Chinese Green Tea

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Price range: $29.00 through $97.00

ABOUT THE BLEND

The craft behind Chinese green tea begins with fire — specifically, the wok. Within hours of harvest, fresh leaves meet hot metal in a step tea makers call shaqing, ‘killing the green’: the pan-firing that halts oxidation to lock in freshness while coaxing out the warm, nutty, chestnut-sweet character that defines the Chinese style. Mastering it takes deep knowledge of how leaf and heat behave together — every day’s picking differs in moisture and tenderness, so the tea master adjusts temperature, timing, and pressure by feel, often judging the wok’s heat with a bare palm.
Each famous style then takes its own shape. Dragon Well is pressed flat against the wok into smooth jade blades through ten traditional hand movements; gunpowder is rolled into tight little pearls that unfurl dramatically in the cup; mao feng is gently curled to protect its downy tips. The finished leaf wears its making in its form — you can read the craftsman’s hand before you ever add water — and that care carries from mountain garden to cup: toasty, mellow, and quietly sweet. The warm afternoon to Japan’s bright spring morning.

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