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A wonderful, organic yellow tea grown in the Huang Shan Mountains of Anhui Province. High, jagged mountains flush with abundant streams and cooling mists combine to create a perfect environ for tea. These rich green leaves offer a sweet and clean cup with subtle, flowery notes. Delicious, naturally sweet offers a lingering aftertaste. A real treat!

Price: $15.40

A tea not often found outside China, Fragrant Sprout is a yellow that is pan-fired preserving its loose rolled shape and enhancing its very natural sweetness. Grown in Huang Shan Mountains, Anhui Province, this is a classic tea-growing region marked by rich pine forests and cold mountain streams. Picked in early April, once withered it is gently rolled into a loose round shapes often with a stem left intact. The stem adds depth, counters the sweet notes with a hint of astringency. The leaves unfurl releasing a round fruity-sweet cup. Being a yellow tea, it will steep to a very clear, light-yellow color.

Price: $12.00

A wonderful green tea characterized by its broad green-golden leaf. Not a common offering but at some point each year we find a lot. Perhaps the widest of the flat-leafed greens from Zhejiang Province, it is fired and worked by hand in a wok-like pan. Once fired, broad golden leaves impart a roasted and nutty flavor. It has a distinctive aroma that is fresh, it's gold and green color are very appealing visually and, once cupped, it will definitely satisfy.

Price: $22.00

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Grown on a small tea farm in the higher elevations of the mountains near Fuzhou, in Fujian Province, a tea maker and true "artisan of the leaf" processed the very aromatic and tasty Mei Zhan green-tea varietal in the traditional pan-fired Xan Bei Xiang style. His process creates green tea leaves in wonderful shades of deep-green to light-gray colors that cup to a clear liquor with complex, nuanced flavors and naturally sweet notes. This is a prized, slow growing varietal made with a leaf process that is "old school" and increasingly rare. His tea farm uses organic methods and his tea is delicious!

Price: $25.00

Made only of early-picked leaves that are chosen for their smaller size and curled leaf shape, our unique blend offers a distinct, naturally vegetal and herbaceous cup with just a hint of astringency that will ensure a lively taste and the mouth puckered. Our "Quing Wu" is a wonderful cup with lots of personality and an excellent choice for an everyday green tea that will satisfy.

Price: $13.20

A competition-grade lot grown in gardens surrounded by wild orchids high in the Huang Shan Mountains in Anhui Province. At night, the orchids release their fragrance and scent the tea leaves. Two leaves and a bud are plucked, withered and hand-flattened by working the leaf in a heated, wok-like bowl and then fired over wood coals in wicker baskets. A long (1-3 inches) and wide (1/8-1/4 inch), deep-green leaf offers a clean, nuanced taste and a very distinct and lasting finish. There is no comparable tea and we have an excellent lot!

Price: $26.40

Our Green Peony is made in a village in Anhui Province that is known for the quality and craftsmanship of its display teas. Rosette shaped, the leaves are a rich and varied green color sewn together with silk thread. This tea offers a visual delight that cups to a full–bodied and sweet lingering taste. Brew in water temperature of 185–195 degrees in a sturdy wine glass or glass teapot. Once fully opened, you will certainly enjoy the elegance of this Peony flower.

Price: $22.00

Fresh green Bancha leaf from Japan has been blended with the crisp flavor of Quince fruit, Mallow flowers and Cornflowers. This is a very aromatic offering that will invigorate your senses. The brewed tea is full bodied and the taste is clean and refreshing. Excellent served hot or as iced tea. Steep one teaspoon in water temperature 185-195 degrees F for 2-3 minutes. For a refreshing iced tea, brew a strong batch and add cold water.

Price: $8.25

Available early in the spring and only for a matter of days, this "pre-rain" tea is made of unopened buds and then processed to a green tea. The tea is traditional to Fujian Province. Our lot is Pre-Qing Ming and grown high on the mountain giving the leaf a deep green color and distinct taste notes. Steeped, it offers a bright, savory aroma and a smooth, sweet taste.

Price: $27.50

A select grade of Bi Luo Chun, offers a greener leaf appearance than our higher grades and a wonderful herbaceous taste. An excellent value as this tea truly captures a taste of spring and offers a sweet and relaxing cup. The bushes are grown near fruit trees such as peach, plum or apricot and the young leaves absorb the fragrance of the blossoms. These select leaves are pan fried capturing fresh and sweet, fruity flavors.

Price: $14.30

Known worldwide for its appearance, this tea captures the essence of China's spring teas unlike any other. Our competition grade Bi Luo Chun or Green Snail Spring is handmade of the earliest pickings when the leaves are tender and most interesting in taste. We look for a first flush lot with a rich mix of primarily white buds and jade-color leaf that offers subtly sweet liquor and a taste that captures a moment of spring. Once steeped, the leaves show their delicate, snail-like shape. This tea will cup to wonderful peach-like fragrance and unique aroma.

Price: $30.80

An elegant, tight leaf, high-mountain varietal from Fujian Province. Processed to preserve its natural appearance, this unusual, slender and dark leaf opens to reveal a single bud within the leaf. Picked early in the first flushes of spring, it offers a comparatively strong green tea taste, with hints of astringency and a very pleasing aftertaste. This varietal will yield multiple steeps reflecting the strength of the leaf.

Price: $24.20

Perfect way to learn Chinese green teas: sampler offers color (se), aroma (xiang), taste (wei) and shape (xing).

• Jasmine Pearls (Mo Li Zhen Zhu) Green & downy, leaf is rolled into a pearl then infused with fresh Jasmine flowers, taste is wonderful. 2 oz.
• Three Cups Fragrance (San Bei Xiang)  Made using a traditional pan fire process, leaf is elegant, small and curled, a deep green color. Cup is lightly sweet with plenty of body. 2 oz.
• Little Melon Seed ( Lu An Gua Pian) Grown on a small organic farm, rich, deep green color small and with a finely serrated edge. The taste is clean and naturally sweet and makes for an exquisite cup of tea. 2 oz.
  

Price: $22.00

Explore the differing tastes of teas - lightly vegetal and naturally sweet - grown in the mountains and the valleys. Sampler offers a taste of each.

• Green Snow Bud (Lu Xue Ya) High-mountain green, needle-shaped leaf w/ touches of white, cups light-gold green, naturally sweet. 2 oz.
• Spring Blossom Pekoe (Xiao Cai Cha) Traditional style, long leaf and sweet silver bud, vegetal taste, hints of asparagus and chestnut. 2 oz.
• Wuyi Green (WuYi Qing Cha) Small, curled deep-green leaf, pan-fried, lively sharp taste resonates on the tongue, offers a lingering sweet aftertaste. 2 oz.

Price: $22.00

Ours is a tightly rolled, deep-green leaf with a strong aroma yet without the harshness found in lesser grades. Made in Anhui Province, this organic Gunpowder has body, producing a dark green cup with a slightly pungent and, if steeped long, plenty of astringent flavor. This tea offers plenty of mouth feel and will refresh.

Price: $6.60

This year's Tian Mu Qing Ding is one of our most aromatic and flavorful teas. A famous tea grown in Zhejiang Province, this prized, high-mountain varietal is harvested only for a very brief period each spring in the Tian Mu Mountains. This brief harvest window is reflected in small and very tender leaves that make this famous tea. Rich green in color, these leaves yield a sweet, natural taste that cups to a light-yellow liquor. Our lot is organic and will provide the most discerning tea drinker a very satisfying, savory cup.

Price: $19.80