TaijiPanda Afeng · Dragon Boat Festival Tea Gift Box — 12 Premium Chinese Teas, Duanwu Celebration Gift Set

The drums are beating. The dragon is awake. Pour the tea.

Every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, China comes alive with the sound of drums. Dragon boats cut through the water. The air smells of mugwort and glutinous rice. Families gather. The living remember the dead. The present honours the past.

The Dragon Boat Festival — Duanwu — is one of China's oldest and most beloved celebrations, rooted in the story of Qu Yuan: poet, patriot, and the man whose death by drowning inspired a nation to take to the water every year in his memory. It is a festival about loyalty, about beauty, about the things worth fighting for.

The TaijiPanda Afeng Dragon Boat Festival Tea Gift Box brings that spirit to the tea table. Twelve of China's finest teas, presented in a Dragon Boat gift box that captures the energy and colour of the festival — a gift as alive as the occasion it celebrates.

✦ Twelve Teas for the Festival

• Longjing (Dragon Well) — the name alone belongs to this festival; the emperor's green tea, clean and jade-bright, the taste of a spring morning on West Lake
• Biluochun (Green Snail Spring) — tightly curled leaves that unfurl like a slow exhale; floral, delicate, the green tea that surprises
• Maojian Green Tea — needle-fine leaves from misty mountain gardens; fresh, grassy, the purest expression of green
• Da Hong Pao (Big Red Robe) — the king of Wuyi rock oolongs; roasted, mineral, complex; a tea with the character of a champion
• Tieguanyin (Iron Goddess of Mercy) — orchid fragrance, lingering sweetness; the oolong that converts non-believers
• Jinjunmei (Golden Eyebrow) — the finest Wuyi black tea; honey, cocoa, and pine smoke; a cup that rewards patience
• Lapsang Souchong (Zhengshan Xiaozhong) — the world's first black tea; pine-smoked, bold, the tea that started it all
• Jasmine Tea — green tea scented with fresh jasmine; the fragrance of a summer evening; gentle and universally loved
• Osmanthus Black Tea — warm, floral, gently spiced; the sweetness of autumn in a summer cup
• Small Silver Needle (Xiao Yin Zhen) — white tea buds, barely processed; the most delicate tea in China; light, sweet, profoundly calming
• Old White Tea — aged white tea with the depth of time; smooth, earthy, the wisdom of accumulated years
• Pu'er Ripe Tea (Shou Pu'er) — fermented, earthy, grounding; the tea that warms from the inside; the anchor after the excitement of the race

✦ The Dragon Boat Box

The dragon is not just a symbol. In Chinese culture, the dragon is vitality itself — the force that moves water, brings rain, and makes things grow. To give a Dragon Boat gift is to give energy, momentum, and the wish that the recipient's life moves forward with the power and grace of a dragon on the water.

✦ The Afeng Way

At TaijiPanda, we believe every festival is an invitation to slow down inside the celebration. The drums are loud. The race is fast. But the tea is quiet. And in that quiet, you remember why you came — not to win, but to be present, together, alive to the moment.

Brew a cup. Watch the boats. Let the festival find you.

The dragon moves. The tea waits. Both are ready when you are.

✦ Details

• Packaging: Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu) gift box
• Tea options: 12 varieties — green, oolong, black, white, jasmine, osmanthus, Pu'er
• Weight: 160g–200g per selection
• Occasions: Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu), Chinese holidays, summer gifting, corporate gifts, family gatherings
• Origin: China (Wuyi Mountain, West Lake, Yunnan, and beyond)