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Emerald Needle

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Emerald Needle

If you love Japanese green teas, then this is a must-try Chinese green tea for you! Emerald Needle has the vegetal, savory notes Sencha and Gyokuro are known for, but with an added complexity of flowers, cream and sage. Its underlying sweetness gets stronger with the second infusion, so we love to pair it with dinner (first infusion) and a savory dessert (second infusion). Try this flavorful, full-bodied green tea with a meal of freshwater white fish, chicken-broth udon with seaweed or creamy risotto with asparagus and a dessert of sea salt ice cream or shortbread with lavender sea salt.


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Tea to Water Ratio 1:1. If you prefer a stronger flavor, use up to two grams of tea for each cup of water.

Water: Filtered water is best. 180ºF (simmering with tiny bubbles)

Traditional Steeping: 1 to 3 minutes

Flash Steeping: First, we run warm water over the tealeaves and pour it off very quickly. This removes any impurities and “awakens” the tealeaves for brewing. Then, we steep the tea – 10 to 25 seconds.

100% Customer Satisfaction is our number one priority at thepuriTea. We provide a sample of each tea purchased with every order. If you don't like it, simply return your order

Reviews
Rating: 60
 |  Reviews 2
Reviewed by Keoni
June 17, 2010
Rating: 60
I wasn't expecting that.

flavor is mildly bitter with a piercing aftertaste.
Reviewed by les
September 08, 2009
Rating: 60
Peculiar flavor

yet unique and not offensive but harsh experience. 2nd infusion was much better. Probably over steeped the 1st infusion.

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