to deepen your practice, and build a real relationship with Puerh.
Discover the depth and diversity of Puerh.
This club is perfect for you if:
- you are Puerh-curious and want a trusted place to begin
- you already love Puerh and want to explore more of its range
- you want to learn by tasting, not just reading
- you want your tea practice to deepen through steady, seasonally guided exploration
- you love the idea of rare teas arriving with context, intention, and care
This is also for the person who has tried Puerh once and knows there is more there. The person who wants help understanding what they’re tasting. The person who wants a deeper relationship with tea, but not a rigid or elitist one.
Why people fall in love with Puerh
Puerh is one of the most compelling tea traditions in the world because it refuses to stay flat.
Some Puerhs feel dark, earthy, and deeply grounding. Some are bright, floral, herbaceous, or gently uplifting. Age changes the tea. Storage changes the tea. Season changes the experience of drinking it. The more time you spend with Puerh, the more it reveals.That is part of why people become devoted to it.
Because it offers depth. Because it rewards attention. Because it becomes a tea you do not simply consume, but build a relationship with.
At Living Tea, Puerh sits at the heart of what we do. Colin has spent decades in daily Puerh practice, with extensive travel through Yunnan and Taiwan and deep relationships with farmers and collectors closest to these traditions. That background shapes how Living Tea introduces people to Puerh: with reverence, clarity, and genuine care.
Dive into the World of Puerh
The Puerh Tea Club brings you a seasonal selection of exceptional Puerh teas, thoughtfully curated to align with the season and a variety of tastes. Explore the two types of Puerh: Sheng (raw), which ranges from fresh, bright, and grassy to rich, calming, and earthy, and Shou (ripened), with its smooth, smooth, creamy, and dark profile.
Known for its unique “post-fermentation” process, Puerh improves with age, offering complex flavors and grounding qualities. Living Tea has spent over 15 years sourcing high-quality, organic, old-growth Puerh, ensuring each monthly tea is a reflection of this rich tradition.
Start your Puerh journey today.
Explore the upcoming Puerh picks
July's Puerh
Heavy Branch
Duo Te Li Special Grade Liu Bao, 1990's
Heavy Branch is grounding and earthy, yet it feels like pouring fresh spring water through your whole system. The earth element arriving in fire season. The branches beginning to droop with heaviness. The first nip of yin on a July afternoon.
Stems present in the leaf contribute to the rice sweetness in the flavor. Young wood and camphor come through patient steepings. Liu Bao is not puerh. It is true black tea, hei cha. Hei cha is something else entirely: post-fermented, microbially transformed, and perfect for aging.
Pay attention. The complexity here is quiet.
June's Puerh
Big Leaf Medicine
Medicine Aroma Sheng Puerh Brick, 1980's
This brick, pressed sometime in the 80s or 90s from big-leaf material, has spent decades naturally fermenting. The taste is mellow and rounded: dried fruit, dates, a touch of caramel up front, then aged wood and camphor, with a subtle herbal note that never sharpens into bitterness. The finish is long and warming, with a gentle huigan and a woody-sweet aftertaste.
Lower in catechins than finer material, huang pian aged this long is notably smooth. It’s easy on the body and the mind. The qi is centering and calming. A good afternoon tea, and a good tea for those who find strong puerh qi too much. Unpretentious, sweet, woodsy, deeply mellowed. A tea drinker’s tea.
May's Puerh
Spring River
Menghai Tender Shoots Shou Puerh, Mid 1990's
A tea of quiet depth. Spring River is a loose ripe pu-erh from Menghai, Yunnan and crafted from tender shoots harvested in the 1990's. It carries that age with understated grace. The liquor is thick and oily, settling into the cup like a slow-moving river after rain. Notes of cream and warm milk rise from the steam, while the body evokes a muddied forest floor in late spring — earthy, soft, and alive with the kind of dampness and petrichor that follows an afternoon shower. A clean, smooth presence that's calming as the strong spring energies are rising.
April's Puerh
Threshold
Xiaguan Sheng Puerh Brick
This is a tea that clears the head while anchoring the body. For April, that balance feels right: the season of emergence, of ground thawing and energy rising. This tea mirrors it.
Twenty years in, this brick has arrived at the threshold of aged puerh. It's the the precise moment when a sheng puerh crosses into aged territory without losing the clarity and lift that define a greener sheng puerh. It doesn't have the deep calm of an older sheng or the earthiness of a shou; it carries both worlds at once. That in-between quality is the sweet spot for lovers of aged sheng puerh.
Why join the club instead of buying one-off?
You can absolutely buy Puerh one tea at a time.But the club creates something different.It gives you continuity. It removes guesswork. It helps you build familiarity month by month instead of starting over every time you want to try something new.
Over time, you begin to notice more.You start recognizing the differences between younger and older teas. Between grounding and uplifting expressions. Between teas that feel like late winter and teas that feel like spring emergence. You develop the language for what you taste and how the tea makes you feel.
That is what makes this club so valuable.It is not just a more convenient way to buy tea. It is a better way to deepen your relationship with Puerh.
New to Puerh?
If you are curious about Puerh but not quite ready to join the club, start with our free guide.
It’s a simple, grounded introduction to what Puerh is, why it matters, how to begin, and what makes this category so beloved by the people who know it well.
What members are saying
How the subscription works
- Join the Puerh Club by subscribing below
- Subscriptions ship on the 15th of each month
- If you join between the 1st and the 15th, your first shipment will be the upcoming selection, shipped on the 15th
- If you join after the 15th, you’ll receive the current selection right away
- Your payment method is automatically charged monthly unless you choose the prepaid option
Want to commit
more deeply?
- There is also a prepaid 6-month option for those who already know they want to stay in relationship with the club.
- A beautiful choice for devoted Puerh drinkers, or for anyone who wants to give themselves time to really settle into the practice.
- Choose the 6-month prepaid option
Frequently asked questions
When will I receive the Puerh Tea Club?
Subscriptions ship on the 15th of each month.
Join between the 1st and 15th and your first tea ships on the 15th.
Join after the 15th and the current selection ships right away.
Subsequent orders will be shipped on the 15th of each month.
Do I need Puerh experience to join?
Not at all. The club is designed for curious beginners and experienced drinkers alike. The monthly guidance is there to help you understand what you're tasting at every level.
What kind of Puerh will I receive?
Each month may feature Sheng (raw) or Shou (ripe) — with some months featuring teas that are over 20 years old and other months featuring teas from 500-year-old+ trees. The range is intentional; over time you'll experience the full breadth of Puerh.
Can I cancel?
Yes. The monthly subscription renews automatically but you can cancel anytime through your account at livingtea.net, or by emailing info@livingtea.net.
Do you ship internationally?
Yes. Please note that import duties and taxes are the buyer's responsibility and are not collected at checkout. Allow for possible delays related to customs.
What's the prepaid option?
The 6-month prepaid option lets you commit to the practice upfront at a discounted total. It's also a beautiful gift for someone ready to explore Puerh seriously.
FOR THOSE DRAWN TO PUERH
A trusted way into the world of Puerh
Whether you are just beginning or already devoted to this tea, the Puerh Club offers a beautiful way to keep going deeper.