Green Tea High Mountain Tai Ping Hou Kui

SKU: TPHK-MQ-S250

fresh and clean taste of spinach, walnut, very vegetal, and long-lasting sweetness; intense fried bean fragrance; a very rich green tea with a lot more notes can be discovered.

Tai Ping Hou Kui, a traditional tea of Han Ethnic Group, one of the historic Chinese teas grown at the foot of Huang Shan(Yellow Mountain), is a type of reputed green tea produced in the region of Taiping County(former name of Huang Shan City), Anhui Province. In 2004, it won the title of “King of Green Tea” in the International Tea Fair.

Its shapes of buds binding with two leaves, flat and upright, natural stretch revealed with obscure white downy. The tea contains more than 500 nutritional components.

The color of the tea liquor is green and bright. The aroma is fresh and clean with long-lasting orchid incense. The taste is mellow and aftertaste remains sweet.
Origin: Huang Shan, Anhui

Production Date: April, 2018

Shlef Life: 18 Months

Harvest Time: MingQian

Grade: Superfine

Storage: Keep in dry, odorless, best in cold condition.

Food Additives: None
To brew Tai Pai Hou Kui, use colorless and transparent tall glass, with water temperature around 85 °c for brewing, never use boiling water. The non-fermented green tea itself is very tender. Brew with extreme hot water would bring out the bitterness and affect the taste.

Ratio of tea and water: 1g:50ml (depending on personal taste)

Warm the glass with hot boiling water then discard water.

Place appropriate amount of tea (Generally 3g) into the glass with leaf head upside down.

When hot boiled water gets cooled down to about 85°c, pour a small amount of hot water (~1/3 glass), wait about 20 sec. to wet leaves, at the meantime, enjoy the fragrance.

And then full up with hot water (85°c) along the edge of the glass.

Ready to serve after 2-3 min. Refill hot water until 1/3 of tea liquor remaining for subsequent brewing.

*Gradually increase steeping time and for subsequent brewing.