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2026 Spring Laoshan Pine Needle Green

2026 Spring Laoshan Pine Needle Green

This 2026 Spring harvest is available for pre-order! ETA: July 2026
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Unique Finish Green Tea
Qingqing developed this unique finish with her father to bring out minerality and spice in her family's tea. Early harvest with notes of arugula, orange blossom, kiwi and oatmeal.
Qingqing developed this unique finish with her father to bring out minerality and spice in her family's tea. The fresh 2026 harvest is available to pre-order!
May 2026 ♦ Laoshan, Shandong
ETA: start of July ♦ Laoshan, Shandong
Unique Finish Green Tea
Qingqing developed this unique finish with her father to bring out minerality and spice in her family's tea. Early harvest with notes of arugula, orange blossom, kiwi and oatmeal.
Qingqing developed this unique finish with her father to bring out minerality and spice in her family's tea. The fresh 2026 harvest is available to pre-order!
May 2026 ♦ Laoshan, Shandong
ETA: start of July ♦ Laoshan, Shandong
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SPRING 2026 PRE-ORDER

This Spring 2026 pre-order tea from the He Family in Laoshan is available to reserve on pre-order while supplies last.

This tea is expected to arrive by the first week of July. Orders containing pre-order tea will wait to ship until all teas in your order have arrived. 

Crafted By the He Family

Pioneers and community leaders, the He Family is dedicated to making a name for their stunningly smooth, malty, rich teas cultivated in China’s coldest, northernmost growing region.
 
Grown using old-school organic farming techniques on the rocky foothills of Laoshan, protected by ocean mist and fed by sweet spring water.
    • DATE OF PICKINGMay 2026
    • Laoshan VillageShandong Province
    • ELEVATIONSEA LEVEL
    • Longjing QuntiTea Varietal

    Mr. He’s daughter Qingqing, co-owner of Verdant Tea, pioneered this finishing style with her father. The hand pulled and twisted finish on this classic spring harvest shows off the delicate deep-green buds that the family picks with so much care, cultivating with sustainable chemical free farming, and fed by sweet mountain spring water. These spring buds and tender leaves are picked after the protective winter green house covers are removed for season.

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    95
    mint, arugula
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    65
    currant, kiwi
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    70
    orange blossom
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    70
    oatmeal
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    true
    vibrant, juicy

    Tasting Profile

    • vegetal - mint, arugula
    • fruit - currant, kiwi
    • floral - orange blossom
    • savory - oatmeal
    • texture - vibrant, juicy

The He Family also recommends:

Spring 2026 Update from the Fields

Cold weather in Laoshan means smaller yields, and a long season of shade-grown covered green tea before the protective greenhouse coverings come down. 

A very mild spring with very little rainfall has made for particularly concentrated creamy textural green tea and black tea. Cool weather persisted longer than usual, which kept protective shaded coverings on through April. This meant slow growth, but particularly tender sweet buds.

Not only is He Qingqing busy helping her parents finish this spring's fresh tea, but she and her husband are also celebrating the arrival of their son Liu Mu-Mu, just a few months old and already helping with the fresh Flat Pressed Laoshan Green.

Congratulations to the He Family for a wonderful spring season!

He Changke works with fresh leaves
fresh picked Laoshan tea buds
fresh 2026 Laoshan tea leaves
fresh picked 2026 Laoshan tea
brewing fresh Laoshan green tea
spring 2026 Laoshan tea plants

photos courtesy of He Qingqing, March 2026

  • 'Thankfully 2019-2020 was a mild winter compared to the last two years, meaning that the plants in China’s northernmost tea growing region did not suffer frost damage. The He Family's plants have been able to recover, and this new recovery growth has been rich and tender, a boon for the He Family after so many difficult years.'

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    6-8
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    20 seconds
    10
    5
    6
    175
    5 seconds
    4
    5
    12
    76
    8 hours

    Steeping Instructions

    Western

    5 g.6-8
    oz.
    use 175° watersteep 20 secondsresteep many times
    add 10 sec. each infusion

    Gongfu

    5 g.6 ozuse 175° watersteep 5 seconds
    add 4 sec. per steeping
    enjoy many steepings

    Iced/Cold

    5 g.12
    oz.
    use room temp. waterrefrigerate overnight
    8 hours
    add ice & enjoy

Product Photo Gallery

He Changke works with fresh leaves
fresh picked Laoshan tea buds
fresh 2026 Laoshan tea leaves
fresh picked 2026 Laoshan tea
brewing fresh Laoshan green tea
spring 2026 Laoshan tea plants

photos courtesy of He Qingqing, March 2026

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