Yunnan Sourcing

Yunnan Sourcing has operated out of Kunming since 2004, built specifically around Yunnan's pu-erh trade rather than tea more broadly, though its catalog has expanded well past that core. Pu-erh is organized by the variables that actually matter to collectors - mountain of origin, factory or producer, and harvest year, with vintages tracked back to 2009 - alongside black, green, white, oolong and purple teas from the same region. The company also stocks teaware directly tied to tea preparation and aging, including Yixing clay pots, silver vessels and ceramic pieces, plus more specialized items like cha gao, a concentrated tea resin, and blooming teas. For newer drinkers it runs curated sampler sets and a monthly Tea Club subscription rather than assuming customers already know what to order, and it ships internationally through its own YS Express service to the US, EU, UK, Australia and New Zealand instead of relying solely on third-party logistics. Running parallel regional storefronts - yunnansourcing.com and yunnansourcing.us - reflects a business built to serve pu-erh buyers well outside China directly, shipping from its own Kunming warehouse rather than through a reseller. Across two decades, that combination of depth (tracked vintages, named mountains and factories) and direct international shipping has made it one of the more commonly cited direct-from-Yunnan sources among pu-erh drinkers abroad.