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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Jade Spring is the clarion announcing that the tea harvest is well underway. Grown in Fujian Province, it is a mix of leaf styles that exemplify the delicate art of Chinese tea making. The leaf has been well-preserved in processing - long, slender, light-green buds open, revealing beautiful oval-shaped, serrated leaves. Tender is the leaf and it will cup to a naturally sweet and light vegetal taste. This tea is true delight. Excellent served with food.
Fresh, organic green tea leaf has been delicately and repeatedly scented with the petals of jasmine flowers to create a soothing and satisfying cup of tea that goes well with food. Our tea was made in Fujian Province which is noted as the birthplace of jasmine teas. This is a traditional style jasmine green that offers a good value.
Jasmine Pearls is a delight to watch unfold as well as to drink. Early-picked green tea leaves are carefully rolled into small pearls with a white downy striping. Once rolled, the pearls wait until the jasmine flowers are harvested later in the summer. For a high-grade pearl such as ours, the flower petals are introduced and then removed after imparting their fragrance, a process that may be repeated up to seven times. Our supplier's family has been making jasmine teas for generations in Fujian Province and his skill is evident. This tea is exquisite, a sweet and delicate green redolent with fresh scent of jasmine.
Sourced in Fujian Province, this is a small leaf green tea that has been scented with Jasmine flowers. The scent is natural and not too strong giving the tea a soothing and pleasingly balanced cup. The green tea is high quality, the Jasmine flavourful, we think you will enjoy this tea. Good for everyday use. Steep at water temperature of 185 degrees for 2 minutes.
Our Yin Hao is made with fresh, carefully shaped leaves and a high silvery bud content, then traditionally processed with jasmine flower petals to create a rich and smooth scenting. Often described as an intoxicating aroma, this tea will embrace the senses and soothe. Jasmine petals, silver buds and deep green leaf - one of China's finest traditional teas made in Fujian Province. The green leaves have been scented multiple times to provide the highest taste quality.
Note the very deep green coloration of the leaves. A result of the steaming process, this wonderful yellow tea is made in Anhui Province. Grown organically in the Huang Shan Mountain area, the deep leaf coloration reflects the richness of the local varietal. Once the leaves open, they remind tea drinkers of a melon seed with a finely serrated edge. Taste is full and round in the mouth, lightly sweet with a lingering finish that makes for an exquisite cup of tea.
