Spring Rare tea

This exquisite early spring green tea from Laoshan offers a remarkably textured and aromatic experience. Expect vibrant vegetal notes balanced with a delicate savory umami, reminiscent of green chestn. It leans vegetal, sweet and savory.

Water around 70–80 °C (158–176 °F). In a mug, steep 2–3 min. For gongfu, use 3–5 g per 100 ml, 15–30 s steeps. You'll get to see how the flavor changes across multiple rounds. The biggest mistake with green tea is using boiling water. Keep it well below that and you won't get bitterness.

Grown in Shandong, China from the Longjing 43 cultivar. This batch is from the Spring harvest.

Starts at $10.00 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.28/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.68 per session. Compare green prices across vendors on Teadar.