Harvest Date: End of March/ early April Growing
Harvest Region: Wuling Mountain, Hunan Elevation: 1200m (3,937ft)
Tea Bush/Varietal: Seed Growing Fuding Xiao Ye
Production Methods: Plucking – Frying – Rolling – Creating tips – Baking and Drying
Dry Leaf Color: Silver/White
Shape/Size: Spiral curly
Brewed Tea Color: Green
Aroma: Fresh fruity fragrance
Taste: Mellow sweet aftertaste
Grown at an impressive elevation of 1,200 meters (3,937 feet), this High Mountain Bi Luo Chun tea is a rare and exceptional find. It is hand-picked and cultivated using organic, pesticide-free, and natural farming methods. This commitment to purity ensures that each sip is both safe and delicious.
Bi Luo Chun is celebrated as one of China’s Top Ten Famous Teas. Harvested in early spring, only the most tender tea buds and leaves are selected. The tea leaves form a spiral, curly shape and are adorned with delicate white tips, giving the dry leaves a distinctive silver-white hue.
When brewed, this tea reveals a beautiful green color and releases a fresh, fruity fragrance. The taste is characterized by a mild, mellow sweetness with a lingering sweet aftertaste that is both refreshing and satisfying.
Due to the high altitude, the harvest time for this tea is slightly later than that of lower-elevation gardens, allowing for the development of its unique flavor.
2025 Bi Luo Chun
Water Temperature: 180°F
Amount: 3g per 150ml
Steeping Time: 1m/1m/1.5m/2.5m
# of Infusions: 3-4 infusionsInstructions
- Warm the Vessels
- Fill your fairness pitcher or glass with 180°F water to warm it.
- Pour this water into your tasting cups to warm them too.
- Discard the water from both.
- First Infusion
- Fill the pitcher with 180°F water (150 mL).
- Add the 3 grams of tea on top of the water
- Allow the tea to slowly fall down the water vessel
- Steep for 1 minute.
- Pour the tea into a second fairness pitcher or glass, but do not pour all of it out; leave just enough liquid to barely cover the leaves. Pour the brew into the tasting cups.
- Sip, savor, and take tasting notes.
- Second Infusion
- Refill with 180°F water, steep again for 1 minute.
- Pour, taste, and note any evolving flavors.
- Third Infusion
- Steep with fresh hot water for 1.5 minutes this time.
- Pour, taste, and compare it to earlier steeps.
- Optional Fourth Infusion
- You can go for a 4th steep at 2–3 minutes, depending on how much flavor remains in the leaves.
- This steep may reveal subtle vegetal or mineral notes.
- Reflect & Compare
- Review your tasting notes across infusions.
- Notice how the tea evolves — body, aroma, texture, finish.
- Warm the Vessels