Exceptional quality, grown in the mountains of Fujian Province, handpicked and traditionally fired in bamboo baskets. Beautiful, long leaves with silver tips offer a slightly fruity taste with light, natural sweetness. An unusual varietal reflects unique regional characteristics in coloration, leaf size and taste. This is one of the strongest tasting green teas we offer.
Playful, early-spring tea from Fujian Province, made of hand-crafted, green leaves mixed with plenty of small white buds. The leaf and budsets are carefully worked to thick, very curly shapes that make the tea very light in weight. Taste is best with a high portion of white leaf. This is a traditional Chinese green that steeps to a very likeable, sweet-nutty flavor. It is belly-warming, palate satisfying and serves well as an everyday beverage and will compliment food.
Our White Peony is harvested and traditionally processed from the first pluckings of spring in Fuding County. We buy this tea mindful its leaves should offer a mix of light and darker greens and plenty of silver buds to create its nuanced and sweet taste. Processed by withering in a warm room on bamboo racks and then heat dried, the blend of leaf colors, buds and stems will yield a clear straw-like cup color and multiple tastes of melon, grape and herbs. This tea goes very well with food and is quite good with sweets!
A visual and taste delight! A fresh, early-picked mix of light and dark green leaves and silvery buds. An EU Standard organic white tea from the Fuding Mountains of Fujian Province, these tender, young leaves are withered, then fired to preserve their light-green colors and natural sweetness. When brewed the cup is amber-colored, offering a smooth, sweet flavor with hints of melon and fruit. One of China's newer white teas, our lot is made to the greener color side of coloration with traditional fruity aromas and a round "mouth-feel".
Another of the local green varietals one finds in the mountains and hillsides of Fujian Province. Leaves are a rich color, then pan-fired and shaped to a small curved leaf that offers a wild and natural- fruity taste that will linger. Cup color is clear light green. This lot was harvested early in the spring. We find the fresh taste of this tea very enlivening.
Thick, green-to-black leaves are the result of aging and multiple firings. Its taste deepens with each "working" by the tea maker. From the WuYi Mountains in Fujian Province, this oolong is rich in aroma and multi-layered and complex in flavor. Early smokiness will quickly pass to sweet, floral notes that will linger and satisfy and bring a slight swelling to the tongue. This tea is often touted as a weight loss beverage. In China, it is known as a Min-Bei oolong, as it is made north of the Min River. A strong leaf, it will yield multiple infusions.
Delicate green tea leaves are handsewn with silken thread and joined with 3 white Chrysanthemum flowers to create a celebration of tea. The flowers are scented with a hint of Magnolia flower to add a very subtle taste to this high-grade green tea. Made by artisans in Anhui Province, it is a perfect compliment to a meal or a celebration. Approximately 20 pieces to a quarter pound. Steep in a glass vessel for viewing, water 185-195 degrees, for 3-4 minutes.
Made from a special cultivar of Camellia Sinensis, once withered the green leaves are sewn with silken thread into an elegant shape to set off a brilliant red clover blossom. Crafted early in the spring, the mushroom shaped tea is then infused with the scent of the Jasmine flower. Brew in a glass teapot or sturdy wine glass, water temperature of 185–195 degrees. This tea offers a wonderful drink and conversation piece. This varietal does not tend to get bitter, so the tea can be enjoyed throughout a meal and steeped multiple times.
A delicate, classic vegetal-tasting green made of early-spring leaves. Soft, green leaves and muted white color buds will brew to herbaceous and sweet aroma and fresh, grassy notes. A good choice for an everyday green tea as the flavor is full and satisfying. Buddhist tea has long been recognized for its power of rejuvenation. This tea was grown on an organic tea farm on an island on the coast of Zhejiang Province. We know the tea farmers, their skill and care is reflected in this tea.
In Fujian Province, there are numerous varieties of this classic green tea. Known both as Mao Feng and White Pekoe, each spring it is a pleasure to seek out and taste those lots that capture the richness and creativity that made this tea popular. Ours is organic, made of curly, darkish green leaves mixed with silvery buds that sweeten its vegetal taste. For the green tea lover, this is an excellent everyday tea offering body and a depth of taste that will satisfy.
From Fujian Province, our pearls were grown and made by a tea maker we know and have purchased teas from for years. These pearls were plucked early in April and show a downy color over light green leaves. The leaves are highest grade, offering a sweetness that is natural and light. The pearls will unfurl slowly showing delicate leaves and light yellow liquor.
This is a special and comparatively rare, elegant and noticeably smaller-leaf Dragon Well varietal from Zhejiang Province. This Lung Ching varietal is not typically commonly exported and found in our market. The varietal's leaf is definitive - very fresh green appearance and distinctly shorter and more uniform in length than the better known Dragon Wells. The result is an even tasting cup that is delicious and lightly sweet. The leaves are low fire and will cup to a light-yellow and clean liquor, just hints of nuttiness, with lingering aftertaste.
One of China's Famous Teas, our "Long Jing" is truly artisan-crafted from carefully plucked bud sets that are pan-fired in a charcoal-heated wok. The result is uniformly shaped, broad jade-green leaves that have a distinct straw-yellow coloration. These golden green leaves are rich with the scent of early spring pollen and offer the tea drinker a real treat. Our Dragon Well will cup to a sweet and nutty liquor with chestnut overtones. We think it is best steeped briefly to enjoy the quality of the leaf.
Grown on an organic farm located on an island on the coast of Zhejiang Province, note the characteristic flat leaves tinged with a yellow-gold color. Our lot offers fresh, green leaves and will brew to a nutty and vegetal flavor, with a lingering, sweet aftertaste. Cups to a green-gold liquor. A refreshing green tea as it has body yet is light and clean in taste. This is an excellent value for this renowned green tea.
Our organic Dragon Well is picked about mid-April once the weather has warmed to the elevation of the farm where it is grown. The leaf is medium size showing hints of rich, yellow-gold colors and an unmistakably delicious aroma. Cup liquor offers a nutty note and a sweet flavor with a pleasing aftertaste. Made in the traditional manner by firing in a wok, this tea is excellent as an everyday tea, for refreshment or after a meal as a digestive.
Truly one of China's finest green teas and becoming increasingly rare! The first impression is the wonderful shape and distinctly sweet aroma of the leaves. It cups to a nectar-like taste, with a finish that lingers sweet and clean. In Fujian Province, this tea is called "Mei Lan Chun" and is made with the slow growing varietal, "Mei Zhan". Growth is nurtured by clouds and mists that shroud the mountains producing a compact, very aromatic leaf. Easy to brew and enjoy. The tea is at its best with water temperature well below boiling. The leaves will offer multiple infusions.
