A Bud N One Leaf

Origin: QianDao Zhejiang

Character: a rarity of hand made tea, rolled into needle shape, soft sweet flavor, mellow taste with a hint of spring corn. When brew, the tea leaves float vertically in a cup, and slowly reveal the 1 bud and 2 leaves secret.

Origin: XiaGuan Yunnan

Character: compressed into miniature bird-nest shape, round and smooth taste, low in caffeine contents, a natural dietary drink.

Origin: Anhui Keemen

Character: tiny wiry black leaves with golden tips indicates the use of tender materials. special sweet and mellow Keemen flavor, full body with a sweet taste. One of the best black tea in the world.

Origin: Fujian

Character: scented with fresh jasmine blossom 6 times, intricately rolled into pearl shape, with slivery pekoe indicates the use of tender leaves. refreshing jasmine flavor, mild taste of prime green tea.

Origin: Zhejiang West Lake

Character: well pressed flat leaf, lovely emerald green, aromatic flavor, sweet taste with a fruity hint. A well established tea known as the "Emperor of Green Tea".

Anecdote: first grown and made by monks living in "LongJing" area in more than a thousand year ago. Was tribute to the royal family in history.

150ml black tea (add sugar and ice)

30g lemon juice

1oz honey

1oz orange juice

1 scoop vanilla ice cream

mix together, well shake, serve in tall glass, sprinkle some diced lemon peel.

250ml black tea (chilled)

150ml pineapple juice 

40gm honey

2 scoops of vanila ice cream

mix the above ingredients, well shake, pour into a tall glass, decorated with spearmint leaf  

• 805 AD, a Japanese Zen Buddhism monk brought the first tea seeds back to Japan, this marks the beginning of Japanese tea. 

• 828 AD, a Korea Ambassador took back some tea plants after his trip to China; tea estates gradually starts in the Korea Peninsula.

• Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD), Arab merchants exported tea from South China to Arabian and Middle Asia regions.  Tea also came to Southeast Asia Countries via sea.

• 1517, Portugal sailors brought home China tea.

• 1610, the Dutch sent the first commercial shipment of China tea to Europe, tea was ready to penetrate the continent and the British Isle.

• 1626, the Dutch shipped China tea to America.

• 1780, the East India Company started its tea growing project in India.

• 19th Century, Countries like Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Brazil, and Morocco began to grow tea.

• 1925, Kenya built up tea gardens and soon became the world's major supplier of black tea.

Hygiene Standard of Tea under Green Food Regulations of Agriculture Standards of People's Republic of China clause NY/T288-2002

4.5  Hygiene Standard

Tea must comply to the following Hygiene Criteria to be classified as Green Food

Table1 Green Food Hygiene Criteria       unit: ppm