• Green Teas

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    Green tea is an unoxidized tea originating in China and has the longest history of any tea. It has been praised for centuries for its healing and soothing properties. In general, there are four types of green tea based on how the tea master stops the oxidation process. The traditional way is hand frying tea buds and young fresh leaves picked during early spring in a large wok. These teas are considered the best quality and contain the highest nutrition (i.e. Shi Feng Long Jing, ). The most popular way to process green tea is by baking (i.e. Gunpowder) which allows for a larger quantity of tea. The third way is by steaming (i.e. Sencha). The fourth way is drying by sunshine. This tea is mostly consumed by locals and is rarely on the market. If you would like to try this flavor we recommend drinking young green puer cakes. While green tea is produced in over eighteen Chinese provinces, there are a few famous green tea areas from which we have selected our fine green teas. Since there are many types of green tea, take time to find the best aroma and flavor based on your personal preference.

     

    Shi Feng Long Jing (Shi Feng Dragon Well)

     

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    Zhejiang Province

    Description:The most famous green tea in China is Long Jing (Dragon Well) which grows in the hills around the West Lake area of Hangzhou. In fact, Long Jing has over a hundred year history as a Tribute Tea and was previously only served to emperors and high officials. While Long Jing is very popular, Shi Feng Long Jing is considered the highest quality and is from the original home of Long Jing, Shi Feng. It requires great skill to hand fry the tea buds and fresh leaves to create Long Jing’s unique flat shape. We are privileged to be the first foreign company to offer Shi Feng Long Jing directly from famous tea master Weng Shang Yi. He has been making only thin handmade Tribute Tea for the last sixty years. We hope that you will enjoy the full-bodied flavor of this remarkable tea.

     

    Price: $ 12.39 / 2oz. Bag

     

     

    Tang Dynasty Green Tea

     

    Guangxi Region

    Description: Produced in Lingyun County of Guangxi Region, Tang Dynasty Green tea is characterized by its bright green appearance and strong and lasting fragrance, clear jade green liquid and green brewed leaves. Tang Dynasty Green tea is rarely seen outside of China.

     

    Price: $ 12.39 / 2oz. Bag

     

     

    Organic Ming Qian An Ji Bai Cha

     

    Green Tea Tampa

    Description: An Ji Bai Cha has become the most sought after green tea today due to its limited production and its history with famous Song Dynasty emperor, Song Hui Zhong. As a great artist and passionate tea lover, he wrote a book about tea and devoted a whole chapter to Bai Cha, though he did not mention the source. Lu Yu, the famous tea sage during the Tang Dynasty, described the An Ji area as a treasure of tea, but did not mention the tea. It took 900 years for tea scholars and tea masters to put the two together and discover an ancient Bai Cha bush. It has taken since 1980 to propagate enough bushes to have a commercial crop. Take time to appreciate the clean, green tea liquor and high fragrance. The skinny, flat tea buds and leaves are rich in amino acids creating a mild and slightly sweet flavor that gives you an overall calming feeling. Note: “Ming Qian” refers to the first tea picking before the Qing Ming festival (April 5th).

     

    Price: $ 12.39 / 2oz. Bag

     


    Nanjing Rain Flower Green Tea

     

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    Nanjing Province

    Description: Nanjing Rain Flower Green Tea is a special tea that hails from Nan Jing City. Nan Jing is one of the six major ancient Chinese capitals. This Rain Flower tea is also known in Chinese as Yu Hua Cha. Yu Hua Cha is a local product of Nan Jing City. A grand Yu Hua Tea Festival is held during April yearly. This festival is aimed to publicizing this special Nanjing Rain Flower Green Tea. Nanjing Rain Flower Green Tea leaves are processed with great care and have a delicate appearance and fresh taste. The tea has the healthy effect of protecting against food poisoning, refreshing the body, quenching thirst and cleaning the system. It is said that Nanjing Rain Flower Green Tea is one of the ten renowned tea categories in China.

