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Dragon Well (Longjing) Green Tea 50g $16.00 West Lake Longjing Green tea An anonymous tea fan re-edited the two famous poem lines of Su Dongpo into a couplet: West Lake is alongside the city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang province. This area is one of China's most popular tourist destinations because of it's scenic beauty. A number of national-level tea institutions including China Tea Museum, China Tea Science Institute, China Tea Research Institute, China International Tea Culture Research Academy etc. gather in Hangzhou. DRAGON WELL - The well is an actual spring-fed well (a circular stone enclosure where the water is gathered) with a temple and a teahouse nearby--not far from Hangzhou. Legend has it that during a severe drought a resident monk summoned up a lucky dragon he'd heard was in the neighborhood. He prayed, and lo, the rains came, the crops and the peasants were saved. |
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Silver Needle White Tea is also called Silver Tip White Tea or "Baihao Yinzhen". 50g $16.00 This white tea comes the original white tea producing area of Fuding County in Fujian Province of China. It is a top grade white tea. Single buds are plucked when they are fully developed and ready to open. The beautifully acerose buds are covered with silvery hairs which gives this tea it's name. Chinese tea lovers describe it as "white like cloud, green like dream, pure like snow, aromatic like orchid". When infusing, every bud stands upright in the cup "just like bamboo shoots after a spring rain". Silver Needle White Tea has a light yellow liquor with an extraordinary fresh aroma and a refreshing taste. Medically white tea is refreshing, good for the stomach and dispels heat. This tea has all of the benefits of green tea. White tea is a slightly fermented tea with its body covered with fluffy white hair. The general processing for Chinese white tea only includes two steps: withering and drying. White tea brews to a pale yellow/light red color, and has a slightly sweet flavor with no grassy undertones which sometimes associated with green tea. Recent health research results have pointed to Chinese white tea as potentially having the largest amount of health benefits of any of the Chinese teas made from Camellia sinensis. The most popular Chinese white teas are silver tip white tea and white peony tea The varieties of tea plant for white tea: Fuding Big White Tea; Zhenghe Big White Tea; Narcissus; Vegetable Tea. History of white tea According to the different variety of tea plant and plucking standard, Chinese white teas are divided into three types:
Silver needle white tea (or silver needle pekoe) is made from single buds plucked from Big White Tea variety. White peony tea is made from one bud with two/three leaves plucked from Big White Tea variety or Narcissus White. The history of white tea manufacturing is not long. White tea was firstly created in Fuding county in 1796. At that time farmers plucked the fresh tea leaves from the Vegetable White variety to make Silver Needle White Tea. The Big White Tea variety was found in Fuding about in 1857. Since 1885, farmers began to pluck fresh tea leaves from Big White Tea variety to make Silver Needle White Tea, which was called Big white at that time. And, the silver tip white tea from Vegetable White variety was then called unrefined needle or small white. The Big White variety was also found in Zhenghe in 1880. Tea farmers began to produce Silver Needle White Tea in 1889.
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Wuyi Cinnamon Oolong Tea 50g $16.00 One of the Wuyi Cliff teas from the Wuyi mountains of China. Oolong tea is a semi-fermented tea, combining the best qualities of green tea and black tea. Oolong tea is not only as clear and fragrant as green tea, but also as refreshing and strong as black tea. The natural aroma of OOlong lingers in your mouth and soothes your throat. The processing of Chinese Oolong tea includes six procedures: sunshine withering, tedding fresh leaves, rocking green, stir-fry green, rolling and drying. In Chinese this tea is called Wu Long which means "black dragon". Oolong tea is said to have the following properties:
Oolong teas are a natural health drink. Wuyi Cinnamon Oolong tea is sold in 50g sealed foil packet inside a fancy red and gold cylinder with a resealable lid. |
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Lychee Flavoured Black Tea 50g $16.00 Lychee Black Tea is made from Black Tea which has been scented with lychee peels. The black tea used is Keemun black tea. Lychee, litchi or lichee is a sweet tropical fruit that is popular in Asia. When preparing and drinking this tea, one is instantly amazed with its strong pleasantly sweet fruity aroma. When brewed the tea has a reddish brown hue and a light sweet honey-like taste. Lychee Black Tea makes an excellent ice tea and can be served with sugar and/or cream. With sugar and milk, it is commonly used to make the popular Taiwanese Boba, tapioca, or bubble tea drinks. The water used to steep this tea should be at the boiling point, 212°F (100°C). Use about 2 teaspoons (3 grams) of tea leaves for about every 5 ounces (150 milliliters) of water. A steeping time of about 3-5 minutes with more or less time is recommended depending on the desired concentration. |
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Jasmine Pearl Tea is top grade chinese jasmine tea. 100g $32.00 The tender tea leaves with bud are plucked from the tea plant of "Fuding Da Bai Cha" or"Fuding Da Hao Cha", then processed by the green tea manufacturing method. After that, they are naturally scented by covering with fresh jasmine flowers for six nights. Jasmine flowers only open at night. The jasmine tea is then hand-rolled into the pearl shape. When infused, Jasmine Pearl Tea will slowly unfurl like a flower opening up. The strong aroma from Jasmine Pearl Tea is fresh and persistent. The taste is delicious and mellow. Like all good chinese green teas it can be used more than once. Jasmine Pearl Tea is sold in 100g foil packs inside a silver tin. |
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My Love - Blossoming Green Tea also called Blooming or Flowering Tea 10 tea balls per pack $30.00 This is an artistic, handmade Jasmine Tea from China made by the traditional method. Artistic Jasmine tea is not only a beverage with a fragrant flavour, but also a piece of fine art. The tea will bloom into a floral bouquet This tea contains jasmine (jasminum sambac) and lily (lilium longiflorum thumb) flowers hidden inside a covering of whole silver needle green tea leaves. The unopened tea ball has a nut like shape. The dried fresh flowers inside each piece are selected from various natural and edible flowers (jasmine, lily ,chrysanthemum etc ). As a result the tea has a pleasant aromatic smell and still keeps the original flavor of the tea. Jasmine flowers have a beautiful fragrance and are claimed by the Chinese to have other benefits: beautifying your face ,keeping you healthy ,clearing the throat, and eliminating freckles and wrinkles your face. It also shares some other qualities of ordinary tea as it is full of amino acids. The tea has all of the health benefits of green tea. Brewing tips for blooming tea:
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Summer Garland - Blossoming Green Tea also called Blooming or Flowering Tea 10 tea balls per pack $30.00 This is an artistic, handmade Jasmine Tea from China made by the traditional method. Artistic Jasmine tea is not only a beverage with a fragrant flavour, but also a piece of fine art. The tea will bloom into a floral bouquet This tea contains jasmine (jasminum sambac), florists chrysanthemum (dendranthemamorifolium) and globe amaranth(gomphrenia globosa) flowers hidden inside a covering of whole silver needle green tea leaves. The unopened tea ball has a nut like shape. The dried fresh flowers inside each piece are selected from various natural and edible flowers (jasmine, lily ,chrysanthemum etc ). As a result the tea has a pleasant aromatic smell and still keeps the original flavor of the tea. Jasmine flowers have a beautiful fragrance and are claimed by the Chinese to have other benefits: beautifying your face ,keeping you healthy ,clearing the throat, and eliminating freckles and wrinkles your face. It also shares some other qualities of ordinary tea as it is full of amino acids. The tea has all of the health benefits of green tea. Brewing tips for blooming tea:
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