ESGREEN BLOG | Chinese Tea Information

Huangshan Maofeng tea is now cultivated in the entire country, so it is meaningless to talk about any specific tea of this type, as it covers the entire spectrum of teas, both high and low grade. Traditionally speaking, an authentic Huangshan Maofeng tea is known as a Teji, or special...

(1) Plucking Plucking starts after the sunrise in order to avoid the morning dew. The present of morning dew on the tea leaves will cause partial over-heating during the steaming process. This will destroy the tissues of tea leaves and affects the quality. Therefore, good Jade Dew must be produced...

Competition grades of Bi Luo Chun tea use smaller, more tender bud-leaf sets with white downy tips. The highest grades come from the earliest pluckings in the two week season. When dry, they remain tightly curled and do not unravel. The original Bi Luo Chun tea is grown in the...

Pi Lo Chun is made of hand-picked tea leaves just for a leaf and its bud. This rare Chinese green tea can only be made once a year in the spring. For two weeks after the spring equinox and before the heavier rains, the most tender buds with one partly...

Flowering teas, also known as blooming teas, performance teas, and display teas, among other names, are hand-sewed individual tea leaves forming a ball, and designed to perform an action when steeped in hot water, usually unfurling into decorative flower-like arrangements. Flowering teas are usually prepared in glass or otherwise transparent...

Vessels Transparent glass teacup, glass teapot or glass Gai Wan. These transparent tea steeping vessels could display the expansion of the tea leaves as they float in the golden liquid, and allow you to enjoy the pleasures of reinfusion. Tea will take on a bitter aftertaste if it is left...