Jade leaf tea in cup with tea leaves
Jade Sword tea in a cup
Jade Sword tea leaves
Jade Sword tea box
Jade leaf tea in cup with tea leaves
Jade Sword tea in a cup
Jade Sword tea leaves
Jade Sword tea box

Jade Sword

Green Tea

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Han Family

On Sale
$5.50 Regular Price $7.50

The reputation of this tea is so high that top quality Anji Bai Cha sells at eye-wateringly exorbitant prices. The farmers can justify these prices because the tea is so loved that it is snapped up by rich Chinese tea lovers (and show offs!). The tea is so revered that even 2nd or 3rd grade Anji Bai Cha sells at an overinflated price.

This tea is made from the milky, green buds and young leaves from the Bai Ye or 'White' tea varietal. The Song Dynasty Emperor Huizong was a great tea lover and proclaimed (in his 900 year old book 'Da Guan Cha Lun') that his favourite tea was from the 'White' tea varietal that sprouts pale white jade coloured leaves. In the 1980's, old tea trees matching this description were discovered in Anji County and some people believe that these were the tea trees to which the Emperor was referring.