Jintan Que She is named as a combination of the origin-Jintan and the shape of tea like the bird’s tougue. It is produced in the famous mountain region – Maoshan, where is also famous for its Daoist temple and beautiful bamboo forest.
This tea has a flat straight shape with one bud and one leaf, to make 500g of tea takes 40,000 to 45,000 buds and leaves, it is indeed a ‘luxury’ tea. The delicate process and fine ingredients provide this tea a strong refreshing fragrance, and its liquor is beautiful bright jade green, with a mild sweet fresh taste.
Health Effects:
Jintan Que She as a green tea, it only contains 30% caffeine level as a same size standard coffee. But it is very refreshing, good to take one cup of this tea after hard study.
How to storage:
Storage this tea into aluminum foil bags or tins, jars which are tightly covered without other odors. This is to avoid exposure under the sunlight. After each consumption, tight or seal the opening well to limit the contact with air. If you have relatively big quantity of tea, suggest to put into freezer thus helps to keep the quality of this tea lasting for a longer period, maxim 18 months.
Tips on brewing:
Recommended use around 300ml spring water for brewing 3-5 grams of tea, for personal use, better choose Yixing Tea Pot, if you also would like to enjoy the form of the tea leaves while brewing, then we recommend you to apply glass cup or white porcelain gaiwan to brew this tea.
To reach ideal temperature, just let boiling water rest and cool down for around 3-4 minutes. Avoid use water has been boiled for many times, as this reduces the level of oxygen in the water and effects the taste of the tea.
Use hot water to warm the cup/ gaiwan/ tea pot first, then put in tea. Pour in water just enough to cover the tea, let the dry tea fully soak the water and slightly shake the cup/ gaiwan/ tea pot for 30 seconds, then pour in water to the full capacity of the vessel. After waiting for 35 seconds to 1 minute, ENJOY! You can repeat brewing up to 3 times for the same tea.
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2-4 minutes |
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80 °C |
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5 grams |
