Chinese Whole Leaf Green Tea

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£5.99
(22p per cup)
1893 in stock

A meticulously hand-crafted Chinese green tea that has been made in the same way for over 3000 years. Pure, clean, soft and elegant. The antithesis of industrial, mass produced green tea.

Made from the soft new leaves of spring it is also known as White Monkey Paw (Baimao Hou).

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BI
23 October 2021
Barry I.
United Kingdom
Rare Tea’s Chinese Whole Leaf Green Tea

Probably the best Chinese Whole Leaf Green Tea I’ve had in decades. Full credit to Rare Tea.

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CJ
21 October 2021
Caroline J.
United Kingdom United Kingdom
CJ

Delicious - best green tea I’ve tasted

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IH
04 August 2021
Ian H.
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Beautiful and Delicate

I first came across this tea in my local Waitrose about 5 years ago and followed the instructions with a thermometer in a stainless steel pan and brewed it for Sixty seconds and the result was utterly refreshing. When I recently spoke to a Chinese friend he asked the teas name, when I said White Monkey Paw he replied that is one of China's finest teas. Well worth trying if you have never tried it but use filtered water if you can. Thanks Henrietta.

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AB
19 July 2021
Are B.
Norway Norway
Light and delicate

Hm, this tea is very close to a white tea, light and delicate - far from the punch of a japanese sencha. Its a good tea and should be on your shortlist if you want balance to your collection.

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PF
02 July 2021
Paulina F.
United Kingdom United Kingdom
lush

light, fragrant, very wholesome but delicate - it's a lovely tea, make sure to enjoy is brewed to specifications, they're best that way

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Tasting Notes

The flavours are clean and bright with notes of fresh spinach and pea pods, complemented by a smooth, silky mouth feel.

Quantity

Use 2g of tea per 150ml of water.

Temperature

For the optimum infusion use 70°C (158°F) water.

Time

Infuse for 1 - 2 minutes, tasting regularly.

Infusions

You can infuse this tea at least twice. With each careful infusion, different subtleties of flavour are revealed.

Cost Per Cup

22p per cup based on 2g of tea per 150ml of water and 2 infusions.

China

Anshun, Guizhou

Our phenomenal Green Whole Leaf comes from the Anshun area of Guizhou in the South West of China. The area is remote and largely unspoilt with abundant forests and cloud cover draping the mountains - making it the ideal terroir for tea.

ORGANIC & SUSTAINABLE

Off the beaten track...

Like many of the places we source our leaves from around the world – it is a little off the beaten track. In our endless hunt for clean environments and organic, sustainable farming practices without any damaging pesticides or herbicides - we have ventured into these relatively unknown hills.

Here we have found teas of stunning quality. They might not be as famous as their counterparts in Fujian or Zhejiang, but like Sikkim outshines Darjeeling we believe we have found something extraordinary.

WHITE MONKEY PAW

Baimao Hou

Made from the soft new leaves of spring it is also known as White Monkey Paw (Baimao Hou) after the resemblance of the delicate, curled, white, downy buds it contains to the curled paw of a little monkey.

The leaves are pan fired as quickly as possible after plucking. Within hours they are brought to large very hot metal bowls. The fresh leaf is gently rolled inside the hot pans so that every part of the leaf is exposed to the heat - sealing in the fresh green flavours.

Green Whole Leaf

White Monkey Paw

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Serving Suggestions

The clean, subtle flavours are an ideal tea to accompany food. It goes particularly well with savoury food and we love it for breakfast with smoked salmon and poached or scrambled eggs.

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