ODM Tea grows Bai Ya Qi Lan, Tie Guan Yin, black and green tea in its own gardens in Pinghe County, Zhangzhou, and processes, refines, blends and packs them in its own factory there. Other Fujian origins come from named partners, and gunpowder and Chunmee from Zhejiang and Anhui; every enquiry is structured around origin, grade, target cup, destination controls, packing and shipping terms.
What does specifying origin, grade and destination change?
A written specification fixes grade, moisture and residue standard in the contract instead of inheriting them from whichever lot was available on the open market that week. The eight steps from garden to container show where the grade, moisture, residue and packing terms are set.
This site does not claim certification, laboratory capacity or shipment performance without supporting records.
Terraces
Tea terraces, from the air01
Own gardens and origin partners
Our own gardens and factory in Pinghe County, Zhangzhou, Fujian for Bai Ya Qi Lan, Tie Guan Yin, black and green tea; named origin partners for the other Fujian origins — Fuding and Zhenghe for white tea, Anxi and Wuyishan for oolong, Tongmu and Fu'an for black tea, Ningde, Quanzhou and Fuzhou for green tea, Fuzhou for jasmine. The producing party for each lot is named in the quotation.
Shaking
Shaking — Tie Guan Yin, Pinghe02
Primary processing at origin
Withering, fixation, rolling, oxidation and drying carried out at origin according to the category. White tea is withered and dried without rolling or fixation, which is why its grade is set by plucking standard in the field.
Refining
Refining line03
Refining and screening
Sorting, screening to size, stalk and fibre removal, and firing to the contract moisture. This is the step that turns a garden lot into a grade, and it is where sourced gunpowder and Chunmee are brought to the written contract specification.
Cupping
Cupping against the approved sample04
Sensory review
Where the contract names an approved sample, the lot is cupped against it: dry leaf, liquor colour, aroma and infused leaf. The contract should state that a lot which does not match is not shipped under that grade code.
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Laboratory
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Laboratory testing
Where testing is included in the quotation, moisture, ash and broken content are measured, plus a pesticide residue panel specified against the destination jurisdiction rather than the origin standard. The contract names the laboratory and when the report is issued.
Lots
Finished lots on trays06
Blending to the approved sample
Where a buyer contracts a fixed cup across shipments, lots are blended to hold that cup rather than shipped as single lots. This is the practical answer to seasonal variation in an agricultural product.
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Packing
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Packing
Agree the packing format and net weight. The 3 kg threshold concerns HS classification of immediate packings; labelling requirements depend on destination, presentation and sale, not that weight alone.
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Documents
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Documents and export
Commercial invoice and packing list, bill of lading, certificate of origin, phytosanitary certificate and health certificate, plus a residue report and certificate of analysis where testing is contracted. FOB, CFR or CIF for sea freight, with Ningbo or Shanghai confirmed in the quotation; rail via Khorgos–Altynkol is quoted under a rule for any mode of transport.
Step footage was filmed in our own gardens and factory in Pinghe County, Zhangzhou, Fujian.
Where does each product come from?
Five of the lines are Fujian-origin categories — white, oolong, black, green and jasmine. Bai Ya Qi Lan, Tie Guan Yin, black and green tea come from our own gardens and factory in Pinghe County, Zhangzhou, Fujian; the other Fujian origins come from named partners, with the producing party named in the quotation. Two are sourced from outside Fujian and labelled with their origin: gunpowder and Chunmee are Zhejiang and Anhui teas. Two are programmes scoped per quotation: Organic Programme and Private Label & Packing. Fujian ships two thirds of China's oolong tea exports and ranks first in China for scented tea exports, which is why the origin track sits there.
Packed in our own factory in Pinghe, Zhangzhou; scope confirmed per quotation
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Frequently asked
Is ODM Tea a factory or a trading agent?
Both. ODM Tea has its own tea gardens and factory in Pinghe County, Zhangzhou, Fujian, where Bai Ya Qi Lan, Tie Guan Yin, black tea and green tea are grown, processed, refined, blended and packed, and it exports through its company in Xiamen. Teas from the other Fujian origins come from named partners, and gunpowder and Chunmee are sourced from Zhejiang and Anhui because they are not Fujian teas; that sourcing is disclosed on every page where they appear.
Can ODM Tea hold one cup across repeat shipments?
Where a fixed cup is written into the contract, lots are blended to the approved sample rather than shipped as single lots. Tea is an agricultural product with seasonal variation, so a fixed cup across shipments comes from blending, not from finding an identical lot twice.
Who does the residue testing?
Where testing is included in the quotation, the contract names the accredited laboratory and a panel specified against the destination jurisdiction. It should also require the report before loading rather than with the shipping documents, because a report that arrives with the container cannot prevent a rejection.
What packing formats are available?
Agree the packing format and net weight. The 3 kg threshold concerns HS classification of immediate packings; labelling requirements depend on destination, presentation and sale, not that weight alone.
What Incoterms and load ports?
FOB, CFR or CIF for sea freight, with Ningbo or Shanghai confirmed in the quotation. Central Asia is quoted by rail through the Khorgos–Altynkol corridor under a rule for any mode of transport, because FOB, CFR and CIF are sea and inland-waterway rules.
Last updated: 8 October 2026
Next step
Send a sample or a specification.
The quotation states the proposed grade, test scope, packing brief and lead time, and names the party responsible for each.
