Caffeine · paired
~30 mg
About a third of a coffee. Bound to polyphenols, released gradually — alert without the spike.
Camfield et al., Nutr Rev 2014
4.9 ★ · 127 early drinkers
High-mountain oolong
Cloudline Red — Deep Steady Energy
Spring 2026 harvest · Alishan, Taiwan · Chen family cooperative
Whole-leaf. Single-origin. Engineered for long efforts and quiet minds.
$35.10$39.00
~$1.30 per cup · ~30 brews per box
- Certified Organic
- Third-party tested
- Free shipping on subscriptions
Cloudline Red
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Single origin · Taiwan
Grown above the cloud line. Picked by hand.
Our tea comes from a single cooperative on Alishan — a high-elevation microclimate where daily fog and cool nights slow the leaf down. Stress is what concentrates the chemistry.
Every lot is hand-harvested at first flush, kept whole through drying, and tracked back to the plot it was picked from.
- Elevation
- 1,600 m
- Harvest
- Spring 2026
- Cooperative
- Chen family
- Cultivar
- Qing Xin oolong
Why endurance athletes drink Cloudline
Three compounds the body treats like fuel.
Whole-leaf chemistry means caffeine, L-theanine, and polyphenols arrive together — not the sharp spike of extracted caffeine, not the crash.
L-theanine
~22 mg
Amino acid that pairs with caffeine for calm, sustained focus — the signature of real tea.
Haskell et al., Biol Psychol 2008Polyphenols
High
Catechins + thearubigins. Support aerobic fat oxidation and help the body manage training stress.
Jówko, Nutrients 2015
Brewing is a ritual
Short steep, sweeter. Long steep, deeper.
The shorter the steep, the sweeter the cup. The longer the steep, the stronger the body. Quiet. Controlled. Precise.
- Water temp
- 95–100 °C
- Steep time
- 45 s → 2 min, lengthen each brew
- Infusions
- 3–7 from one leaf
- Cold brew
- 3–5 g in 800 ml · 12–72 hrs in the fridge
Cold brew never turns bitter. Leave the leaves in up to 72 hours — 24 hrs sweet, 48 hrs balanced, 72 hrs bold.
From our first drinkers
What people say after the third cup.
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127 early drinkers
Replaced my morning coffee during base training. Same alertness, none of the gut issues on long runs.
I drink it before track sessions. It's the first caffeine I've had that doesn't jangle my nervous system.
The leaves are alive — you can see it. My wife and I share a box a week, brewed three times each.
Members · a smaller table
For drinkers who want first pour of every harvest.
A small tier for the most committed drinkers — priority small-batch allocation, ceremonial vessels, and quarterly letters from the farm.
- First access to each spring & autumn lot
- Zuhni ceremonial claypot on first shipment
- Quarterly letter from the farm
- Members-only single-origin micro-lots
Every batch tested
If it doesn't meet the threshold we drink ourselves, we don't ship it.
Each micro-lot is independently tested for pesticides, heavy metals, microbial safety, and leaf integrity. Results published batch-by-batch.
- Certified Organic · Taiwan Organic Agriculture Promotion Act
- Third-party tested · pesticides, heavy metals, microbial
- USDA certification in process · Oregon Tilth
- Whole-leaf · no dust, no extracts, no artificial flavor