2024 Sichuan Bi Tan Piao Xue Jasmine Snow Bud
“Bi Tan Piao Xue”, also called Snow Jasmine – this beautiful named green tea, literally means “snow falling in an emerald pond”. It is a scented green tea made of high mountain varietal of snow buds, scented with fresh budding jasmine flower. When brewing this tea, the petals of Jasmine will fall up and down in the yellowish green liquor.
This new batch of snow bud tea is harvested in the first flush of Spring from the famous tea mountain – Meng Ding Mountain in Ya’An, Sichuan. The fine and tender tea buds is full of silvery white pekoe, it undergone the traditional scenting process with the Jasmine flower for five times, which last for 60 days. The tea is smooth, refreshing and elegant in its mouthfeel, the umami taste of the green tea is well combined with the jasmine aroma with lingering sweetness.
Weight per pack: 25g/ 50g/ 100g
Tea Farm Location: Meng Ding Mountain, Ya’An, Sichuan, China
Harvest Time: Spring 2024
Tasting Notes: refreshing, floral, umami, jasmine, lingering sweetness
Dry Leaves Appearance: tea buds full of white pekoe with some dried Jasmine flower in between
Tea Liquor Colour: bright and clear light yellow green
Brewing Method (Adjust with your own taste):
Gaiwan Style: 3-4g Tea| 150-200ml water (85-90°c) | 1-3 infusion : 10-15’s, After : Add 5’s each
Glass Style: prepare a tall glass, pre-warm the glass by rinsing it, fill your glass with 85-90°c water, add tea leaves (3g), let it rest for 1 minute, enjoy (Don’t drink the whole glass, left 1/3 of Tea liquor in the glass for resteeping, add 30’s each time)