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Taimu Shan Snow Sprout
Xue Ya
2012 Pre-Qing Ming

Taimu Shan, Fujian Province, China
Pan-fired
Long, smooth, plump spring buds
Sweetly vegetal flavor
Bamboo or reed-like sweet aroma
Deep, clear, emerald liquor

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Taimu Shan Snow Sprout is a beautiful sword-shaped spring bud tea, unusual in that it is a whole-bud green tea made from the buds of tea bushes that were historically reserved for white tea production. A proprietary varietal tea bush that was hybridized in the 1950’s for white tea production, the mother bushes for those plantings have been since transplanted to gardens that specialize in green tea manufacture. The leaf for this tea descends directly from those mother bushes.

Taimu Shan is a world-famous mountain range for tea production. Near Fuding City in Fujian Province in eastern China ( the heart of Yin Zhen white tea production ) the tea bush cultivars planted here are lush and produce a generous quantity of large, long buds. Snow Sprout buds are plump, extremely flavorful and aromatic - they keep both flavor and aromatics locked inside.

The elusive flavor of Snow Sprout is vegetal and clear. Reminiscent of artichoke, asparagus, traditional-style Sauvignon Blanc, and early spring greens (fiddleheads come to mind) Snow Sprout is 'spring in a cup'.

Taimu Shan Snow Sprout is made only in the early spring ( pre-Qing Ming ) in extremely small quantities. We are very fortunate to have this tea again from the 2012 season.

Use 1.25 Tablespoons (2-3 grams) per 6 oz of water
Steep 2-3 infusions at 2 minutes each.
Water temperature should be 170˚ - 180˚ F