Dark Monk Tea — Single-origin loose-leaf
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Single-origin loose-leaf · Grand Junction, Colorado

Not pretend.Not pretentious.Just premium tea.

Six single-origin teas worth drinking — the same ones I'd brew for myself. Your new regular order is somewhere in here. Probably the one called Whispering Wraith.

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The teas

Six you'll remember by name.

No blends, no fruit pieces, no flowers that fell in by accident. Just six single-origin teas, each one its own character — and its own color in the cup.

Hairy Crab oolongHairy Crab label

Anxi Mao Xie Oolong

Hairy Crab

Denser and more floral than your average Tie Guan Yin, with a soft mineral finish that hangs around.

Pale gold from $10
Shadow's Brew black teaShadow's Brew label

Yunnan Black Gold Bi Luo Chun

Shadow's Brew

Hand-rolled black tea — deep malt, soft cocoa, and a faint floral lift underneath it all.

Deep amber from $10
Fate's Flame AssamFate's Flame label

Organic Assam B.O.P.

Fate's Flame

Bold Assam with chocolate malt and enough backbone to stand up to milk without flinching.

Red-brown from $8
Whispering Wraith aged white pu-erhWhispering Wraith label

Aged White Pu-erh

Whispering Wraith

Floral white tea over the earthy depth of aged pu-erh. Strange in the way memorable things usually are.

Honey from $7
Midnight Monk oolongMidnight Monk label

Tie Guan Yin Oolong

Midnight Monk

Lightly roasted oolong — floral aroma, soft fruit, and a smooth caramel finish. An easy first loose-leaf.

Golden from $7
Golden Monkey black teaGolden Monkey

Golden Monkey Black TGFOP

Golden Monkey Limited

Smooth Yunnan black with golden tips and a natural sweetness. Drinks beautifully with or without milk.

Amber-gold from $8
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Ways in

Four ways to drink Dark Monk.

Buy a bag, sit for a tasting, host one of your own, or put us on your shelf.

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Loose-leaf bags, trial sizes, and real-leaf tea bags shipped to your door. Start with one. You won't.

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Book a seat at a Gongfu tasting. An hour, a table, and more tea than you'd expect — guided, unhurried, no tea-snobbery.

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Bring Dark Monk to you

Private and on-location tastings for businesses, parties, and people who'd rather host than travel. We plan it together over a quick call.

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Wholesale

For cafes, tea shops, bookstores, and anyone with a shelf and good taste. 50% margins, low SKU count, names customers ask for.

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Next public tasting

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Mar
14

Gongfu Tea Service

Saturday · 10:00–11:00 AM · 454 Main St., Grand Junction

An hour at the table learning the Gongfu method while we taste through the collection. Five seats per session. $25/person.

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Dark Monk tea in the teahouse Founder strip
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Who's behind this

I made a film about tea. Then I couldn't stop.

I'm Matt Janson. I spent years working on a documentary about tea in China and Taiwan and somewhere along the way became the person who actually cares what's in the cup. Now I source teas worth drinking, give them names that fit how they make me feel, and ship them to people who get it.

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Tea, occasionally. Spam, never.

New teas, tasting dates, and the occasional steeping opinion you didn't ask for. No "just checking in" emails six weeks later.