Varieties Of Chinese Green Tea - Emerald Green
Native Jing-gang Mountain, Jiangxi Province
Appearance firmly rolled and curly as hooks
Brew clear-green
This green tea is from Shi-ji village of Jing-gang Mountain. According to local folklore, long ago when a roaming angel passed by the small village, farmers welcomed her with tea. Moved by their hospitality, she decided to stay. She learned tea from the farmers and the tea grown by her was particularly palatable and sold very well. To show their gratitude, the villagers renamed their village after the angel.
The harvest starts from the end of March. The standard picking is one shoot with one or two young leaves. Its making involves eight steps, and its unique style gained it one of eight major teas of the province in 1982.
Consisting of more than 500 mountains, Jing-gang Mountain has the biggest and most well-preserved sub-primitive forest of the same latitude in the world. Its cooler climate and rich water sources give ideal environment for tea.
Source: green-tea-store.com