tai ping hou kui tea

Tai Ping Hou Kui literally means "peaceful monkey leader" aka, Monkey King Green, and is grown at the foothill of Huangshan in the Anhui province. Its breathtaking elegantly long emerald leaves are hand-pressed, bringing forth a dry aroma of raw chestnuts and light fruitiness. The liquor is light-bodied and delicate with nuances of vegetation, sweet grass, very subtle lily-of -the valley floral, and a savory-nutty finish.
Since the size of the leaves can make it cumbersome to brew this tea in a traditional method, the leaves may need to have the water poured over allowing them to melt down into the brewing vessel.

About the leaves:

Our Tai Ping Hou Kui is grown at 350 meters above sea level in Huangshan, Anhui. The leaves are from 9 to 12-year-old plants known as the Persimmon Big Leaf species and were harvested in early May. The local name for this tea is Tai Ping Jian Cha (Jian means points, cha means tea). The hand plucked tea goes through a process of pinching the point of the leaves after fixation. The main purpose of this step is rolling and shaping, which is done by hand in order to keep and retain more of the aroma and internal substances.