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HowSan bottles with blue-and-white porcelain vessels and tasting cups

Distilled in Taiwan

Taiwanese tea spirits crafted from real tea aromatics

Premium Taiwanese kaoliang spirits distilled with real tea aromatics. Think somewhere between whiskey, sake, vodka and oolong tea.

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  • Real tea aromatics
  • Clean & refined
  • Smooth texture
  • Complex aroma

The idea

Not a tea-flavoured liquor. A spirit that carries the tea itself.

Our spirits are built from the aroma of the original plant. A proprietary distillation preserves the volatile aromatics in the leaf, so what reaches the glass has the structure, fragrance and aftertaste of the tea — not an imitation of it.

How we make it

Our spirits

HowSan Oolong Tea Spirit bottle with porcelain vessel

Oolong Spirit

Roasted tea, toast and refined grain notes with light floral tones and a sweet finish.

38%ABV 500mlBottle 烏龍Oolong
Roasted tea
Floral
Refined grain
Sweetness
  • roasted tea
  • toasted
  • refined grain
  • light floral
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HowSan Oriental Beauty Spirit bottle with porcelain vessel

Oriental Beauty Spirit

Honey and floral aroma with stone fruit, muscat grape and a soft smoky oak character.

38%ABV 5yrBarrel aged 茶世紀Teasky
Honey
Stone fruit
Muscat
Smoky oak
  • honey
  • stone fruit
  • muscat grape
  • soft smoky oak
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If you like…

Start where your taste already is

If you like sake You will enjoy the Oolong Spirit
If you like whiskey You will enjoy Oriental Beauty
If you like a highball You will love them both

The perfect serve

Four ways to pour it

For the traditional experience, enjoy in shots with a Wen Xiang Bei — an aroma cup that captures the delicate tea aromatics before tasting.

Highball
Neat
On ice
Tea cocktail

Our cocktails

Served over shaved ice

Each serve is presented with a dedicated coaster indicating the specific tea spirit used in the cocktail.

01

Teasky

  • 30ml Oriental Beauty Spirit
  • Top with soda
  • Ice plenty of it
02

Boozy Boba

  • 30ml Oolong Spirit
  • 50ml sweet milk
  • Ice plenty of it
03

Oriental Summer

  • 35ml Oriental Beauty Spirit
  • 50ml pineapple juice
  • Shake until the foam comes out
04

Oolong High

  • 30ml Oolong Spirit
  • 50ml oolong tea
  • Ice plenty of it
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Craft & heritage

Fifty years of Taiwanese distilling

Dr. Lai is a pioneer in traditional kaoliang distillation and aroma-preserving technique, bridging classic production and methods designed specifically for tea spirits.

13 Medals at Monde Selection, 2015
Double Gold San Francisco World Spirits Competition, 2021
Category Winner New York International Spirits Competition, 2021

Culture becomes meaningful when it is experienced.

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