Bi Luo Chun Single Wok3CBW Harvest: April 2024
Origin: China / Jiangsu / Suzhou / Dongshan
Height: 170 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: Qun Ti Xiao Ye Zhong
A really rare specialty: an original Dong Ting Bi Luo Chun processed traditionally, wok by wok, a hundred percent handicraft, a tea of incomparably high quality. Different from the usual processing methods nowadays, less leaf material is processed at a time and the tea masters take more time for each step of the processing. The time needed is given to each step and that is why the production of this tea takes longer. The finished tea is then packed wok by wok - usually, the produced amount of tea of a whole day or even several days is mixed in order to attain a certain amount and to balance differences and little defects.The plucked leaves come from different tea gardens on Dongshan peninsula, South-West of Suzhou, where tea bushes grow amidst fruit trees and other plants. The original cultivation site of Bi Luo Chun is called Dongting, which consists in the two peninsulae of Dongshan and Xishan.
Character:
Tenderly buttery and flatteringly oily in taste. Full in mouth and spicy in taste, changing into an irresistible, subtle whiff of ripe, juicy and invitingly tasty fruit.
Category:
Mao Jian (incl. Bi Luo Chun) Mao Jian (hairy tip) are green teas that are twisted into a spiral- or snail-like shape and which usually show a lot of down on their leaves (or, depending on the tea varietal, this can also be very little). The most famous of this type is the Bi Luo Chun, whose name is often used for other teas of this category, too. The plucked leaves for Mao Jian can consist of one or two leaves and a bud or sometimes only of a single bud. The leaves are rolled by hand in the wok or by a rolling machine. During the rolling process the hairy side of the leaves turns towards the outside and the leaves obtain their form. The tea is then dried in the wok or by hot air. The differences between the various Mao Jian result from their origin and from the tea plant varietal used, however, they all have beautiful, fruity-sweet aromas and a typical tart green tea note in common.