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Fresh Loose Leaf Green Tea

Green Tea

The best of the annual spring greens are harvested “before the rain”. This class of tea offers complexity and nuance, and flavors from vegetal, savory and cream-like to toasty, nutty, and naturally sweet.

Known for our selection of seasonal and unusual greens, we procure small lot, specialty varieties timed by the harvest weather, crafted in the traditions of the area.

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    Spring Green Decaf Organic Sachets

    10% discount when you order 3 or more. Our Spring Green is a choice, early-pick spring organically-grown, green tea from Zhejiang Province. We selected this tea as it offers a sweet and clean vegetal taste that can be enjoyed throughout the day...
    Decaffeinated green, clean, vegetal taste

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    Organic Green Tea Sampler - 3 of China's Finest

    China's green teas are famous for their artistically shaped leaves, rich aromas and clean fresh flavors. Each spring as the weather warms, tender, newly emerging buds and leaves produce a class known as "before the rains" teas. These varieties are much...
    Spring greens, elegant, fresh flavors.

  • Anji White - AnJi Bai

    Anji White - AnJi Bai

    Each harvest season this rare tea offers a new flavor experience. It is rich in amino acids, creating a umami flavor unusual for a Chinese green. In the 1980s, in a bamboo forest above the Huang Pu River in the mountains of Zhejiang Province, this...
    Silky smooth, rich "umami" flavors

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    Jasmine Green

    Fresh, 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. Lot Notes The scenting process for this tea is traditional. Multiple scentings...
    Natural flavors, soothing

  • Dragon Well "Jiukeng" - Long Jing

    Dragon Well "Jiukeng" - Long Jing

    Literally translates to Dove's Nest. This is a style of Dragon Well rarely found in the U.S. Elegant in appearance, offering an exquisite aroma, this Lung Ching cultivar is noticeably smaller in leaf than the more widely known Dragon Wells. The leaf...
    Local, elegant, small-leaf cultivar

  • Thousand Days Red Jasmine - Xian Tao

    Thousand Days Red Jasmine - Xian Tao

    Thousand Days Red Jasmine (Xian Tao) celebrates the gastronomic and social value of tea.  Known as a display or presentation tea, this wonderful tea is made with soft, very pliable green tea leaves that are sewn together, often with a silken thread,...
    Beautifully shaped leaves unfurl and bloom.

  • Green Peony - Lu Mu Dan

    Green Peony - Lu Mu Dan

    This unique and beautiful tea is handmade by artisans who select the finest large buds and tie them with silk thread to form its lovely green peony flower shape. Tea is often used in seasonal celebrations.  Lot Notes. A rich-tasting green...
    Opens to a green peony flower, robust flavors
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    Jasmine Silver Tip - Yin Hao Jasmine

    The fragrances of jasmine flowers scent our organic lot of Jasmine Silver Tip. Grown in Fujian Province, Silver Tip is a Yin Hao Jasmine style green tea; note the abundance of silver buds and its rich green leaves. Traditionally, the jasmine flower...
    Jasmine flower scented, organic green tea.

  • Yellow Flower - Huang Shan Huang Ya

    Yellow Flower - Huang Shan Huang Ya

    Steep, jagged mountains cut with gushing springs are home to alpine forests, rich bamboo groves and some of China's finest green and yellow teas. The Huang Shan Mountains, literally the Yellow Mountains, consists of approximately 75 separate peaks spread...
    Yellow tea - lush, floral & sweet.
  • Wuyi Green - WuYi Qing

    Wuyi Green - WuYi Qing

    Described as a "wild" tasting green, the descriptor is apt for this unusual and boldly flavored cultivar. A local green, it was grown on a small farm in the mountains of Fujian Province. Leaves are a rich, deep green color after a traditional...
    Full-bodied, fruity & herbal flavors.

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    White Monkey - Bai Hou

    Handmade, small-farm tea that has a light-golden cup color and a very likeable sweet-nutty flavor. Its name and wonderful appearance give hints to the flavors and aromas that will follow once this tea is tasted. Like most green teas grown in Fujian...
    "Playful" leaves, rich vegetal flavors

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    Heavenly Blue Peak - Tian Mu Qing Ding

    One of China's famous teas, Heavenly Blue Peak (Tian Mu Qing Ding) was long the favored tea of emperors. An exceptional spring green, this high-mountain varietal is harvested only for a very brief period in early April. Grown in bamboo forest preserves...
    Nuanced, flavorful, & naturally sweet

  • Tongyu Mountain Green -Tongyu Shan Qing

    Tongyu Mountain Green -Tongyu Shan Qing

    A local Mao Feng cultivar, it is farmed & processed to local custom. TMG is an exceptional tea for those that enjoy a strong and full-bodied Chinese green tea. It is grown on small farms in the mountains of Fujian Province, west of Fuzhou...
    Deep green leaves, vegetal, fruity.

  • Three Cups Fragrance - San Bei Xiang

    Three Cups Fragrance - San Bei Xiang

    Tea is named for the 3 wonderful infusions the leaves traditionally offer. Using a pan-firing method called "San Bei Xiang", it results in leaves in various shades of dark green and, at times, almost a silver-gray appearance. A traditional green made in...
    Brisk, clean herbaceous flavor

  • Stir Fried Greens - Chao Qing Cai

    Stir Fried Greens - Chao Qing Cai

    A well-known green tea in China and virtually unknown outside Fujian Province. Stir Fried is plucked early in the spring harvest and then pan-fired to a lovely, wholesome & sweet vegetal flavor. As it is not produced for the export market, it is...
    Fresh cut vegetable flavors, sweet!

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    Snow Bud - Xue Ya

    Grown at a high elevation, the season is short this style of tea. Its small, thin leaves reflect this high-mountain origin. Leaf is dense, flavor is nuanced and somewhat subtle. Produced inland in Fujian Province, the tea is...
    Lush, a delicate honey note.

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    Matcha - Powdered Green Tea

    Our grade of organic matcha is made from tencha, the shaded first leaves of the spring harvest. This produces its vibrant green hue, umami sweetness, creamy taste, and enlivening energy. For 2-3 weeks prior to harvesting, the tea leaves are shaded using...
    Spring sweet, umami

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    Sencha - Hao Di

    Our Sencha is organic, the leaves are long and a rich, emerald green color flecked with shades of lighter green. Taste is slightly astringent and produces a yellow liquor. Ours is grown in Fujian Province in the Japanese style. Processing of the leaf is...

  • Green Mist - Quing Wu

    Green Mist - Quing Wu

    Green Mist, Qing Wu, is our proprietary blend of 3 pan fired, spring-pick green teas.  Selected for their respective flavors and curled leaf shapes, our Mist offers a naturally vegetal and herbaceous cup. You will note a bit of tension between the...
    A lively, refreshing green.