Harvest Date: April
Growing Region: Huang Shan, Anhui
Elevation: 520m
Tea Bush/Varietal: Huangshan Da YeFarming Methods: Hand-picked. Natural farming
Production Methods: Plucking – Frying – Rolling – Baking in a wooden container
Experience the essence of tradition and excellence with our 2025 harvest of Huang Shan Mao Feng, one of China's Top Ten Famous Teas.
Grown in the lush, mist-covered mountains of Huang Shan (Yellow Mountain) in Anhui Province, a region with a millennium-long tea-making legacy, this revered green tea is a hallmark of Chinese craftsmanship.
What sets Huang Shan Mao Feng apart is its traditional wooden box baking process (木箱烘焙)(Mù xiāng hōngbèi), a rare artisanal method in which the hand-rolled leaves are gently dried in cypress or fir wood boxes over low, indirect heat. This slow, controlled baking enhances the tea’s natural floral notes while preserving its tender downy buds and vivid green hue. The result is a tea with a distinctive orchid-like fragrance, layered complexity, and a silky, mellow finish.
2025 Huang Shan Mao Feng
OPEN GLASS METHOD
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.
- Add the Tea
- Place 3 grams of green tea into the warm fairness pitcher or glass.
- Inhale the aroma of the warmed, dry leaves — this step helps engage your senses.
- First Infusion
- Fill the pitcher with 180°F water (150 mL).
- 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