50 TEA CAKES OF HOPE
A rare tea that carries rare compassion.

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Among all Chinese teas,
Pu’er is more than a drink.
It’s collected. Traded.
Even revered.

And Lao Ban Zhang?
The King of Pu’er.
A single spring tea cake can fetch thousands of dollars.

But in the same mountains where this tea is born,
children walk miles through mud to reach school.
Families live without basic care.
Hope is farther than the nearest road.

At Yixu Charity, we asked:
When something is this rare,
should it only impress—
or could it uplift?

Pu’er is often locked behind glass, waiting to gain value.
But what if we turned collection into contribution?
What if one tea cake could offer not prestige—
But support?

50 Tea Cakes of Hope
The first Lao Ban Zhang Pu’er
crafted not for profit,
but for a purpose.

Not for resale.
Not for collection.
But to deliver a rare compassion
to where it’s most needed.

We partnered with Jiahe Woxiang
and Lao Ban Zhang No.103,
a youth-led tea collective.
Together, we made 50 tea cakes
using ancient techniques:
manual picking, sun withering, pan-firing, stone forming.

Each was hand-numbered, wrapped,
and auctioned online.
Sold out in 72 hours.

100% of proceeds funded healthcare and education
for children in rural southwest China.

This isn’t just a tea cake.
It’s a leaf redefined by kindness.
Not growing on a branch—
but in the lives it touches.

Yixu Charity
Priced Things. Priceless Hearts.