     

    Price: $ 12.39 / 2oz. Bag

     

     

    Matcha Green Tea Powder

     

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    Wuyuan Province

    Description: Matcha is a super fine green tea powder, famous for its use in Japanese and Buddhist tea ceremonies. Now, it is one of the most popular and quality healthy teas in the world. Matcha is becoming increasingly popular in the international beverage and food market because of its versatility and health benefits. Matcha’s flavor blends well in dairy-based recipes and its powder form makes it easy to work with. Matcha is being used in ice cream, cheese cakes, cream cheese spreads, white chocolate, latte beverages, hot chocolate etc. There is no limit to the recipes that matcha can be added to.

     

    The organic ceremony grade matcha tea was made in China from organic tea leaves of shade grown tea trees. It is made by forcefully grinding the fresh tea leaves, under low temperature, to superfine powder which not only preserves the original nutritional ingredients, flavor and aroma, but also is easy for the nutrition to be absorbed by human body.

     

    The Organic Matcha was made in the Wuyuan County, China. The Wuyuan County has been producing the finest green tea for over 1200 years. It is one the major green tea production area in China and now along with neighboring Xiuling and Kaihua counties have been seen as core area of Chinese Golden Triangle of Green Tea by both domestic and oversea tea experts. The mild climate of Wuyuan Prefecture is excellent for the cultivation of the tea plant know as camellia sinensis. It has rich mineral soil, plenty of sunshine and the perfect amount of rainfall for tea cultivation.

     

    Price: $ 15.99 / 75g Bag

     

     

    Ling Yun Bai Hao (Coming May/June 2013)

     

    Guangxi Zhuang Region

    Description: Harvested in Lingyun County of Guangxi Zhuang Region the silver gray tea is characterized by its sturdy appearance with white fuzz, strong and lasting fragrance, clear jade green liquid and green brewed leaves.
    A Rare tea not seen much in the West. This Tea has very high antioxidants and great taste. During the
    Tang Dynasty , Emperor LuYu enjoyed this tea very much.

     

    Long Ding

     

    Zhejiang Province

    Description: Long Ding Tea is produced in Kaihua County,Zhejiang province which is the source of Qianjiang river. Located at the juncture of Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangxi Provinces,Kaihua county along with Wuyuan county,Jiangxi province and Xiuling county,Anhui province are named as ‘Gold Triangle of Green Tea’ by many tea experts. Longding lake is on the top of the Giant Dragon Mountain. The soil here is loose, soft and rich, with plenty of water and proper temperature,creating the basic conditions for Long Ding tea’s superb quality.
    “Long” is the word “dragon”, and “ding” means “the top”, referring both to the geographic nature of the production area (that the river zig-zag like a dragon in Chinese painting; rivers are often referred to as dragons) the tea comes from, and the quality.

     

    Price: $ 12.39 / 2oz. Bag

     

     

    South China Sweet Dreams

     

    South China

    Description: South China Sweet Dreams from the misty top of High Mountains amid the ‘Heavenly Country’ — the gorgeous Guangxi province. This special mountain is one of the earliest tea cultivation areas, dating from 2000 years ago.

    This tea is so rare it is one of the few designated ‘Origin’ teas in China, teas that have been produced from the same plants, on the same soil, using the same methods, for over 100 years. Dating all the way back to the Tang dynasty when the Emperor first took favor to this very fine brew.

    Handmade by skilled artisans this delicate tea retains the fine silvery down of the early spring leaves. Fresh in aroma, it delivers on all expectations with a bright cup loaded with smooth vegetal flavor and chestnut notes throughout.

    Our supreme grade sweet dew is fresh and sweet than ever! Limited latest crop from the farm directly, you may find natural sweet caramel like smell in the dry leaves! The best grade from South China this harvest!

    Limited supply

     

    Price: $ 12.39 / 2oz. Bag

     

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