Direct Chinese Sourcing

Daily drinking, less thinking

From day one of Mikazuki, our intention has always been singular: A Chinese tea house focused on the curation of high-quality teas and teaware; selected carefully and priced accordingly.

In order to make everyday tea more accessible, we offer a new direction: Larger quantities, simpler presentation, direct shipping, and a wider range of teas to try.

By removing additional layers of handling, storage, and retail packaging, we’re able to keep prices closer to their point of origin.

What We Offer now

Tea

Wuyi Oolongs
Larger quantities at low prices
Sample packs
Custom Ooolong bag design (on larger orders)
A range of new teas

What to expect in the future

Tea

Sheng and Shou puer
Custom puer pressing sizes ( dragon balls, 100g, 200g etc cakes)
wrapper design
White teas
Green Teas
aged teas sourced from private collections
classics from our current menu without the duties levied during importation

Teaware & Antiques

Contemporary handmade teaware from small workshops
Select vintage and antique items sourced through trusted channels
Daily use tea ware for those on a budget
Availability varies, and items are sourced individually rather than held in stock.

How ordering works

We do not operate as a traditional online shop with automated checkout and fixed inventory.

Most items are sourced individually and shipped directly from China. Because of this, ordering is handled through a simple confirmation process through direct messaging rather than instant purchase.

Step 1 — Browse & Inquire

Browse the teas and objects presented on this site to get a sense of what is currently available.

If something interests you — or if you’re looking for something specific — contact us with:

The item or category you’re interested in
Quantity (for tea) or intended use
Your shipping destination

At this stage, no payment is required.

Step 2 — Availability & Details

We’ll confirm:

Current availability
Final product pricing
Any design/packaging options
Estimated shipping cost and delivery timeframe

Nothing moves forward without your approval.

Step 3 — Confirmation & Shipping

Estimate
Customers may use the shipping calculator below to receive a preliminary estimate
Confirmation & Product Payment
After order confirmation an invoice is issued for the product cost. Payment secures your order.
Final Packing & Shipping Calculation
After the tea is packed and the final parcel weight is confirmed, the exact shipping cost is calculated.
Shipping Payment & Dispatch
Once the shipping balance is paid, the package is dispatched.

A note on pricing and shipping

“Free shipping” is rarely free. It’s built into the product price — often meaning you pay more than necessary.

We calculate tea and shipping separately so you pay the real cost, not a padded average.

Shipping is based on volumetric weight, not just actual weight.
Estimates depend on the size of your items and the box required.

To estimate:

Review the Box Size Guidelines
Select the box that best fits your order
Enter the total tea weight

Large rigid items cannot overlap or be compressed. Where space can be saved, we save it.

Final shipping is confirmed after packing.

Actual weight (of items)

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Box Size Estimation

Best for compact, dense items.

Typically fits:

1kg pressed puer (200g cakes)
Small sample sets
Small accessories

S(mall)

Best for stacked cakes or compact packaged tea.

Typically fits:

7 × 357g puer cakes (~2.5kg total)
1kg individually packed oolong (8g sachets)
Small mixed tea orders

Best for loose tea.

Typically fits:

1kg loose oolong
1kg loose puer maocha
Mixed loose tea up to ~1–2kg
This is the most common size for bulk loose tea.

Best for larger loose or mixed orders.

Typically fits:

2–3kg loose tea
Mixed loose tea and cakes
Multi-format tea orders

For large or commercial-style shipments.

Typically fits:

Larger multi-kilo mixed orders
Bulk tea combined with boxed items

Is this DROP SHIPPING!??? ( a bit of a rant)

No — not in the conventional sense.

While orders ship directly from China, we work only with producers and artists with whom we already have long relationships.

One thing I often hear from newer tea drinkers is:
“But he goes to China and gets it directly from the source.”

That is an incredibly low bar.

If you are buying tea from someone who does not have personal relationships with the people they buy from, who has not spent at least some time in China understanding how and why tea is made the way it is — you should ask questions.

And even that is not a high bar.

Simply going to China does not ensure good tea.
It takes time.
It takes trust.
It takes returning year after year.
It takes the ability to say no more often than yes.

Have I tasted every single one of these teas? No. That would mean endlessly shipping samples from bushes that cannot be infinitely harvested. I have tasted many. More importantly, I have aligned goals, standards, and expectations with the people growing them. And I welcome your feedback on what deserves to stay and what does not.

This is not a team effort in that I alone handle your order.
It is very much a team effort in that I work with people whose tea I have always loved, artists whose work I admire, and shippers who have always done right by me.

We remain committed to sourcing the highest quality tea and teaware we can find. That does not change.

What this model allows, however, is access — more affordable teas at higher volume, without abandoning standards. It allows more people to drink well. It allows room for experimentation. It allows you to help shape what stays and what goes.

The friendships that allowed me to open the teahouse are the same ones that make this possible now. If the gods are gentle, perhaps we will guide a few oversized teapots to their end and replace them with small 60ml pots and sachets of Zhengyan holiness.

This is another stepping stone across the river of tea.