2024 Qimen Maofeng Green Tea
2024 Qimen Maofeng Green Tea
This 2024 Spring harvest is available for pre-order! ETA: end of May 2024
Decadent downy buds
Made only with delicate early spring buds, finished with minimal processing to lock in soft mineral texture and notes of pear, clover honey and cardamom.
Made only with delicate early spring buds, finished with minimal processing to lock in soft mineral texture. The fresh 2024 harvest is now picked and available for pre-order!
Spring 2023 ♦ Guixicun, Qimen, Anhui
ETA: end of May ♦ Guixicun, Qimen, Anhui
Crafted By the Cheng Family
Dedicated craftspeople and farmers, the Cheng Family has a beautiful, high-elevation plot above Guixi Village, an excellent micro-climate for Qimen Black Tea in Anhui.
Master Cheng picks the tiny buds for his family's teas at the very peak of spring and finishes them by hand in his tiny workshop, coaxing out complexity and the underlying minerality of rocky Huangshan.
- DATE OF PICKINGMarch 2024
- Guixi VillageQimen, Anhui
- ELEVATION200 METERS
- Zhu Ye ZhongTea Varietal
The famous Huangshan Maofeng is all about beautiful, perfect buds that dance in the teapot like silver needle white tea or Dragonwell. The Cheng Family picks their Pre-Qing Ming early spring buds on their high elevation mountain plot near Qimen and Huangshan entirely by hand to preserve their perfect shape, and works to quickly finish the buds with minimal heat and withering time, locking in fresh flavor and deep minerality that shows off the textural complexity of one of the finest green teas in the world.
Tasting Profile
- floral - clover honey, violet
- fruit - candied pear
- savory - fresh cream, marshmallow
- spice - cardamom, sandalwood
- texture - mineral-laden, soft
the Cheng Family also recommends:
Steeping Instructions
Western
5-10 g.6-8
oz.use 208° watersteep 30 secondsresteep many times
add 40 sec. each infusionGongfu
5 g.6 ozuse 200° watersteep 6 seconds
add 15 sec. per steepingenjoy many steepingsIced/Cold
10 g.12
oz.use room temp. waterrefrigerate overnight
8 hoursadd ice & enjoy