— · your local hour
Every hour
has its leaf.
The small hours. We sort twelve small-lot teas not by leaf but by the moment — and right now the hour calls for Midnight.
A day at the house
Four collections, by the clock.
Follow the marker. Wherever the hour lands is where we'd start you today — the rest is yours to wander.
The cellar
What we're pouring.
One tea we can't stop drinking this week — and the shortlist gathering behind it.
- 002
Lapsang Nocturne
Pinewood smoke · Campfire · Dried plum
$29from→ - 004
Jade Sencha
Cut grass · Nori · Snap pea
$26from→ - 010
Aged Pu-erh 2009
Damp earth · Date · Camphor
$58from→ - 003
Golden Yunnan
Honey · Sweet potato · Cocoa nib
$27from→ - 005
Ceremonial Matcha
Umami · Sweet cream · Spinach
$38from→
The house
Tea is a small rebellion against the rush.
NOCTEA began as a late-night habit — a single cup to close the day properly. It grew into an obsession with the leaf itself: where it's grown, how it's fired, and the exact minute it's best poured.
Sourced direct
Small lots from named gardens — never a warehouse blend. If we can't taste the origin, we don't carry it.
Packed by hand
Every tin is weighed and sealed in our workroom the week it ships. No pallets losing their aromatics in a depot.
Sent with the how
Each tea arrives with its own steeping card — temperature, time, ratio. The leaf is only half of the cup.
Begin
Let the hour
choose your cup.
Twelve teas, four collections, one simple idea — the right leaf knows what time it is. Start wherever the clock has you.