2020 Laoshan Huai Flower Tea
2020 Laoshan Huai Flower Tea
Sourced By the the He Family
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Tasting Profile
- fruit - candied lychee, grape
- floral - orchid
- savory - chocolate truffle
- spice - cinnamon, anise
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- DATE OF
PICKINGMay 2020
- Laoshan Village Shandong Province
- ELEVATION500 M
- Styphnolobium japonicumTea
Varietal
The Huai Flower of the Scholar's Tree grows wild across the slopes of Laoshan. The aromatic little flowers have been used in Chinese medicine for hundreds of years for anti-inflammatory properties. The He Family has been wild-foraging and brewing Huai Hua for as long as they can remember, but this year again they decided to apply their meticulous green tea processing to these unique flowers, including withering, heat fixing, curling and drying. The flowers partially oxidize during these processes, bringing out deep complexity and lingering sweet aftertaste.
- DATE OF
PICKINGMay 2020
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'By putting all the cultural value that the word “tea” inspires behind just one species of plant, we are missing the opportunity to appreciate the craft, devotion and subtle taste experience of other plants. The cultural weight of the word tea should be awarded based not on plant species, but on craft. After all, it was the craft of tea that originally made it necessary to distinguish cha (茶) and tu (荼)'
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Steeping Instructions
Western
5 g.6-8
oz.use 175° watersteep 20 secondsresteep many times
add 10 sec. each infusionGongfu
5 g.6 ozuse 175° watersteep 8 seconds
add 4 sec. per steepingenjoy many steepingsIced/Cold
5 g.12
oz. use room temp.° water refrigerate overnight
8 hours hours add ice & enjoy
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