Afternoon Tea Party

Longjing tea (Simplified Chinese: 龙井茶; Traditional Chinese: 龍井茶) is a famous variety of green tea from Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China where it is produced mostly by hand and has been renowned for its high quality. Longjing is divided into seven grades: Superior (qiqiang), Special (queshe), and then 1 down to 5.
Longjing tea leaves are pan […]

Mao Jian Green Tea

Type

Green

Caffeine

Low

Origin

Anhui

Aroma

Sweet and soapy

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Gunpowder tea (珠茶; pinyin: zhū chá) is a form of green Chinese tea produced in Zhejiang Province of China in which each leaf has been rolled into a small round pellet. It is believed to take its English name from the fact that the tea resembles gunpowder pellets used for cannons (see Etymology, below). This […]

This is a relatively low grade variety of Chinese green tea. One of the world’s oldest tea brands, the “Twinings Tradition” began in the early 1700s and over the centuries its popularity and influence have grown with the rising popularity of tea. Steeped in history (a pun!), today Twinings offers a range of recognizable brews, […]

Mugicha (麦茶) is the Japanese name for a type of tisane made entirely from roasted barley (except Oolong Mugicha). Next to green tea it is one of the most popular beverages in Japan. It is popular in Korea, too. (Where it is called bori cha, 보리차). It is regarded as a summer beverage, and […]

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 […]

Shiting Green Tea
Native Nan-an County, Fujian Province
Appearance silvery green, heavy-looking, and firmly rolled
Brew clear green
When Buddhist monks found a wild tea on Lotus Mountain in the sixteenth century, they named it Shiting Green Tea after a stone pavilion (shi-ting) on the mountain. After a Chinese emperor of the nineteenth century inscribed ’superb tea of […]

Twinwell Green Tea
Native: Xiu-shui County, Jiangxi Province
Appearance: in shape of bird’s claw
Brew: clear-green
The name this green tea refers to its producing area, Twinwell Village, where tea cultivation started from the ninth century. Poet Huang Ting-jian, 1045 - 1105, a native of Twinwell, was so proud of the tea from his home village that he […]

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 […]

Varieties Of Chinese Green Tea - Cloud and Mist
Native Lu Mountain
Appearance firmly rolled, glossy, emerald green
Brew clear-green
As one of top ten Chinese teas, ‘Cloud and Mist‘ is celebrated for its mellow taste and rich nutrition facts like vitamin C and alkaloid. Originally it was a wild tea, growing amid bushes and hard to be […]