Part of a limited selection of extremely high quality Chinese green tea. This is a special handmade needle tea that is slightly piquant with an almost sweet, honey-like, full green tea flavor. The infusion tends to be clear and light. The best Sichuan teas come from the central mountain peak of Mount Meng. The heavy mists and volcanic soils provide ideal growing conditions for this special tea. Tea from this mountain peak has always been scarce and is highly prized. The tea leaves are only plucked during the last 2 weeks of March before the rising sun dries the misty dew on the early morning leaves. The leaves are lightly rolled to break the cells every so slightly, immediately steamed to stop any possibility of fermentation and then painstakingly hand formed and pressed before final drying. Mass Market teas typically have a 5-6% antioxidant level. This tea has a very high antioxidant level of 11.85%

Hot Tea: This tea is best enjoyed by pouring water that is about 176F/80C over the leaves (1 tsp per cup, 2-4 in a teapot) and infusing for 3 minutes. Can be infused repeatedly 3 times. For repeated infusions use boiling water and less infusion time.
Iced Tea: Pour 1 1/4 cups of boiled water over 6 teaspoons of tea and steep for 5 minutes. Pour into pitcher while straining leaves, add ice and top up with cold water to make a quart of iced tea. Garnish and sweeten to taste.