2026 Tai Ping Hou Kui

Tai Ping Hou Kui is one of China’s most distinctive green teas — large, flat emerald leaves with orchid-like aroma and a gentle, cooling finish.

Dry leaf has a gentle toasted chestnut, fresh bamboo, and sweet hay aroma.  The tea has pale jade to light yellow-green colour with silky, light-to medium body with smooth texture. The flavour has steamed greens, or sugar snap pea with light nuttiness and faint seaweed and mineral edge. Lingering floral sweetness with a cooking sensation in the throat.  The tea has very low astringency, easy to brew.

Brewing tips:

• • • Water: 80–85°C
    • Tea ratio: 2-3 g per 200 ml
    • Steep: 1–2 minutes initially
    • Best in glassware to appreciate the dramatic upright leaves