China Chantilly Cream Chaicha White Tea from Fujian province is a flavoured white tea using Pai Mu Tan leaves from the varietal tea bush known as Narcissus, also known as Chaicha. Only the top 2 leaves & a bud are handpicked & then carefully left to simply wither & dry naturally in the sun. The leaves are blended with an assortment of floral petals & naturally flavoured with Pomegranate & Vanilla creating a spectacular visual display & rich creamy flavour. It is golden liquoring with orange highlights With a history of tea cultivation that dates back more than 2000 years, China still produces the widest range of teas in the world. The tea plant, Camellia sinensis, evolved in China, & from there was exported to Japan & later throughout Asia. We stock a range of fine China teas includes both green & black teas, some of which are delicately flavoured with flower petals, & of course several varieties of that famous scented tea, Earl Grey. The history of tea in China is a long & convoluted story going back at least 2000 years if not longer. It was considered a medicinal aid at first & the nobility drank it to show off status whilst the general population merely liked its refreshing flavour. in 2016, the discovery of the earliest known physical evidence of tea in China came from the mausoleum of Emperor Jing of Han in Xi’an which gave a clue that tea made from the Camellia sinensis (the tea bush) was consumed by Han dynasty Emperors as early as the second century BC. Of course there are many scholarly works that describe some kind of infusion that might have been a tea made from Camellia sinensis going back at least a thousand years before the Han dynasty but will we ever know exactly how the practice of tea drinking originated? Certainly we know that the practice of fermentation & preparation has changed over the centuries. Originally the leaves were steamed & around the 13th Century the process changed & now they have been generally roasted ever since. China Chantilly Cream Chaicha White Tea - 100 Grams
