For a buyer pricing a lot before the supplier call — not a reader of market prose
Where the volume actually moves
Vintage pricing, regional yields, auction results, sourcing economics, export flows — read by season, not by sentiment. Every figure carries its source and its margin of error. Not investment advice.
Source the SKUs behind this data — wholesale.teamotea.com →Featured this week
Recent additions to the library
Vintage pricing
1990s Menghai 7542 — twenty-year pricing trend
Měnghǎi 7542 · 勐海7542
The Menghai 7542 recipe — produced since 1975 — has become the standard-bearer for vintage pu'er pricing. Over two decades, its market value has charted the rise of pu'er from niche commodity to global collectible, reflecting changes in storage science, Chinese consumption patterns, and auction culture.
Vintage pricing
2025 vintage pu'er pricing report
2025 Nián Gǔdòng Pǔ'ěr Jiàgé Bàogào · 2025年古董普洱茶价格报告
A data-driven look at 2025 realised auction prices and private-sale data for vintage pu'er cakes from the 1980s through the 2010s, with analysis of regional premiums, storage effects, and shifting collector patterns across the Russia–Mongolia corridor.
Harvest calendar
2026 spring harvest calendar — region by region
A region-by-region guide to when China's 2026 spring teas will be plucked, shipped, and hitting buyer's desks — from early March Bi Luó Chūn in Jiangsu to late April Dancong in Guangdong.
By topic
8 topics
The realised record of China's tea market
China's tea export routes: mapping every leaf from origin to overseas market
· 茶叶出口流向
Tracking the rhythm of China’s tea harvest calendar
Market trends — how Chinese tea’s global map is being redrawn
Tracking tea harvests from Yunnan to Anhui
Where the modern tea buyer shops — subscription boxes, sample packs, and cross-border e-commerce
From plucker to purchaser — the true cost of tea
Vintage pu'er pricing: how age, provenance, and storage shape value
pǔ'ěr chá lǎo chá jià gé · 普洱茶老茶价格
Newer reading
More from the catalogue
- — 01 Anxi 2026 — Tieguanyin spring yield report
- — 02 ASEAN tea export shift — Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia trade-data
- — 03 Autumn 2026 harvest windows — Phoenix, Wuyi, Anxi, Yunnan
- — 04 Beijing spring 2026 vintage tea auction — realised vs. estimate
- — 05 Broker markups in Yunnan — what farmers receive vs. wholesale price
- — 06 Chinese tea exports to MENA — 2026 destination breakdown