Product Overview
Da Ye Qing means translated "big green leaf" and indicates that it's a bif leaf varietal. The tea is mainly produced in Shaoguan, Zhaoqing and Zhanjiang county in Guangdong province. Tea leaves for Da Ye Qing are picked before the Qing Ming festival. Usually are only one bud or alternatively one bud and two leaves picked. Da Ye Qing tea is a Guangdong speciality and supposedly the least yellow of all of China's yellow teas. This tea is produced in the traditional manner, and the flavor is excellent!
This tea was produced near Zhaoqing, Guangdong, in the north of the province. Zhaoqing is only 183 km (117 miles) from Hong Kong! The tea was grown in plantations well above the city in a protected area. While many Hongkongers can trace their ancestry back to Guangdong, very few have probably ever heard of this tea, which is a regional specialty and rarely sold outside the area it is produced.
This tea may look like a green tea at first glance, but the yellow tea processing is immediately evident in the cup. There is a lot of fine pekoe from the leaves in the bag, which is lovely to see! The dry leaves smell of sweet blueberries and raspberries.
The rough edge many green teas have has been oxidized away, and this year's tea now offers a lovely fruity flavor with green bean notes if brewed hot. Slightly cooler temperatures give you sweet fruity flavor without the green bean. This is a very smooth tea! The sweet aromatics in this tea linger on the palate for a good, long time.
Brewing Guide: 80-90 degrees Celsius for three minutes. Use 1.5 - 2 teaspoons for 150ml. Refill at the 50% mark with water at the same temperature.
