San Antonio, TexasSan Antonio market locations and dates coming soonVeteran-owned
茶Celestial Dragon TeaChinese tea · San AntonioFirst collection

Loose leaf without the lecture

Real Chinese tea.
No gatekeeping.

Small-batch loose leaf, selected for San Antonio. Distinctive teas, simple brewing guidance, and plenty of room to find your favorite.

Explore the first collectionFind us at the market
Whole leafMultiple steepingsApproachable guidance
A celadon Chinese dragon curled protectively around a steaming cup of tea

One pouch.

Several steepings.

A much better cup.

Opening collection · 01

Nine teas. Nine genuinely different places to begin.

Green, jasmine, white, oolong, black, raw pu-erh, and ripe pu-erh: nine clear places to begin. Most come in 10-gram discovery pouches; ripe pu-erh comes as a three-mini-tuo bundle.

Green tea · Zhejiang tradition01

House Dragon Well

Dragon Well originated around Hangzhou and is known for its flattened leaves, roasted-chestnut aroma, gentle sweetness, and clean finish.

$7 · 10 gMarket details ↗
Black tea · Fengqing, Yunnan02

Classic 58 Dian Hong

A classic first-flush Yunnan black tea with malt, flowers, sweetness, a rich aroma, and a lingering finish.

$6 · 10 gMarket details ↗
Jasmine green tea · Fuding, Fujian03

Fuding Yin Hao Jasmine

Fuding green tea scented with Fujian jasmine flowers, combining sweet jasmine with fresh greens, fruit, and a honey-like texture.

$6 · 10 gMarket details ↗
Anxi oolong · Gande Village, Fujian04

Premium AA Tie Guan Yin

A fragrant rolled oolong with a smooth, full body, bright floral character, and a pleasant bittersweet finish.

$8 · 10 gMarket details ↗
Rock oolong · Wuyi Mountains, Fujian05

Jin Mu Dan Wuyi Oolong

A deeply roasted oolong that begins with dark coffee-like notes before opening into flowers and lasting sweetness.

$10 · 10 gMarket details ↗
White tea · Mangshi, Dehong, Yunnan06

Purple Yue Guang Bai

Wild purple-varietal leaf processed as Moonlight White, with fruit, flowers, sugarcane sweetness, and a thick texture.

$8 · 10 gMarket details ↗
Ripe pu-erh · Bulang Mountain, Yunnan07

2010 Bulang Ripe Pu-erh

Aged ripe pu-erh pressed into mini tuos—small, nest-shaped portions of compressed tea made for easy brewing. Expect creamy body, coffee-like depth, and a sweet finish across repeated steepings.

$7 · 3 mini tuosMarket details ↗
Raw pu-erh · Mengku and Bangdong, Yunnan08

2024 Lincang Impression

A powerful, aromatic young raw pu-erh blended from Lincang-area autumn tea and made to develop with age.

$7 · 10 gMarket details ↗
Wild-tree black tea · Dehong, Yunnan09

Wild Purple Black Tea

A lightly roasted purple-varietal tea with eucalyptus, sugarcane, dried red-wine character, and a remarkably complex finish.

$8 · 10 gMarket details ↗

Online ordering is not yet available. These are the planned market prices. Most teas come in 10 g discovery pouches; the Bulang ripe pu-erh bundle contains three mini tuos and will be labeled with its actual net weight.

Skip the intimidating vocabulary

What do you want your tea to feel like today?

Choose a direction. We’ll give you a sensible place to start.

Our pick

Start with House Dragon Well

It tastes unmistakably fresh without becoming grassy or sharp, and the flat leaves are beautiful to see.

See the opening collection

The important difference

Ten grams is not one cup.

Good whole-leaf tea is meant to be steeped again. The flavor changes, softens, and opens over multiple infusions—whether you use a gaiwan or an ordinary mug.

01Add leafUse the amount on your pouch.
02Steep brieflyFollow the plain-English guide.
03Pour & repeatAdd water again while the leaves have flavor.

Tea 101 · without the lecture

One plant. Many teas.

Green, white, yellow, oolong, black, and dark tea all begin with Camellia sinensis. What changes is the leaf, the place, the season—and what the tea maker does after picking it.

Explore Tea 101

The road to a San Antonio shop

Meet the tea before the storefront.

We’re currently contacting local market organizers and preparing our opening collection. Confirmed locations and dates will be posted here and on Instagram as soon as they are booked.

Setting up at San Antonio-area marketsLocations and dates coming soon

Why Celestial Dragon exists

San Antonio deserves better Chinese tea.

This is not a flavored-tea chain, a boba counter, or a lecture disguised as a shop.

Celestial Dragon Tea is a veteran-owned San Antonio business built around a simple idea: source genuinely good Chinese tea, explain it in normal language, and let people discover that “tea” can mean far more than a grocery-store bag.

Markets are the beginning. The long-term goal is a small permanent shop where dry tea, straightforward guidance, and reliable local availability come first.

The tea letter

First markets. New leaves. No spam.

Follow the relaunch

Market announcements, new leaves, and online-order updates will appear first on Instagram.

@celestialdragontea