CHAMPAGNE LONG KOU | oolong Format:RETAIL BOX - loose leaf 50g this conical filter separates tea

this conical filter separates tea leaves and particulates from tea liquor

the master mold (15% larger than the final piece to account for shrinkage in cooking) was cast

compared to our shade-dried yue guang bai from central Yunnan

the same garden's buds and first 1-2 leaves are used to produce our annual yue guang bai

leaving the whole leaves mostly flat through drying

CHAMPAGNE LONG KOU | oolong Format:RETAIL BOX - loose leaf 50g this conical filter separates teaCHAMPAGNE LONG KOU is our project dongfang meirenalso known (unfortunately) as "Oriental (or Eastern) Beauty", or simply Bai Hao. Less commonly, this tea is referred to as Champagne Oolong; a fitting title for a tea regularly sold at over 400USD per kilogram. We refer to it in house as Mister Lei's Champagnea nod to this tea's producer and our old friend Mingfu, a wine connoisseur with a nose for the subtleties of aroma dongfang meiren production