A Tea Cup Dropped

This premium-grade Biluochun Green tea has an incredibly fresh smell and taste. The dried leaves are delicate and small -- you can see this in the dry leaf as well as after infused. They are rolled length-wise along the leaf and in a curl. Infused the tea taste is cool, refreshing, mellow but striking. With this premium-grade Biluochun you can really understand why the tea was originally called "astounding fragrance."

Biluochun has been produced for over 1000 years. It is grown on the eastern banks of Dongting Lake in Jiangsu province, China; thus originally referred to by locals as Dongting tea. Later, it garnered the name "Astounding Fragrance." The name stuck. Given as a tribute tea in late Tang and early Song Dynasty periods, it was only when the Qing Dynasty Kangxi Emperor tried it, while on southern tours of the empire, that it acquired the name, given by him, more befitting its royal quality: Biluochun. Biluochun translates literally from Chinese to Emerald Green (or Jade) Spiral Spring. Emerald Green is the color of the Eastern peaks of the Dongting mountains, in early morning. Spring because the tea is harvested in the Spring.

Brewed color: bright silvery yellow. Flavor: High-green taste, cool, refreshing, with mild astringency. Preparation: For best results, use spring or mineral water just before it has come to a boil.

Origin: Jiangsu province, China. Classification: Green tea. Grade: Premium. Package size: 100 grams (3.5 ounces).