2024 Spring Ancient Tree Hong Yao Green Tea
What is Spring Green Tea?
A timeless favorite, green tea is all about freshness! Unoxidized and bright, green tea is known for its light, clean taste, natural sweetness, enticing scent, and easy-drinking feel.
Spring tea is highly sought after because green tea loses flavor and fragrance with age. So green tea fans always stock up on spring green tea and drink it until the next year's crop comes out!
500-year old Ancient Tea Trees, with women in Hong Yao traditional clothing!
This is a special one! Deep in the hills of Guangxi province, the Hong Yao (also known as Red Yao) people have protected their ancient tea trees for hundreds of years.
It is rare to find ancient tree teas used for green tea, and the end result combines the flavor and freshness of green tea with the complex aftertaste of ancient tree tea.
The small crop of these trees is harvested just once per year and then is finished. We will be able to share with all preorder customers, though we cannot guarantee being able to replenish if we sell out later in the year.
These ancient tree teas are a bit more expensive because of the low crop output and also the fact the trees are so big that they need to be harvested by workers on ladders, climbing the trees to get the leaves.
One note about this tea: We are not sure if we will be able to restock this tea, so there is a good possibility when we're out, we're out. If you want it, get it sooner rather than later.
Jesse Says: Tea fate struck with this one! I happened to meet a local from the tea mountain who lives part time in California and has been searching for someone to be able to get the word out about their Ancient Tree tea. I loved their sample and can't wait to see what you all think!
The Perfect Summer Tea
While green tea can be consumed year-round, it is especially prized during summer, because of its lower, cooler steeping temperature and crisp, easy-drinking flavor.
And while it's not a traditional Chinese method, green tea makes for an excellent cold brew or iced tea!
Jesse Says:
Jesse Says: Tea fate struck with this one! I happened to meet a local from the tea mountain who lives part time in California and has been searching for someone to be able to get the word out about their Ancient Tree tea. I loved their sample and can't wait to see what you all think!
Save with the Sampler Box!
VALUE AND QUALITY
Jesse's Teahouse started because Jesse realized the quality and value of the tea directly from China was so much higher than what could be easily found in the States -- and around the world.
Jesse contacted his tea friends, they shipped their best teas to him, and he sends them to you. That's it!
These teas are high quality and can be re-steeped multiple times! Each serving makes between 4-8 cups of tea, so at around $.50 a cup, you get top quality Chinese teas at a price that you can enjoy every day.
NOT JUST TEA, TEA CULTURE
Jesse believes the key to making good tea is to help his Chinese tea friends share not just their best teas, but the best ways to make the teas.
That's why each box comes also comes with an info card that tells you:
- Tea Origin
- Steep Temperature
- Steep Time
- Directions for both teapot steeping and gaiwan steeping
All Jesse’s Teahouse Tea Friends (that’s you now!) also get access to private YouTube videos where Jesse and his Chinese tea friends show you how to make the teas and explain the tea-making process.
The links are on QR codes on the back of the info card included in the tea box.
Don't Forget Your Tea Pets!
In Chinese Gongfu Tea Tradition, Tea Pets accompany you at teatime and you "raise" them by feeding them tea! Check out the tea pets at the bottom of this page.
