Last Saturday, Varuni from Chado Teahouse (Hobart) hosted a Chinese New Harvest Green Tea Tasting Event. Using gongfu (gaiwan) tea service, a dozen of us were treated to an afternoon of sampling some of the finest new-harvest teas available. After beginning with an introductory tea of Reserve Grade Bai Hao Yin Zhen (Silver Needle), we were served the following:
1. Anji Bai Cha (An Ji County, Zhejiang)
2. Dong Ting Pi Lo Chun (Dong ting, Jiangsu)
3. Valley Peak Da Fang (Huang Shan, Anhui)
4. Huang Shan Mao Feng (Huang Shan, Anhui)
5. Tai Ping Hou Kui (Taiping, Hubei)
6. En Shi Jade Dew (En Shi City, Hubei)
7. Green Bamboo Leaf (E Mei Shan, Sichuan)
8. Mount Meng Sweet Dew (Meng Shan, Sichuan)
9. Xu Fu Dragon Tooth (Yi Bin City, Sichuan)
10. West Lake Imperial Dragonwell (West Lake, Zhejiang)
11. Wuyi Shan Green (Wuyi Shan, Fujian)
12. Organic White Monkey (Taimu Shan, Fujian)
13. Purple Bamboo Shoot (Chang Xing, Zhejiang)
It was at once a relaxing and informative time - a group of people with various degrees of tea experience all sharing their enjoyment of some quite amazing teas- a splendid way to spend three hours!
3 comments:
These are some quality green teas. It's the favorite tea of many and perhaps most Chinese people. At least it's a common everyday tea. And they certainly can produce a quality green tea too. --Spirituality of Tea
The best of the chinese green teas goes back to the Ming Dynasty. Grown in the Zhejiang province I don't think you can beat Lung Ching tea. There is a reason they used to call it Tea of teh Emperor.
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your blog is delightful and very informative! coming from a coffee-drinking culture, i am a recent convert to tea and i'm grateful there are blogs like yours that offer a lot of wonderful details about our drink of choice. Cheers!
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