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Floral · Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Wild Chrysanthemum
Wild-grown · smaller flower, sharper cup
4.7 · 8 reviews
CAD 15.00$
Smaller, sharper and deliberately bitter: the flower the Chinese reach for at the first sign of a cold.
Wild grownBitter by designSteep shortWinter remedy
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Wild chrysanthemum is smaller, uglier and considerably more bitter than the cultivated Tai Ju, and it is drunk for that bitterness rather than despite it — it is the tea the Chinese reach for at the start of a cold. Steep it shorter than the cultivated flower or it will take the roof off your mouth.
Chrysanthemum Tai Ju itself comes from Hangzhou, Zhejiang, grown as tai ju chrysanthemum, whole flower heads, at 50 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 flowers · 150 ml · 90 °C · 2 min · 3 infusions
- Western
- 3 flowers per 250 ml · 90 °C · 3–4 min; add goji or rock sugar
- Vessel
- Glass, so the flowers can float open
We dispatch within 48 hours of your order, from our warehouse in China, with tracking on every parcel.
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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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