Dec 26th, '10, 13:31
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by eugene_b » Dec 26th, '10, 13:31
My local vendor sells it under this name: Green Sprout from Golden Mountain (that's the literal translation from my language to english). I tried googling and was not able to find anything so I guess some essential part of the name was lost in the translation chain: chinese=>my language=>english
Also that's almost 100% a chinese tea because they specialize in this stuff and make exceptions for Taiwanese oolongs only. The tea has a very rich taste and aroma. The brewed tea is very very slightly greenish in color, almost colorless. Below is the photo of the leaves. If that helps, I can also make a photo of teapot when brewing the tea and the leaves after the tea is brewed. Do you by chance know the name of the tea? Either english (e.g. Dragon Well) or chinese=>english (e.g. Long Jing) name will do. Thanks!
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Dec 27th, '10, 15:56
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by bryan_drinks_tea » Dec 27th, '10, 15:56
I'm not 100% on this, but I think this is actually zhu ye qing - otherwise known as green bamboo leaf. take a look at it on dragon tea house (under green tea) and maybe you'll find it. I hope it at least helps!
Dec 27th, '10, 16:08
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by eugene_b » Dec 27th, '10, 16:08
Thanks for the guess however it's definitely not bamboo because this same vendor sells bamboo separately and it is quite different. The taste is different and the leaves are very different. This tea in question has quite unique look, of course I haven't checked all green teas out there but I've never seen green tea with those white things on the leaves.
Dec 27th, '10, 16:12
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by Chip » Dec 27th, '10, 16:12
Could be as Bryan says. There are a bunch of Chinese greens that look quite like this. Zhu Ye Qing is among the best of this style.
Try glass brewing this, the ZYQ I have had is always an exceptional dancer!
Dec 27th, '10, 16:28
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by eugene_b » Dec 27th, '10, 16:28
Hehe ok, will check its dancing skills tomorrow
Dec 28th, '10, 09:34
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by Chip » Dec 28th, '10, 09:34
Hmmm, might not be ZYQ after all ... like I said, there are a bunch of teas of this style.
Dec 28th, '10, 09:43
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by eugene_b » Dec 28th, '10, 09:43
I guess I'll try to interrogate my vendor then, I'll let you know if I have positive results ))
