Green · Dongting Mountain, Suzhou, Jiangsu

Biluochun — Competition Lot

Contest-grade leaf · hand-sorted

4.7 · 8 reviews
CAD 46.00$

A single picking day, hand-sorted to the last broken leaf: the lot we enter into competition and then keep for ourselves.

Single day pickHand-sortedMany infusionsLimited
Choose a size From CAD 46.00$ to CAD 160.00$
✓ Free shipping over CAD 79.00$ ✓ Dispatched within 48 hours ✓ Sealed in a light-proof tin
Origin
Dongting Mountain, Suzhou, Jiangsu
Altitude
220 m
Cultivar
Local small-leaf
Harvest
Spring pick, hand-sorted, single day
Oxidation
Unoxidised
Roast
Pan-fired, rolled by hand into spirals
Caffeine
Moderate (~30 mg per cup)
Liquor
Bright green-gold
SKU
CY-GR-L08

The lot we enter and then keep: leaf from a single picking day, hand-sorted to remove every broken piece, and processed by the maker who takes the most care rather than the one who takes the most leaf. Competition grading rewards aroma, clarity and how many infusions a tea will carry, and this is the lot that scores. Quantities are small and we do not restock mid-year.

Biluochun Spring Snail itself comes from Dongting Mountain, Suzhou, Jiangsu, grown as local small-leaf, at 220 m. This lot is that same tea, handled and graded as described above — the leaf, the mountain and the maker do not change, only the picking window and the price.

Gaiwan
3 g · 150 ml · 75–80 °C · 60 s, then +20 s · 4 infusions
Western
2 g per 250 ml · 80 °C · 2 min
Vessel
Tall glass, to watch the spirals unfurl

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We dispatch within 48 hours of your order, from our warehouse in China, with tracking on every parcel.

We do not quote a delivery date. Once a parcel leaves us it is carried by an international courier and cleared by customs in your country, and a date we cannot control is a date we will not promise. The tracking number, which you get when the label is created, shows every scan to your door.

Shipping is complimentary on orders over CAD 79.00$; below that a flat CAD 9.50$ applies. HST (13%) is calculated at checkout. Duties and import taxes are the recipient's responsibility.

Unopened tins can be returned within 30 days for a full refund. If a tea is not to your taste, tell us — we would rather send you something you like than keep the money.

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