GREEN TEA: Laoshan Imperial Green, China - 2025

Laoshan Imperial Green
Green tea, China

Flavour: steamed greens, marine, chestnut 
This April 2025 Spring harvest, imperial-grade green tea is grown and crafted by the Liang family in Laoshan Village, in the coastal province of Shandong, Eastern China. The tea plants are covered by shading cloths during winter to protect from frost and for the first part of spring; a process which intensifies the nutrient content inside the leaf and deepens the leaf colour. The shades are then lifted to allow the plants to grow in full sun before harvest in early April.

The steeped tea is medium-bodied with light astringency, notes of steamed greens, seaweed, roasted chestnut and a mineral aftertaste.

Preparation: Steep for 3 minutes at 80°. Two infusions. 

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Infusions: specialty tea leaves can all be steeped at least twice, and often more, so each 3 gram serve (150 mls - a standard teacup size), will give you two cups ('infusions') if you steep the leaves twice. On the back of your pouch under 'Steep', you can find the number of infusions for your tea.

If you infuse your leaves at least twice, your pouch will give you the following cups of tea (or more if you infuse your leaves more times):

50 grams - 33 cups
100 grams - 66 cups
200 grams - 133 cups

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