Tai Ping Huo Kui..."Best Monkey" Green Tea...

 The Word for This Green Tea is 'Astonishing'... Grown 7-800 meters high in the mountains of Tai Ping County, Anhui, China, in select gardens of a remote village where this most unusual tea style was created. Three to four leaves and a bud are selected, then later "peeled" back by hand to two large leaves and a bud, in order to become one of the most lovely of green teas.In this remote area of Huang Shan (Yellow Mountain), not only is the harvest season limited to two weeks, and the harvest area limited to that surrounding just three villages, but the micro-climate is one yielding limited direct light exposure, which increases the amino acid content and savory quality of the tea. The process was developed in the 19th century by Wong Kui Cheng, who wanted to establish the tea growing area as one of high esteem. He selected long leaves instead of only buds, and developed a technique of pressing the leaves between a cloth and drying the leaves flat between screens. The result is not only