Round blue tea tin with gold chrysanthemum, labeled MUMS by Hugo Tea Company.
Round blue tea tin with gold chrysanthemum, labeled MUMS by Hugo Tea Company.
Round blue tea tin with gold chrysanthemum, labeled MUMS by Hugo Tea Company.

MUMS

Regular price $35.00
A pressed tea cake of Gedeng black tea and Huangshan chrysanthemum, made in collaboration with Hugo Tea and blended by a 35-year veteran of Yunnan tea making.
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The experience

MUMS is a collaboration with Hugo Tea, a Kansas City-based specialty tea company known for close producer relationships and full traceability from farm to cup.

The black tea comes from Gedeng Mountain, one of the six ancient tea mountains east of the Lancang river in Yunnan. Fully oxidized to a warm, honeyed character, it's smooth and structured with the depth that only old-mountain Yunnan leaf delivers. The chrysanthemum is White Taiju baby buds from Huangshan, harvested in early spring at peak aromatic clarity. First-pick. Selected for fragrance above all else.

Together they're pressed into a cake by Xiaohui Quan, known as Brother Quan, a 35-year veteran of old-world Yunnan tea making who has spent his career making once-luxury teas accessible. The result is delicate without being thin: the black tea holds structure while the chrysanthemum floats above it, clean and sweet and floral.

Both harvests are spring 2026.

🌎 Origin: Gedeng, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China

🍵 Type: Black Tea + Chrysanthemum

🔥 Process: Fully oxidized, hydraulically pressed

A note on tea cakes:

MUMS comes as a compressed disc of tea, a format with roots in Yunnan going back over a thousand years, originally designed for transport along the Tea Horse Road. Break off about 5 grams using a butter knife or thin tool and brew like any loose leaf tea.

About Hugo Tea:

Founded in 2013, Hugo Tea sources exceptional tea with a relentless commitment to transparency. Hugo develops close relationships with producers and demands that every kilo of tea is traceable to the farms it was plucked from.