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Black

Oolong

Green Snail Spring
Bi Lo Chun

Jiangsu Province, China
Pan-fired
Bi Lo Chun - style
Thirst-quenching & robust flavor
Deceptively soft & mild aroma
Pale green liquor tends to silver

1 oz

5.95

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The Bi Lo Chun style of tea manufacture has its roots in Jiangsu Province, north of Shanghai, where it is known by its pictorial name of Green Snail Spring. As a style of tea; however, Bi Lo Chun is highly prized in many parts of China. When we are sourcing tea, no matter which Province we are in, one of the teas that we are always presented to taste
is that Province’s version of a Bi Lo Chun-style tea. Bi Lo Chun is one of the ‘known’ styles of Chinese Green tea, as Sencha is a style of Japanese Green tea, so they may theoretically come from anywhere, as long as the manufacture is correct. Sometimes the price is lower or the supply more reliable, as authentic Green Snail Spring from Jiangsu tends to be of limited supply and is expensive.

We only sell Bi Lo Chun as authentic Green Snail Spring when it is truly sourced from Jiangsu Province. Fabricated by artisans, this exquisite tea has structure, depth & finesse. As they say in the wine vernacular: this tea has legs!

Never shy, Bi Lo Chun tea has an assertive, vegetal style and brisk astringency. It is grassy and robust, with a pungent, but not over-powering taste. Bi Lo Chuns often do not have much aromatic quality in the dry leaf form;
this is due to the fact that the process of creating the twisted shape traps the aromatics within the leaf, yielding it
only in the brewed tea.

Prepared from a beautiful pluck of tiny budsets, this particular early spring version demands careful brewing and will reward with a marvelous cup. In some ways, Bi Lo Chun-style teas are the "Darjeelings" of Green tea: finicky, quirky, demanding & ever-changing,
but the resulting brew is worth a little bit of extra attention.

Steep 2-3 infusions at 2 minutes each.
Water temperature should be 170˚ - 180˚ F

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