Little Bean

SUMMARY

Type: Green Tea
Origin: Qingliu County, Fujian, China

An interesting Green tea made from a cultivar that's unique to Fujian province called Yuan Xiao Lü (元宵綠), and processed in the same style as the famous Longjing Green tea (aka Dragonwell) from Zhejiang. 

TASTING NOTES

A light to medium strength Green tea that has an aroma of lightly toasted pistachios, flavour notes of green beans with light, grassy undertones.

PREPARATION NOTES

 Teapot steep (preferred method)

  4g per 300ml of water
  80 – 85 degrees Celsius
  2mins per infusion (up to 2 infusions)

 Gong-Fu style

  4g per 150ml of water
  80 – 85 degrees Celsius
  10 - 20secs per infusion (up to  infusions)

 Cold Brew

  8g per 500ml of water
  Cold water
  7-8 hrs in the fridge

STORAGE

Proper tea storage is super important. Improper storage leads to flat, flavourless and potentially weird tasting tea. So as a rule of thumb, keep your tea leaves in an airtight container (the less air inside the better) and away from heat, light, moisture and strong odours.