An Ji Bai Cha (White Tea) - A Great Chinese Green Tea 2010
- Item#: tea248
- Weight: 50g
- In Stock
Starting At: $14.65
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.
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.
Location: Zhejiang Province
Tea Bush: Bai Ye (White Leaves)
Harvest Time: end of March
Picking Standard: 1 bud to 1 tender leaf
Brewing vessel: glass cup, gaiwan, glass or porcelain pot
Brewing Guidelines: 1st infusion 1 1/2 Tbs per 12 oz 180F for 2 mins
Infusions: at least 3 times
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