2023 Wudang Silver Sword – Handfired Ming Qian Hubei High Mountain Wudang Daoist Green Tea

Origin: the middle of Wudang Mountain in the Hubei Province 1000”

Harvest time: 2023 spring before the Qingming Festival (Ming Qian)

Material: first leaf buds is fired by hand, dry tea shape is tight and slender, sharp and flat, fat and straight, dry tea color is silvery green.

use 80-95℃ water and covered tea bowl or glass to brew 4 rounds, tea:water 1:80

• dry tea strip is flat and straight, silvery green color, densely covered white hairy and lustrous
• tea soup is apricot green, clear and brilliant
• the aroma is clean and high, flowery flavour and tender
• the taste is sweet, mellow and fresh, brisk, sweet aftertaste
• the wet buds are tender green, fat and tender, even

The kind of teas could be called High Mountain Tea 高山茶, the tea fields’ height above sea level must be higher than 800 meters. Comparing with other teas growing at lower see levels, high mountian teas are much more special: first, high mountian tea’s tastes are more clear and sweet, because of strong root systems, high mountain tea plants could absorb more mineral substances and nutrients; Second, high mountian tea’s textures are more smooth and soft, since high mountains surround all the year round with cloud and mist, high humidities, rich diffusion lights and big differences in temperature between the day and the night are optimal for tea plants to produce some desirable compounds; Third, high mountian tea’s liquid is more clear and bright, because lights on high mountains are mainly blue-purple lights, which could restrain undesirable compounds to produce; Fourth, high mountian green tea‘s fragrances are much higher, longer daylight hours and relative lower temperatures are good for fresh leaves to produce aromatic compounds.