2024 New Biluochun Green Tea Mingqian Extra grade 50g/100g/200g Strong Aroma Teas

Biluochun is a traditional Chinese famous tea, one of the top ten famous teas in China, belonging to the green tea category, with a history of more than 1,000 years. Biluochun is produced in the area of East Dongting Mountain and West Dongting Mountain (now Wuzhong District, Suzhou) in Taihu Lake, Wuxian County, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, so it is also called "Dongting Biluochun".

China Biluochun Green Tea

Origin:    Taihu Lake, Jiangsu Province, China

Season:    Spring Tea

Harvest Date:    April 10, 2024

Plucking Standard:    One bud with one leaf

Dry Leaf:      Curly buds and leaves covered with white fuzz, tender and thin

Aroma:     Sweet and nutty, with noticeable fruity, floral aroma

Liquor:     Yellowish-green with floating fuzz

Taste:     Sweet and mellow, delicate mouthfeel with pleasant fruit and floral notes

Tea Bush:    Small-leaf tea bush species

Caffeine:    Low caffeine (less than 10% of a cup of coffee)

Storage:    Store in airtight, opaque packaging; keep refrigerated

Shelf Life:    24 Months

Recommend Brewing Method

    Cup Method                           

         Teacup: 8.8oz / 250ml                      

        185℉ / 85℃                                   

        2 Teaspoons / 2.5g Tea                                               

        Brewing time: 3 - 5 mins               

     Chinese Gongfu Method

        Gaiwan: 3.8oz / 110ml 
         185℉ / 85℃ 
         4g Tea 
        5 steeps: 7 steeps: 15s, 15s, 20s, 30s, 50s, 70s, 90s   Rinse time is around 5 seconds

It was listed as a tribute in the Tang Dynasty, and the ancient people also called Biluochun "kungfu tea" and "new blood tea". Advanced Biluochun, tea buds delicate 0.5 kg of dry tea needs tea buds 60,000-70,000. Fried into the dry tea rope tight knot, pekoe revealed, silver green color, emerald attractive, curled into a spiral, produced in spring, so the name "Biluochun". The white clouds roll in the cup after brewing, and the fragrance strikes people. It is a famous tea in China. The main processes are killing, rolling, rolling and frying.

Honors of Biluochun Green Tea

On July 27, 2020, Dongting (mountain) Biluochun tea was selected into the second batch of protection list of Sino-European Geographical Indications.

On November 29, 2022, the production techniques of Suzhou Dongting Lake Biluochun were successfully applied for World Heritage status and included in UNESCO's Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Processing technology of Biluochun green tea

Picking Biluochun has three characteristics: first, picking early, second, picking tender, and third, picking clean. Every year before and after the spring equinox mining, grain rain before and after the end, to the spring equinox to the Qingming tea quality is the most valuable. Usually pick buds and leaves at the beginning of the exhibition, buds length 1.6 ~ 2.0 cm of raw materials, leaf shape rolls such as bird tongue, called "bird tongue", stir-fry 500 grams of advanced Biluochun about 68,000 to 74,000 bud heads, history has 500 grams of dry tea reached about 90,000 bud heads, it can be seen that the tender tea, picking the depth of the extraordinary. Delicate bud leaves, rich in amino acids and tea polyphenols. Superior environmental conditions, coupled with high-quality fresh leaf raw materials, provide a material basis for the formation of Biluochun quality.

The recovered buds and leaves must be carefully picked in time to remove fish leaves and non-standard buds and leaves, and keep the buds and leaves uniform. Usually picking a kilogram of bud leaves takes 2 to 4 hours of work. In fact, the budding and leaf picking process is also a fresh leaf spreading process, which can promote mild oxidation of inclusions and is conducive to the formation of quality. Generally 5~9 hours to pick, 9 ~ 15 hours to pick 15 hours to night roasting, do the same day picking, the same day roasting, do not fry tea overnight.

Distribution of producing areas of Biluochun green tea

Biluochun, produced in Taihu Lake east cave Ting mountain and west Dongting mountain, so named Dongting Biluochun. In 2002, it was approved by the State Administration of Quality Supervision and Inspection, and obtained the protection of regional indication products of origin.

Identification method for Biluochun green tea

Look at the appearance color: the color of Biluochun without adding pigment is soft and natural, and the color of Biluochun with adding pigment looks bright, green, and has an obvious sense of coloring.

Look at the color of the tea: After brewing Biluochun with boiling water, the color of the soup without adding pigment looks more clear and soft, green and yellow bright, and the color of the tea soup with pigment looks more bright and obviously green.

The brewing method of Biluochun green tea

1, after the hot cup, first the appropriate temperature of water into the cup, and then take the tea into the cup, not covered.

2, after a period of time, the tea is cool to taste, you can enjoy the tea. This is a bubble. Tea evaluation, 5 minutes as the standard, tea drinking and smelling temperature are 45-55 ℃ if higher than 60℃, hot mouth and hot nose; Below 40℃, the aroma is deeper and the taste is astringent. This time is not easy to master. If you use a glass, generally hold the cup with your hand and feel the temperature suitable for ready-to-drink; If using a tureen, pour a little tea into the back of your hand to check its temperature.

3, the first tea soup, still a third, you can continue the water. This is the second bubble. If the tea leaves weak tea, two tea soup is strong, after drinking the tongue back gan, teeth cheek sweet, aftertaste. Drink to three bubbles, the general tea taste has been weak.

Storage methods for Biluochun green tea

Biluochun storage conditions are very particular. The traditional storage method is to wrap tea in paper, bag with lump lime, tea and ash are placed in the tank at intervals, and sealed with hygroscopic storage. With the development of science, in previous years, there are also three layers of plastic packaging, layered tight, isolated air, placed in the refrigerator or refrigerator below 10°C storage, long storage years, its color, aroma, taste like fresh tea, fresh and refreshing.