Tianshan Green Tea
Native Fujian Province
Appearance emerald green and firmly rolled
Brew clear green with olive fragrance
This green tea is well known for its three greens - green in tea, brew, and tea-leaves. There were more than ten recorded varieties in it in the eighteenth century when it was listed a tribute, however, some of them were lost. Its production was resumed in 1979 with new varieties formulated continuously. This tea was used to be fried during making. After its resumption, toasting replaced frying. This is also the tea for high-grade Chinese jasmine tea.
The harvest starts from March. The standard picking is one shoot with one or two young leaves. In its high-grade varieties, as Birds Tongue and Eyebrow Tea, each 500 g tea will need 30,000 tender leaves. The production of this tea have been mechanized. The making steps are withering, roasting, rolling and drying.
Tianshan, the mountain that touches the sky in Chinese, is located on the coast of East Sea. Covered with dense forest and shrouded in mist, its warm temperature and fertile soil give a favorable natural environment for tea.
Source: green-tea-store.com