Hyson
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| Type: | Green |
| Other names: | Lucky Dragon Tea |
| Origin: | China |
| Quick description: | Greenish-yellow colour with good body and smooth and fresh taste. |
Hyson (Chinese: 熙春, Hanyu Pinyin: Xichun), a tea with a greenish-yellow colour with good body and a smooth, fresh, greenish tasting liquor. Its name translates to Flourishing Spring and this particular variety imparts a fresh green character you would expect to be a part of a springtime experience. Hyson tea was so highly favoured in the 18th century that the British Tea Tax was actually higher for this variety over other teas. Hyson also refers to the leaf size of this grade of pan-fired China green tea which is bold and slightly coarse. The 'Lucky Dragon' is an exceptionally fine Hyson and imparts an ethereal character somewhat like dew from a spring meadow.
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[edit] Tasting and brewing
Use 1 teaspoon or 2 grams per cup and one for the pot. Pour the boiling water into the pot and it let steep for 3-5 minutes. Pour it into your cup and it savour on its own, whilst addition of milk or sugar is undesirable. As the quality of the tea is extremely low it is possible to easily overbrew the tea and end up with a very strong tea; it is advised to throw any bitter tea away.
[edit] Cold brewing
Add 6-8 teaspoons for each 5-6 cups and steep for 5-7 minutes. Then pour into a pitcher and add 6 teaspoons of sugar. You can also pour it over ice or put ice in the pitcher and some may like a slice of lime or lemon to garnish.
[edit] References
- Babelcarp, [1]
