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Karen
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| Chip wrote: | Some Chinese greens sink faster, like Bi lou Chun sinks immediately. For this reason it is frequently brewed in glass method I have read.
Generally, the only Chinese greens (and whites) I brew in a glass are needle or bud only types. Zhu Ye Qing is a spectacular leaf to brew this way...like watching Dancing with the Stars, but no commercials. For me, needle types just have to be brewed in glass even if I decant. |
I agree--they're so nice to watch. |
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Chip
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| Posted: Mar 22, 2008 4:50 am Post subject: |
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| ...Yep...like a dinner and a show. |
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syntheticpanda
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| greenisgood wrote: | | Hm, I'll have to try some bi lo chun with a glass. I got a really good chinese green called "green arrow" from a local vendor. I have no idea where it's from or what the chinese name is but its all buds that are straight and kind of rounded (not flat like lung ching). does anyone know what this tea might be? I haven't found anything searching for just "green arrow". |
My guess would actually be what Chip talked about, Zhu Ye Qing. That said, it really could be anything. |
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Chip
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| Posted: Mar 22, 2008 5:36 am Post subject: |
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| greenisgood wrote: | | Hm, I'll have to try some bi lo chun with a glass. I got a really good chinese green called "green arrow" from a local vendor. I have no idea where it's from or what the chinese name is but its all buds that are straight and kind of rounded (not flat like lung ching). does anyone know what this tea might be? I haven't found anything searching for just "green arrow". |
English names are often simply made up by distributors or vendors, so hard to say. There are pretty many types of greens like this. TeaSpring often has 5 or more different greens fitting your description, just the bud and roundish. 4 speculative guesses...
Green Yin Zhen, a green version of Yin Zhen, silver needle. Or Zhu Ye Qing.
If it is an early Spring 2008 harvest green, could be Zhu Ye Qing or Xu Fu Long Ya. But most domestic vendors do not have this in inventory unless it was air shipped.
But there are many needle green forms. |
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greenisgood
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| Posted: Mar 22, 2008 6:39 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah it does match the description of zhu yi qing but I'm quite sure its not a 2008 harvest, they've had it for a while. I'm thinking it looks pretty similar to this green silver needle business, because it has a little downiness on the edges and is more brown and white-spotted than the zhu yi qing. Maybe I'll hit up teaspring when they have some more of it in and compare. Thanks for the ideas. |
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