Mao Feng

Huangshan Maofeng 黄山毛峰

Mao Feng is a green tea classic. Now we can also try it in Estonia and fall in love with this charming image of small leaves. Chinese Mao Feng Tea is often referred to as Huangshan Maofeng. According to the name of the place of this paradise. “Long-haired peaks from a yellow mountain” – a direct translation of the title of this path. This tea has a rich and fresh aroma, a richly sweet taste and a long aftertaste. He looks modest and shy, but after the meeting you will understand that he is bright, open, this path is with charisma and his mood. This tea should be boiled in water, the temperature of which does not exceed 90 degrees. It is important not to heat it. Then Mao Feng will give you the subtle aroma of real green tea. At the same time, the color remains bright and deceptively transparent.

How to boil Mao Feng?

The practice of tea-drinking art shows that for every 100-120 ml of water, no more than 3 grams of tea leaves, or 2 teaspoons, must be taken. We recommend making tea in glass or porcelain dish. The water temperature should not be below 75 degrees. It is also important not to scorch the tea with too hot water, because then a characteristic bitter taste may occur, which will spoil the peculiar taste of the drink.

There are several variants of Huangshan Maofeng: tea of the first, second, third varieties, the highest variety and many intermediate varieties. Huangshan Maofeng’s highest kind of tea leaves are harvested only a few days a year, only the gentlest shoots of the tea tree are suitable for such tea, which must necessarily consist of only one top bud and one tea leaf, the remaining varieties usually consist of one bud and two tea leaves or tea leaves consisting of shoots with two or three tea leaves. Huangshan Maofeng differs from other green roads in such a way that when pulled, the tea leaves immediately rise to the surface of the water, begin to quietly absorb water into themselves and open, thereby resembling a bird’s beak with their tongue, and then gradually sink to the bottom of the cup. The process of pulling Huangshan Maofeng tea in a glass cup is, according to the opinion of chinese green tea evaluators, very beautiful and delights the soul and eye.