Tea
2026 Tai Ping Hou Kui
Tai Ping Hou Kui is one of China’s most distinctive green teas — large, flat emerald leaves with orchid-like aroma and a soft, cooling finish. Dry leaf has a soft toasted chestnut, fresh bamboo, and sweet hay bouquet. The tea has pale jade to light yellow-green colour with silky, light-to medium body with silky texture. As a result, the taste has steamed greens, or sugar snap pea with light nuttiness and faint seaweed and mineral edge. Lingering floral sweetness with a cooking sensation in the throat. The tea has very low astringency, easy to brew. In fact, brewing tips: Water: 80–85°C Tea ratio: 2-3 g per 200 ml Steep: 1–2 minutes initially Best in glassware to appreciate the dramatic upright leaves
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Tai Ping Hou Kui is one of China’s most distinctive green teas — large, flat emerald leaves with orchid-like aroma and a soft, cooling finish. Dry leaf has a soft toasted chestnut, fresh bamboo, and sweet hay bouquet. The tea has pale jade to light yellow-green colour with silky, light-to medium body with silky texture. As a result, the taste has steamed greens, or sugar snap pea with light nuttiness and faint seaweed and mineral edge. Lingering floral sweetness with a cooking sensation in the throat. The tea has very low astringency, easy to brew. In fact, brewing tips: Water: 80–85°C Tea ratio: 2-3 g per 200 ml Steep: 1–2 minutes initially Best in glassware to appreciate the dramatic upright leaves
