Green Mist, Qing Wu, is our proprietary blend of 3 pan fired, spring-pick green teas. Selected for their respective flavors and curled leaf shapes, our Mist offers a naturally vegetal and herbaceous cup. You will note a bit of tension between the natural sweetness and a hint of astringency. This is offered to create a lively, refreshing taste with a pleasing pucker to the finish.
Tea Facts
It is made with 3 varieties of green tea grown in Fujian Province. We think each contributes a characteristic to the aroma and flavors of the tea creating a complex, vegetal sweet and grassy cup. All 3 are pan-fired creating the sweetness you will note in the liquor.
Tasting Notes
This tea is vegetal sweet with rich notes of grassiness. Sweet, full-bodied, there of astringency underneath its overriding sweetness. It is an excellent choice as an everyday green tea!
Brewing suggestions
Use 3 grams for 8 ounces of water at a temperature of 185 - 195 degrees F. Steep for 2-2.5 minutes for a full sweet cup. Multiple steeps will be yielded.
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Green Tea
Add 30 seconds for each successive steep — flavors evolve.
Full-leaf green teas will open to layered, delicate flavors. The freshly picked leaves are dehydrated to prevent oxidization and preserve their natural green color. Japanese green teas are steamed to preserve their fresh aromas and flavor notes. It is best if green tea is not brewed with boiling water.
Lower temperature water allows the leaves to steep slowly, preserving their natural sweetness. Green teas and yellow teas offer a gentle vegetal aroma. In the mouth, flavors range from spring asparagus and delicate notes of sorrel and raw vegetables to herbaceous and nutty.