We discovered this green spring tea at first during a journey to China in May 2010.
Silver Sprout is only harvested in spring and only the first fresh shoots and buds are taken.
Silver Sprout is mostly traded in China and seen as a very rare tea. Only a few kilograms are released for export each year.
This lavish production takes place in 10 steps. After hand-picking the fresh leaves are spread and left to wither for 1-2 hours in layers of 2-3cm on bamboo mats.
Then the leaves are sifted and sorted for quality. To deactivate the enzymes, the leaves are placed in a moving heated drum at 160 -180 degrees, stopping the fermentation process. In a rolling machine, the tea leaves are rolled under slight pressure for about 10 minutes. The pressure is slowly increased and it is rolled for another 8 minutes.
During the next step, the tea leaves are moved, and slowly dried and further ventilated for 8 -10 minutes at 90 -100 degrees.
The tea leaves are next dried further then spread by hand in a pan and heated to 90 degrees.
The leaves are then transferred to another drum to be further dried at 90-100 degrees. The resulting tea dust is then removed by screening.
To refine the flavor of the tea the leaves are finally dried in a bamboo cage at a constant temperature of 110 -120 degrees to reduce the moisture to 6%.
The end result is a wonderful and outstanding tea.
The dried leaf is precisely shaped, narrow and very delicate.
After the infusion, the wet leaf is bathed in a fresh spring green.
The taste is fresh, slightly off-dry and is characterised by a beautiful and long-lasting floral aroma.
The cup color is bright, clear and bright green.
From controlled organic cultivation.
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Recommended Preparation: 12g tea leaves (about 6 lightly heaped teaspoons) to 1 litre, 80 ° C hot water. Brewing time: 2 minutes
Multiple infusions possible.
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