Bi Luo Chun Green Tea (Pi Lo Chun) from Teavivre

Bi Luo Chun Green Tea (Pi Lo Chun)

Tea type
Green Tea
Ingredients
Green Tea
Flavors
Asparagus, Butter, Floral, Grass, Green Beans, Kale, Lilac, Melon, Narcissus, Nuts, Salty, Sweet Corn, Thick, Vegetal, Beany, Peas, Apricot, Astringent, Corn Husk, Creamy, Grain, Oats, Smooth, Soybean, Sweet, Artichoke, Citrus, Spices, Tea, Umami, Spinach, Bok Choy, Carrot, Roasted, Toasted Rice, Vegetable Broth, Fruity, Seaweed, Honeydew, Sweet, Warm Grass, Flowers, Pepper, Vegetables, Bitter, Green, Mineral, Rainforest, Kettle Corn, Cut Grass, Fruit Tree Flowers, Tangy, Lychee, Hay, Garden Peas
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Caffeine
Medium
Certification
Not available
Edit tea info Last updated by TeaVivre
Average preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 1 min, 45 sec 5 g 12 oz / 358 ml

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  • “Bi Luo Chun how I love you. This review is for the spring 2014 production. When I first met this tea from Teavivre it was in January 2012, so it must have been a 2011 tea. I was blown away. This...” Read full tasting note
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  • “I found this sample while rooting through my tea. I have no idea how old it is and there is no date on it. I know it is much newer than the Bi Luo Chun I reviewed in the past and it seems...” Read full tasting note
  • “Having this tea this afternoon, brewed in my gaiwan in short steeps and combined into one cup. I have to say, this cup smelled really really melon-y. Almost cantaloupe, but moresoe honeydew. It’s...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Many thanks to Angel and Teavivre for this generous sample! I was really apprehensive about this sample because I am not the biggest fan of greens, especially straight greens, but this was really...” Read full tasting note
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From Teavivre

Origin: Dongting Mountain, Jiangsu, China

Ingredients: Compact rolled up buds with white tips

Taste: A fruity, bold aroma and taste

Brew: 1-2 teaspoons for 8oz of water. Brew at 176 ºF (80 ºC) for 1 minutes (exact time depends on your taste – a longer time will give the tea a stronger taste and color)

Health Benefits: Being a non-fermented green tea, Bi Luo Chun has high levels of antioxidants and other natural chemicals that give green teas their ability to reduce the incidence of cancer, promote good skin tone and help reduce the affects of aging. Also high in vitamin C, fluoride and calcium, they also promote healthy teeth and bones.

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While preparing today’s first POD (pot of the day), Teavivre Bi Luo Chun, I noticed that the coiled leaves are quite multifarious in color and parts of them shimmer, as though they were woven of silk.

I brewed a large pot today, using a full sample portion (not sure how many grams…). The resultant liquor was pale yellow, as before, but the flavor seemed richer and sweeter than I recalled this tea having been. I imbibed today’s three glasses right after my first MOD (meal of the day): toasted raisin bread with butter. A good combination!

This is a subtle tea, that’s right, full of subtlety! ;-) I am becoming accustomed to and even growing fond of this very gentile green tea, which until recently I had never even heard of. If green teas were people, then Bi Luo Chun would have to be the one who graduated from white gloves and party manners. Bi Luo Chun knows how to set a proper table, with the forks and knives and spoons all in the right place. Bi Luo Chun never fails to write polite thank you notes.

Or perhaps we could compare teas to genres of music. Bu Luo Chun is strictly classical—no heavy metal or rap or rock ballades here…
Preparation
170 °F / 76 °C 2 min, 0 sec 4 tsp 28 OZ / 828 ML
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Opening the bag, little curly, fluffy,corkscrew leaves in lovely shades of green from pale to deep. When steeped, sweet vegetal taste with a hint of smokiness and honey. More subdued in flavor than a good dragonwell, tending more towards a white in its lightness. Very smooth with a silky, slightly smoky aftertaste that lingers. A good alternative to Dragonwell and a good added staple to a green tea lover’s larder. Inexpensive, for the quality. An excellent value for everyday drinking.
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