Famous Teas
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'Green Snail Spring' — tightly spiraled, fuzzy green tea from Lake Tai with intense fruity aroma.
Grown amongst peach, plum and apricot trees on Dongting Mountain. The spirals are tightly rolled by hand and covered in tippy down. The aroma is so famously fruity that the original name was 'Frighteningly Fragrant'.
From the Journal
In 2737 BCE, a few wild leaves drifted into a Chinese emperor's pot of boiling water. The world's most-consumed beverage began with an accident.
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Britain's appetite for Chinese tea created a catastrophic trade deficit. The 'solution' was opium — and two wars that broke a civilisation.
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Three of Japan's most famous green teas come from the same plant. The differences are everything — and once you know them, you'll never confuse them again.
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The wild tea forests of Yunnan are still home to 1,000-year-old trees. A journey to the misty origin of every cup on Earth.
by Sameera
An hour south of Kyoto, a riverbank town has been growing the world's finest matcha for 800 years. A field report.
by Sameera
From bamboo whisks to water temperature — everything you need to know to make café-quality matcha at home.
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