Description

Home: Anhui

Leaf: Alternatively known as "swallow tongue" tea for its shape, with an earthy aroma.

Brew: Brew 5g (0.18oz) in 200ml (7fl oz) water at 82°C (180°F) and infuse for 2 minutes. Strain and add more water for two farther infusions. Deep yellow and green, not unpleasingly bitter.

Scoop: Traditionally the number three on favorite lists, after Dragon Well and Bi Luo Chun, 'hairy mountain' tea is famed for the stringent process of withering and hand rolling it undergoes during processing. Mao feng also benefits from growing in the phosphate-rich soil of Yellow Mountain.

Character: This small-leafed yellow tea is made from one leaf and one silvery bud and the dry leaf has a faintly herbal note. As it brews, it gives a very pale yellow liquor that has a rich peachy aroma and a uniquely rich, fruity, slightly nutty flavour.

Clever Infusion of Huangshan Maofeng during a trip
It is inconvenient to fetch boiled water during a trip, so the cold water brewing method is adopted. Put the spring water into the refrigerator and take it out for brewing tea to appreciate a cooling taste in hot summer.
Preparation of tea sets / tea sets for travelling
Preparation of water / cold water
Selection of tea / Huangshan Maofeng
1 Wash the tureen, fair cup and tea cup. Pour water into tureen, fair cup, and tea cup for warming, and then pour the water into the tea tray.
2 Put some tea into the tureen.
3 Pour clean and cold water such as purified water and spring water, and soak the tea for half an hour.
4 Put the filter onto the fair cup.
5 Put tea liquid into fair cup.
6 Pour tea liquid into the tea cups.
7 Invite the guests to drink the tea.

Tea about
1 Water at room temperature can also be used for cold tea, and it's better after refrigerating.
2 It's for outdoor journey and summer drinking.
3 In general, green tea is most suitable for cold tea. The longer the fermentation is, the more phosphorus the tea contains. Try to choose the low-phosphorus and low-fermented tea. In terms of the degree of fermentation, green tea is comparatively lowest, followed by Oolong tea, and black tea is the highest.