Pre-Qing Ming Bi Luo Chun, Golden Mountain, Lake Tai, Suzhou, China 2011
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These are tiny leaves from a small leaf varietal from Golden Mountain which lies in the middle of Lake Tai. This tea tastes like sweet green grass and fresh sea salt air. While this is an ultra premium varietal and extremely sweet because it's so fresh, it has a savory quality that is distinctive of Bi Luo Chun. Originally this tea was called "scary fragrance" because the smell was so unique, but it was later re-named and Bi Luo Chun means Green Snail Spring. It is one of China's ten famous teas. Sale 40% off
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Pre-Qing Ming Anxi Bai Pian, Anxi, China, 2011
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This is a superlative grade of tea. If you've never tried fresh green tea, this is what you want to base the standard of all fresh green teas against.This teas taste is of a tangy sweet lemon lime and a hint of sweet grass flavor - it gently pulls the inside of your cheeks into a soft pucker. This tea gives 4 steepings - and with each steeping the color of the brew deepens and the flavor shows more depth of character. The sign of a high quality tea, this teas' aroma lingered for a good 45 minutes. Sold out
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Gold Medal Jasmine Tea Pearls,
Fujian, China, Spring 2011
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Picked in the spring, this tea is held until the summer when the night jasmine blossoms. Those blossoms are folded in with the tea and then wrapped in paper and steamed over a hot wok to infuse the flavor of the flower into the tea. Then the flowers are picked out. This process is repeated just three times for the perfect flavor balance of green tea and jasmine. This tea will make you swoon!
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President's Pick First Flush Dragonwell, Shi Feng, Hangzhou, China 2011
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Less than 1 kilo of this tea was produced. It is the sum total of the first three days of the Shi Feng Dragonwell harvest. Astonishingly fragrant, captivatingly luscious, the absolute highest quality 2011 Dragonwell tea on the US market. Can give 7 steepings. You can read about the adventure to buy this tea on my blog.
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Pre-Qing-Ming Dragonwell Shi Feng, Hangzhou, China, 2011
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Picked at 8 am on Shi Feng mountain in Long Jing Village on the morning of the 30th of March, this is ultra- premium Pre- Qing-Ming Dragonwell. A superfine fragrance of chestnuts and fresh grass, sweet notes of star fruit and a full body finish. This is a superlative Dragonwell that has yielded up to 5 steepings.
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