Xiao Que She

Origin:

Feng Gang / Guizhou / China

Recommendation for the preparation:

10 - 12 g / litre	2-3 min	70-80 ℃

Western preparation: 70-80 Grad, 2-3 Minuten
Chinese preparation: 80 Grad, wässern, dananch 20s, 40s, 60s, 80s

Harvest time:

Early April 2023 (spring harvest).

Volume discount:

You will receive a discount of up to 10 percent on the purchase of our teas. Details can be found here.

Special characteristics:

The Xiao Que She (small bird beak) from Guiyang is a green tea of the highest quality. Only one young bud at a time with a length of between 1.5 - 2 cm is harvested. For the harvest of the Xiao Que Shi there is a time window of just one week. The tea bushes are selectively searched for the individual buds, which are just the right size, in the still very early growth phase. Only the most experienced pickers are used for this harvest. They manage to harvest just 500g of fresh buds of this quality per day. After production and drying, 500g of fresh buds result in a little more than 100g of finished tea. To produce the highest quality teas, such an effort is necessary because at the beginning of the growing season, the tea plants concentrate all their energy and nutrients into the growth of young buds. The tea is therefore very rich in ingredients and very aromatic. It can also be infused over a longer period of time and does not become bitter. Of course we recommend the classical, Chinese preparation. The tea offers great variation in both temperature and brewing time.

Xiao Que She tea garden in the highlands near Feng Gang in mid-April

The tea offers unique flavours. The reason is the special soil composition. The area around Feng Gang is a region with an exceptionally high concentration of both zinc and selenium. These elements are also concentrated in the tea leaves and shape the flavour.

Production and packaging:

Packaging sizes

100% handmade. We get this tea directly from small producers and tea farmers in China. The tea is grown and processed in a traditional way. Such high qualities are usually produced by the tea farmers only for the local Chinese market. Therefore we are regularly on site with the producers. The direct contact to the tea farmers enables us to offer very reasonable prices with outstanding tea quality. All our teas are checked for pesticide residues by an independent laboratory. We deliver the tea in re-sealable and aroma-safe stand-up pouches made of ALU/PE.