authtea Brand Identity — Direction B · Modern Editorial · Nº 02

Tea, taken seriously.

A journal of the Wuyi cliffs. Every tea documented, dated and tasted — set in Fraunces, printed on paper, roasted over charcoal.

Field Notes · Wuyi, Fujian
Issue Nº 02 — Brand Direction

The Logo

01 — Seal & Wordmark
authtea WUYI ROCK TEA CO.
authtea WUYI ROCK TEA CO. — HONG KONG
authtea WUYI ROCK TEA CO. — HONG KONG
64 px
32 px
16 px · favicon

The seal is 岩 — “rock”, as in yancha — redrawn as hairline geometry inside an ink square. Part magazine colophon, part Chinese chop. The wordmark is Fraunces 500, lowercase, never set in anything else.

Colour, from the cup

02 — Palette
Ink
#171310
Primary text, seal, dark surfaces. A warm soft black — never pure #000.
Paper
#F4EFE6
Default page background. Uncoated stock, the canvas of the system.
Yancha Amber
#9A5A23
Primary accent — links, CTA hover, price. The liquor of the first steep.
Second Steep
#C08A4A
Secondary accent — highlights, charts, foil stamp on packaging.
Rock Moss
#4E5A44
Quiet accent — badges, category tags, success states. From the cliff face.
Cliff Stone
#6E675C
Secondary text — captions, metadata, the voice of the footnote.
Bone
#EAE2D3
Raised surfaces — cards, panels, table stripes, packaging stages.
Hairline
#D8CFBE
1px rules and dividers. Structure you feel more than see.

Typography is the photography

03 — Fraunces × Inter
Aa
Fraunces — 300 / 400 / 500 + italics

The editorial voice. Headlines, pull quotes, tea names, the wordmark. Old-style warmth at poster sizes; optical size 9–144 does the work.

Aa
Inter — 400 / 500 / 600

The data voice. Body text, brew specs, lot codes, small-caps metadata at 0.32em tracking — the signature rhythm of the brand.

90 / PosterGrown on cliffs.
50 / FeatureRoasted over charcoal, twice.
38 / TitleThe Rou Gui Ledger
28 / CardShui Xian, Lot 07
21 / LedeEvery harvest is an issue. Every issue is dated, tasted and filed.
16 / BodyYancha is not a flavour so much as a place — mineral, roasted, and slow to open up across eight infusions.
12 / CapsHarvest 2025 · Medium Roast · Zhengyan · 50 g

“We publish tea the way a magazine publishes a story — sourced, dated, and worth re-reading.”

Brand principle 01 — authtea editorial charter

Atmosphere

04 — Photography Direction, in CSS
Fig. 1 — Liquor, first steep · amber over charcoal
Fig. 2 — Cliffside, strata · stone and shadow
Fig. 3 — Paper, uncoated · the page itself
Fig. 4 — Moss after rain · the quiet green

On the shelf

05 — Packaging Mood
Rou Gui
肉桂
Cassia · Dark chocolate
Mineral finish
Lot 07 · Harvest 2025 · 50 g
authtea
Shui Xian
水仙 · WUYI, FUJIAN
Roast Medium, charcoal ×2
Notes Orchid, wet stone, longan
Brew 5 g · 100 ml · 95 °C · 8 steeps
Issue Nº 02 — Spring 2025
The label is a table of contents for the tea inside.

Name in Fraunces, Chinese characters in amber, specs as small-caps metadata. Lot number and harvest on every unit — provenance you can quote in one sentence.

Matte black tin · paper label, letterpress seal

On the page

06 — authtea.com Mood
authtea.com — field notes from Wuyi
Issue Nº 02 — Spring Harvest, Zhengyan

Rock tea, documented. Not mystified.

ProvenanceEvery lot mapped to its cliff, its roaster, its date.
Specs, not secretsBrew ratios and tasting notes on every label.
Shipped from HKSmall batches, vacuum-sealed at the source.

Interface elements

07 — UI Kit

Buttons & links

Or read the tasting notes for Lot 07 first.

Badges

Zhengyan · 正岩 Charcoal roast New harvest

Form

Product card

Lot 07 · 2025正岩
Rou Gui
肉桂 · Wuyi, Fujian
Cassia bark, dark chocolate, a mineral finish that lasts eight steeps.
$28 / 50 g Add