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Tai Ping Hou Kui Green Tea from Anhui

Tai Ping Hou Kui Green Tea from Anhui

by Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop
$9.00 - $248.00
$9.00
$9.00 - $248.00
$9.00

Our Tai Ping Hou Kui is grown in Hou Gang village near Huangshan Mountain in Anhui. It was harvested in mid-April (first flush) from a decades-old tea garden at about 300 meters. The tea is hand-fried in a wok for several minutes (kill-green) and then roasted in a four drawer system at progressively lower temperatures. Roasting is achieved in about an hour, after which the tea leaves are laid out by hand on a smooth piece of paper or fabric. Next, the leaves are pressed between the paper using wooden blocks. Finally, the tea is low-temperature roasted to further reduce moisture content so that it can be stored sealed, thereby maintaining freshness and extending the shelf life of this beautifully unique tea.

Our Tai Ping Hou Kui is a medium-high grade that delivers an incredible price to value ratio and is sure not to disappoint even seasoned drinkers of Tai Ping Hou Kui. The taste is fresh and sweet and delivers 3 to 5 infusions.

Harvested in early-April

Overall rating: 4.9069767 / 5 from 43 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

Tai Ping Hou Kui Green Tea from Anhui, grown in Hou Gang village near Huangshan Mountain, offers a refreshing and sweet taste with multiple infusions. The tea leaves are hand-fried, roasted, and pressed to maintain freshness and extend shelf life. Valued for its quality and price, it is a delightful daily drink for both new and seasoned drinkers.

Summary topics

  • Daily Drinker Appeal: 11%
  • Leaf Quality: 28%
  • Taste Profile: 46%

Review topics: ["taste","feel","aroma","tea","color","looks","appearance","leaves","drinker","description","guests","bamboo","water","style","cups","teapot"].

Review highlights

  • "Taste marvelous full yet light vegetal flavor." — Ann R.
  • "A pleasant sweet like taste with vegetal clean aroma." — John B.
  • "Very fresh taste and aroma, like spring young grass, as if drinking spring." — Dmitrij

Reviews

Best Green

"I can't get enough of this one. Such an easy and delightfull tea to drink. One of the best to enjoy grandpa style and can easily be brewed on the go with not much exceot a glass and hot water. 10/10"

— david t. (5/5)

"Huge leaves, almost comically large! Relatively mild flavour, but well suited to brewing grandpa style"

— Adrian (4/5)

Stunning

"This is currently my favourite from Yunnan's greens, and I've tried a whole bunch of them by now. Give me this, or some Anji Bai Cha, or Dragon Well, or Liu An Guan "Melon Seed" green and I'm in seventh heaven. There is something extra-special about this tea though. The paper-thin spears of different-shaded green are so beautiful to look at and handle. The tea's character: gentle, sweet, welcoming, balanced. I've just ordered another 100g to get me through winter. Love, love this tea!"

— Steve (5/5)

Huge Leaves, Great Feeling

"The leaves are huge! This tea is one of might favorites with a light, sweet flavor and the general body feeling of a warm hug. I first tried this tea at an Austin tea shop and knew I needed more. Definitely steep this one in a larger gaiwan, teapot, or glass pitcher to see the beautiful leaves in all their glory!"

— Michael E. (5/5)

I really loved the whole

"I really loved the whole product! It gives a very bright green cup and the taste is very unique and rich. So far one of my all time favorites!"

— Johannes S. (5/5)

Tai Ping Hou Kui

"Tai Ping Hou Kui is a new favorite! It’s like drinking springtime. I appreciate that YS product descriptions are so clear and informative. It makes selecting purchases very easy."

— JOHN P. (5/5)

Interesting

"The aroma is very strong. I love smelling the tea pot after first putting it in. It is a very strong green tea flavor. Very umami in the first steeps as well. The long leaves make for an unusual style of brewing that I'm not used to. People use grandpa style a lot, I've heard, but I am a gong fu style drinker mostly. Just pour the water over the leaves and bend them over while counting in order to gong fu brew."

— Gabriel J. (4/5)

Pleased with flavor

"Gorgeous color and subtle flavor. I'm new at green tea so still learning. I'm pleased I don't have the acid feeling with typical grocery store brands."

— tosha j. (4/5)

Wonderful fresh 2024 Tai Ping Hou Kui

"Tai ping hou kui: leaf brilliant green long and flat. Unique shape. Liquor pale green but darker than Lu an gua pian. Taste marvelous full yet light vegetal flavor.brewed at 180 F. For 3 min and a nice 2nd steep also"

— Ann R. (5/5)

New Favorite to Grandpa Brew With

"With these large leaves, it's so easy to Grandpa brew with. Easily became my go to. Such a great tea to sit back and relax with while partaking in hobbies! I recommend this tea whenever I can"

— Arin (5/5)

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