Autumn Laoshan Green

Produced By He Family

Pioneers and community leaders in Laoshan Village, the He family was one of the first to plant tea on the misty ocean-facing slopes of the Taoist Holy Mountain they call home.

Tasting Profile

FLORAL – lavender, marigold
VERY VEGETAL – edamame
VERY SAVORY – sesame, nori

DATE OF PICKINGSeptember 2017

Laoshan VillageShandong Province

ELEVATIONSEA LEVEL

Longjing QuntiTea Varietal

This harvest is picked in the cool autumn air after resting the plant through summer. The result is crisp, fresh flavor with more savory green bean and cream that Laoshan for which Laoshan is famous. The He Family's plants are recovering from the bitter cold of early 2016, and this years harvests are sweeter for it. The He family's signature green tea is fed by mountain spring water, picked by hand, and cultivated sustainably using traditional chemical-free farming techniques.

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" Mr. He is the head of his family and his tea farm. Mr. He remembers a time when his parents still grew potatoes and corn, before tea farming became widespread in Laoshan. In recent years, he’s overseen the development of Laoshan Black, flat-pressed “Dragonwell Style” Laoshan Green, and even two kinds of Laoshan Oolong.... "