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You can clearly see the bud plus two leaves on most of the dried leaves. The very long and very flat light to dark green leaves of this Tai Ping Hou Kui green tea have a slightly waxy appearance. After pan-frying the leaves are transferred onto bamboo plates and heated 3 times, during which the leaves are also shaped by hand into these unique pressed long leaves. After plucking the tea leaves are pan fried to denature enzymes present in them in order to stop the leaves from oxidising, a process that is known as kill-green.

Tai Ping Hou Kui green tea undergoes a complex processing that results in these unique shaped leaves. This particular crop was plucked in late April 2022. The harvest season for the best tea lasts only 14 days in the year and is normally at the end of spring. It also lies at the foot of Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) mountain range, itself famous for production of green tea. This is the area that produces the authentic Tai Ping Hou Kui green tea. The tea gardens are scattered around this township, mostly in the mountainous areas, interspersed with ancient forests and rocks. This tea is grown at an altitude of about 700m around the Xinming Township, Taiping County of Anhui Province. Tai Ping Hou Kui is normally translated into English as Peaceful Monkey Leader or Peaceful Monkey King. They can be described as вЂtwo knives and one poleвЂ™, where two straight leaves surround one large bud. It is renowned for the unique shape of the leaves after processing. A very famous Chinese green tea, it traces the rise to fame back to the early 20th century. Tai Ping Hou Kui (е¤Єе№ізЊґйЃ) is our classic version of this green tea produced in south-eastern part of Anhui Province of China.

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